Reinforcing material
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazunori Tanaka, Yukio Nagata, Toshikatu Miura, Yukio Okada
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Abstract
A material for reinforcing a panel comprises a strip of expandable material which has not yet expanded, and a sheet of resin material which has not yet hardened. The expandable material is centered onto a central portion of the resin material so that the edges of the resin material are exposed and can be bonded to the panel. One surface of the expandable material is exposed to contact the panel. The exposed surface of the expandable material is flush with the surface of the edges of the resin material.
Claims17
A material for reinforcing a panel comprising:
- a strip of expandable material which has not yet expanded;
- a sheet of thermosetting resin material which has not yet hardened;
- the expandable material being affixed to a central portion of the resin material so that the edges of the resin material are exposed;
- one surface of the expandable material being exposed to contact the panel;
- the central portion of the resin material being formed with a recess corresponding to the shape of the expandable material;
- the expandable material being housed within the recess so that the surfaces of the expandable material and the resin material which contact the panel are sufficiently flat so that no gaps exist between the resin material and the panel when applied to the panel before expanding the expandable material.
A material for reinforcing a panel comprising:
- a strip of expandable material which has not yet expanded;
- a sheet of thermosetting resin material which has not yet hardened;
- the expandable material being affixed to a central portion of the resin material so that the edges of the resin material are exposed;
- one surface of the expandable material being exposed to contact the panel;
- the exposed surface of the expandable material being flush with the surface of the edges of the resin material, before the reinforcing material is attached to the panel;
- the central portion of the resin material being formed with a recess corresponding to the shape of the expanding material;
- the expandable material being housed within the recess so that the surfaces of the expandable material and the resin material which contact the panel are flat;
- the edges of the resin material being thicker than the central portion thereof by the thickness of the expandable material so that the surfaces of the reinforcing material parallel to the panel are flat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.