Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-18
2005-01-18
Coletta, Lori L. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
C296S184100, C428S118000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06843525
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to reinforced composite vehicle load floors of the sandwich-type having a cellular core. In a method for making a load floor of the invention, a stack is formed that is made up of: a load-bearing upper skin made of a reinforced thermoplastics material; an upper skeletal frame structure of reinforcing slats each of which is made of a reinforced thermoplastic composite or pultrusion; a cellular core made of a thermoplastic material; a lower skeletal frame structure of reinforcing slats each of which is also made of a reinforced thermoplastic composite or pultrusion; and a bottom skin made of a reinforced thermoplastic material. Each of the frame structures of reinforcing slats has a surface area that is smaller than the surface area of each of the skins. The frame structures of reinforcing slats are positioned symmetrically about a plane formed by the cellular core against the skins.
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