Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Hollow or container type article – Polymer or resin containing
Patent
1990-08-14
1992-06-23
Van Balen, William J.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Hollow or container type article
Polymer or resin containing
52793, 52810, 264 466, 296146, 296188, 428 365, 428 71, B32B 106, B32B 108
Patent
active
051241862
ABSTRACT:
A lightweight, composite beam with a reacted core for reinforcing a vehicle door is provided. The reinforcing beam comprises a metal tube having a longitudinal cavity which is partially filled with either a reinforcing polymeric core which in one aspect includes a thermoset or thermoplastic resin-based material or a cementitious core which includes Portland cement and a filler. The reacted core is friction fit or mechanically held within the metal tube at the mid-span of the tube. The composite beam includes end pieces which are adapted to be mounted to a vehicle door panel in a door cavity by spot-welds or the like. The horizontally mounted beam provides substantially increased resistance to side impacts to the vehicle door in the event of a collision.
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Gossett Dykema
MPA Diversified Products Co.
Van Balen William J.
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