Panel and cargo compartment for a truck
AssigneeToray Industries, Inc.
InventorsYasuyuki Kawanomoto, Hiroshi Ohnishi, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Yukitane Kimoto, Yutaka Ochi
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Abstract
A panel for a truck having an FRP plate including a woven fabric of reinforcing fiber as a main rigid member, a cargo compartment for a truck using the panel and a truck equipped with the cargo compartment for a truck. The panel and the cargo compartment are light, have sufficient rigidity and strength and excellent in processing and fabricating properties.
Claims57
A panel for a cargo compartment of a truck comprising two parallel located fiber reinforced plastic, FRP, plates each extending substantially the length and width of the panel and having a woven fabric of reinforcing fibers as a main rigid member, and further comprising a web structure located between and connecting the two FRP plates, wherein the two FRP plates are each integrally molded with the web structure to form a unitary panel structure and wherein said panel has a predetermined rigidity and stiffness at least 50% of which is provided by said main rigid member wherein said FRP plates form a unitary panel for occupying substantially an entire wall of said cargo compartment formed thereby.
A floor panel for a truck comprising two parallel located, fiber reinforced plastic, FRP, plates each extending substantially the entire length and width of the panel and having a woven fabric of reinforcing fibers as a main rigid member and further comprising a web structure located between and connecting the two FRP plates, wherein the two FRP plates are each integrally molded with the web structure to form a unitary panel structure and wherein said panel has a predetermined stiffness and rigidity at least 50% of which is provided by said main rigid member.
A gull wing panel for a truck comprising two parallel located, fiber reinforced plastic, FRP, plates each extending substantially the length and width of the panel and having a woven fabric of reinforcing fibers as a main rigid member, and further comprising a web structure located between and connecting the two FRP plates, wherein the two FRP plates are each integrally molded with the web structure to form a unitary panel structure and wherein said panel has a predetermined stiffness and rigidity at least 50% of which is provided by said main rigid member.
A gate panel for a truck comprising two parallel located, fiber reinforced plastic, FRP, plates each extending substantially the length and width of the panel and having a woven fabric of reinforcing fibers as a main rigid member and further comprising a web structure located between and connecting the two FRP plates, wherein the two FRP plates are each integrally molded with the web structure to form a unitary panel structure and wherein said panel has a predetermined stiffness and rigidity at least 50% of which is provided by said main rigid member.
A wall panel for a truck comprising two parallel located fiber reinforced plastic, FRP, plates each extending substantially the length and width of the panel and having a woven fabric of reinforcing fibers as a main rigid member and further comprising a web structure located between and connecting the two FRP plates, wherein the two FRP plates are each integrally molded with the web structure to form a unitary panel structure and wherein said panel has a predetermined stiffness and rigidity at least 50% of which is provided by said main rigid member.
A floor panel for a truck comprising two parallel located, fiber reinforced plastic, FRP, plates each extending substantially the length and width of the panel and having a woven fabric of reinforcing fibers as a main rigid member and further comprising a web structure located between and connecting the two FRP plates, wherein the two FRP plates are each integrally molded with the web structure,
- wherein said floor panel further includes a core material located between the two FRP plates, wherein at least one of the two FRP plates further includes a mat of reinforcing fibers, and said mat is disposed at a side of said core material,
- wherein at least one of the two FRP plates has a four-layer structure of a woven fabric of carbon fibers, a mat of glass fibers, a woven fabric of glass fibers and a mat of glass fibers, and said woven fabric of carbon fibers is disposed at an outer side.
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