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US 2026/0184036 A1Published application
Reinforcement for a Side-Impact
AssigneeZephyros, Inc.
InventorsMathieu Schoeffter, Gérald Bugli
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a reinforcement member made from a polymeric material. The present invention further relates to a vehicle comprising the reinforcement member, a method to absorb an impact on vehicle and a method to produce the reinforcement member.
Claims22
1-9. (canceled)
A method to absorb an impact on a vehicle comprising:
- providing a first reinforcement member comprising a first plurality of outward facing cells;
- forming one or more indentations in a side wall of the first reinforcement member;
- locating an adhesive onto the first reinforcement member;
- connecting a second reinforcement member comprising a second plurality of outward facing cells to the first reinforcement so that the second reinforcement member contacts the adhesive;
- locating the first and second reinforcement members into a vehicle rocker;
- wherein the one or more indentations cause the first and second reinforcement members to reinforcement rotate and/or twist during the impact.
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12-13. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.