Structural part for a truck, comprising a beam made of fiber-reinforced plastic
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsGiri SANKAR, Samarth Dattatraya HAREL
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Abstract
A structural part for a truck, comprising a beam made of fiber-reinforced plastic, the beam having a I-shaped cross-section, the beam comprising a web extending from a first flange to a second flange, in which a cross-section of the web comprises a first portion with a first thickness; a second portion with a second thickness, the second thickness being larger than the first thickness; and a third portion with a third thickness, the third thickness being smaller than the second thickness, in which the second portion is located between the first portion and the third portion.
Claims15
A structural part for a truck, comprising:
- a beam made of fiber-reinforced plastic, the beam having a I-shaped cross-section, the beam comprising a web extending from a first flange to a second flange;
- wherein a cross-section of the web comprises:
- a first portion with a first thickness;
- a second portion with a second thickness, the second thickness being larger than the first thickness;
- and
- a third portion with a third thickness, the third thickness being smaller than the second thickness;
- wherein the second portion is located between the first portion and the third portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.