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US 2026/0192541 A1Published application
Composite shell
AssigneeSiemens Healthineers AG
InventorsChristian SEIDEL, Felix NTOURMAS, Martin SEIFERT
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Abstract
One or more example embodiments relates to a composite shell such as for in large-scale medical devices and/or as part of a composite component resistant to flexural stress such as finds application for seats, couches, storage facilities and/or interior fittings of vehicles. Sustainability in the manufacture of large-scale medical devices comprising composite shells for the couchtop boards of patient couches is technically realized.
Claims20
A composite shell in a sandwich structure, the composite shell comprising:
- two outer composite layer packs as outer layers;
- and
- a central core, at least one of the central core or the two outer composite layer packs includes a nonwoven fabric-reinforced composite material including fibers from at least one of recycling or production wastage rejects.
A patient couch comprising:
- composite shell in a sandwich structure, the composite shell including,
- two outer composite layer packs as outer layers, and
- a central core, at least one of the central core or the two outer composite layer packs includes a nonwoven fabric-reinforced composite material including fibers from at least one of recycling or production wastage rejects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.