Recyclable, low-cost, collision-resistant automobile chassis and

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1995-01-11

1997-08-26

Pape, Joseph D.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

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296189, 296203, 29428, 264311, B60R 2700

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056604289

ABSTRACT:
An automobile chassis and a one-piece body integrated into a unitary structure, and a method for fabricating, assembling and integrating the chassis and body. The body includes interior panels, a cockpit, an engine enclosure module, and an underbody. The chassis/body structure, comprised of a single type of aluminum alloy and a single type of thermoplastic, is resistant to high-stress loads and is substantially recyclable into industrial-quality constituents. A first preferred embodiment includes a body rotomolded from a reinforced polycarbonate, polycarbonate/ABS blend, or polyimide thermoplastic, seven aluminum alloy bulkheads, and stacks of thin-wall aluminum honeycomb-cell panels embedded in an unreinforced foam of the thermoplastic. A second preferred embodiment includes a body rotomolded from a reinforced liquid crystal polymer thermoplastic, seven aluminum alloy bulkheads, and stacks of thin-wall aluminum honeycomb panels. A third preferred embodiment includes a body rotomolded from a reinforced polycarbonate thermoplastic, seven aluminum alloy bulkheads, and aggregated sub-assemblies of polycarbonate micro-honeycomb blocks having cells filled with a foam of the unreinforced polycarbonate thermoplastic.

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