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US 5,664,397 AGranted
Sandwich plate for use as motor-vehicle body part
AssigneeKrauss-Maffei Verkehrstechnik GmbH
InventorRudiger Holz
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Abstract
A sandwich plate has a pair of relatively dense, stiff, thin, and generally parallel longitudinally extending skins, and a less dense core body having a pair of generally parallel faces bonded to the skins and formed with longitudinal and transverse cavities connected together in a Z-shape and forming central longitudinally extending tongues.
Claims11
A sandwich plate comprising:
- a pair of relatively dense, stiff, thin, and generally parallel longitudinally extending skins;
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- a less dense core body having a pair of generally parallel faces bonded to the skins and formed with a plurality of pairs of longitudinally extending and longitudinally overlapping cavities and with respective transversely extending cavities each connected in a Z-shape between a respective two of the longitudinal cavities, the longitudinal and transverse cavities forming central longitudinally extending tongues each flanked by two of the longitudinal cavities and ending at a respective one of the transverse cavities.
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