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US 5,297,836 AGranted
Motor car chasis structure
AssigneeJaguar Cars Limited
InventorDaniel Parry-Williams
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Abstract
A motor car structure is built up from flat panels joined together, each panel comprising two mutually parallel spaced apart structural skins braced with respect to each other by a core of expanded material united to both skins. Each joint between two panels comprises a series of integral projections formed on a first panel by cutting the panel to a required shape and recesses in the second panel corresponding to the projections. The projections are inserted and bonded into the recesses by means of an adhesive.
Claims10
A motor car structure comprising first and second flat panels joined together;
- each panel comprising first and second mutually parallel spaced apart structural skins, and a core of expanded material united to both the first and second skins and bracing the first skin with respect to the second skin of each panel;
- a joint between the first and second panels forming part of the structure comprising a plurality of integral projections formed on the first panel by cutting the first panel to a required shape, a corresponding plurality of recesses in the second panel corresponding to the projections, the projections being inserted into the recesses, and adhesive bonding the projections into the recesses;
- wherein roots defined between said projections are bonded to one skin of the second panel between the recesses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.