Panel with integral energy absorber and air duct

Details Panel with integral energy absorber and air duct Panel with integral energy absorber and air duct

1996-08-27

1997-04-22

Pike, Andrew C.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Structural detail

296208, 280752, 454 69, B62D 2514, B50H 126, B60R 21045

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056224028

ABSTRACT:
An interior energy absorbing panel for the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle has a thermoplastic skin, a thermoplastic retainer, a thermoplastic air duct, and an energy absorbing rigid polyurethane foam core which is reaction injection molded about the air duct and to the skin and retainer without requiring any added adhesive. When the skin is of the soft type, a layer of semirigid polyurethane foam is reaction injection molded between the skin and the energy absorbing foam core to impart a soft feel to the skin and protect the energy absorbing foam core from indentation during normal use.

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