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公开(公告)号:US20180251919A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-06
申请号:US15447806
申请日:2017-03-02
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Nilesh D. Mankame , Elisabeth J. Berger , William R. Rodgers , David A. Okonski
IPC: D03D3/08 , B32B5/02 , B32B5/26 , B32B37/20 , B32B38/00 , B29C65/00 , B60N2/00 , B60N2/56 , A47C5/02
CPC classification number: B60N2/56 , B29D28/00 , B29K2623/04 , B29K2623/10 , B29K2677/10 , B29L2031/771 , B32B5/024 , B32B5/028 , B32B5/26 , B32B37/203 , B32B38/0012 , B32B38/06 , B32B2250/02 , B32B2250/20 , B32B2262/0253 , B32B2262/0261 , B32B2305/188 , B32B2305/34 , B32B2305/345 , B32B2305/38 , B32B2323/04 , B32B2323/10 , B32B2377/00 , B32B2479/00 , B60N2/002 , D03D1/0017 , D03D15/02 , D03D25/005 , D10B2201/00
Abstract: A three-dimensional lattice includes a stabilizing grid having grid warp strands and grid weft strands crossing the grid warp strands. Grid cells are defined by adjacent grid warp strands and adjacent grid weft strands intersecting the adjacent grid warp strands. A projecting net has net warp strands and net weft strands crossing the net warp strands. Each subnet in a plurality of subnets uniquely corresponds to a corresponding grid cell. Each subnet includes a net warp strand portion intersecting both of the grid weft strands that define the corresponding grid cell. Each subnet includes a net weft strand portion intersecting both of the grid warp strands that define the corresponding grid cell. The net warp strand portion and the net weft strand portion of each subnet are spaced from a minimum surface defined by the corresponding grid cell.
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公开(公告)号:US20180079191A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-22
申请号:US15267533
申请日:2016-09-16
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: William R. Rodgers , Hamid G. Kia
CPC classification number: B32B37/10 , B29C37/0067 , B29C70/46 , B29C70/54 , B29C71/02 , B29K2077/00 , B29K2105/0044 , B29K2105/06 , B29L2009/00 , B32B1/00 , B32B7/02 , B32B7/027 , B32B7/04 , B32B7/12 , B32B19/02 , B32B19/045 , B32B27/12 , B32B27/34 , B32B38/0004 , B32B2250/02 , B32B2255/02 , B32B2255/26 , B32B2260/021 , B32B2260/046 , B32B2262/0269 , B32B2262/10 , B32B2262/101 , B32B2262/105 , B32B2262/106 , B32B2307/712 , B32B2377/00
Abstract: Compression molding methods for improving the durability and weatherability of a composite material are provided. The methods include disposing a protective surface film on a composite material; adhering the protective surface film to the composite material; and compression molding the protective surface film. The composite material comprises a thermoplastic polymer and a reinforcement material. The protective surface film comprises at least one stabilizer that minimizes or prevents degradation of the underlying composite material when exposed to ultraviolet radiation and/or heat. The composite material may be heated in an oven having an environment comprising oxygen. The protective surface film may be disposed on the composite material prior to the composite material entering the oven; while the composite material is in the oven; or after the composite material exits the oven.
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公开(公告)号:US09302312B2
公开(公告)日:2016-04-05
申请号:US14174888
申请日:2014-02-07
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Anil K. Sachdev , William R. Rodgers
CPC classification number: B21D37/18 , B21D22/022 , B21D35/005
Abstract: Sheet metal workpieces are preheated to a temperature in the range of about 100° C. to about 500° C. for warm forming between press-actuated forming dies. The forming dies are not heated, but are coated with a liquid lubricating material suitable for the forming of the preheated sheet metal workpiece. For example, the liquid lubricating material is suitably a halogenated hydrocarbon that will adhere to unheated die surfaces and serve in the forming of the sheet metal workpiece into a vehicle body panel or other product. But the liquid lubricating material is composed so as to evaporate from surfaces of the formed workpiece at a temperature below about 200° C., so that the workpiece does not have to be cleaned before it is decoratively finished. The lubricant material may be vaporized, for example, into a warm stream of air or nitrogen and carried to a recovery or disposal system.
Abstract translation: 将钣金工件预热至约100℃至约500℃的温度,以在压制成型模具之间进行热成形。 成型模不加热,而是用适于形成预热的金属片工件的液体润滑材料涂覆。 例如,液体润滑材料适当地是将附着到未加热的模具表面上的卤化烃,并且用于将金属板件加工成车身板或其他产品。 但是液体润滑材料构成为在低于约200℃的温度下从形成的工件的表面蒸发,使得工件在装饰完成之前不必被清洁。 润滑剂材料可以例如蒸发成温暖的空气或氮气流并运送到回收或处理系统。
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公开(公告)号:US09278585B2
公开(公告)日:2016-03-08
申请号:US14107032
申请日:2013-12-16
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: William R. Rodgers , Hamid G. Kia , Mark W. Verbrugge , Michael J. Irwin
CPC classification number: B60C19/00 , B60C5/002 , B60C5/02 , B60C7/00 , B60C9/0028 , B60C9/0042 , B60C2019/004 , Y10T152/10009
Abstract: A lightweight spare tire system. The lightweight spare tire system includes a carbon fiber composite vehicle rim that is suitable for use with a spare tire and a lightweight tire that is suitable for use with the carbon fiber composite rim. The lightweight tire and rim creates a lightweight spare wheel that may be used on a vehicle.
Abstract translation: 轻型备胎系统。 轻型备胎系统包括适用于备用轮胎和适用于碳纤维复合轮辋的轻质轮胎的碳纤维复合车辆轮辋。 轻便的轮胎和轮辋产生可用于车辆的轻型备胎。
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公开(公告)号:US20150224558A1
公开(公告)日:2015-08-13
申请号:US14174888
申请日:2014-02-07
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Anil K. Sachdev , William R. Rodgers
IPC: B21D37/18
CPC classification number: B21D37/18 , B21D22/022 , B21D35/005
Abstract: Sheet metal workpieces are preheated to a temperature in the range of about 100° C. to about 500° C. for warm forming between press-actuated forming dies. The forming dies are not heated, but are coated with a liquid lubricating material suitable for the forming of the preheated sheet metal workpiece. For example, the liquid lubricating material is suitably a halogenated hydrocarbon that will adhere to unheated die surfaces and serve in the forming of the sheet metal workpiece into a vehicle body panel or other product. But the liquid lubricating material is composed so as to evaporate from surfaces of the formed workpiece at a temperature below about 200° C., so that the workpiece does not have to be cleaned before it is decoratively finished. The lubricant material may be vaporized, for example, into a warm stream of air or nitrogen and carried to a recovery or disposal system.
Abstract translation: 将钣金工件预热至约100℃至约500℃的温度,以在压制成型模具之间进行热成形。 成型模不加热,而是用适于形成预热的金属片工件的液体润滑材料涂覆。 例如,液体润滑材料适当地是将附着到未加热的模具表面上的卤化烃,并且用于将金属板件加工成车身板或其他产品。 但是液体润滑材料构成为在低于约200℃的温度下从形成的工件的表面蒸发,使得工件在装饰完成之前不必被清洁。 润滑剂材料可以例如蒸发成温暖的空气或氮气流并运送到回收或处理系统。
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公开(公告)号:US20230268478A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-24
申请号:US17675884
申请日:2022-02-18
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: William R. Rodgers , Cameron Christopher ROSE , Xiaosong HUANG
IPC: H01M4/04
CPC classification number: H01M4/0411
Abstract: A method of fabricating an electrode is provided. The method includes adding one or more dry powders to an extruder barrel of an extruder at a first location, adding one or more solvents to the extruder barrel at a second location that is downstream of the first location to form a material mixture, applying a mixing force to the material mixture to form a paste, and extruding the paste as a continuous film onto one or more surfaces of a current collector to form the electrode. The one or more dry powders include an electroactive material. The paste is a homogeneous semi-solid having a solids content greater than or equal to about 60% to less than or equal to about 90%. The continuous film has a thickness greater than or equal to about 50 μm to less than or equal to about 500 μm.
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公开(公告)号:US11688214B1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-27
申请号:US17592901
申请日:2022-02-04
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: Venkateshwar R. Aitharaju , Selina Xinyue Zhao , Andrew J. Galant , Dorel M. Sala , William R. Rodgers , Terrence Wathen
IPC: G07C5/08 , G01J5/04 , G01J5/12 , G01H11/08 , H02J50/20 , G06K19/07 , H02J50/00 , H02N2/18 , H02J7/34
CPC classification number: G07C5/0808 , G01H11/08 , G01J5/041 , G01J5/12 , G06K19/0704 , H02J7/345 , H02J50/001 , H02J50/20 , H02N2/186
Abstract: A composite panel for a vehicle includes a plurality of layers bonded together by resin. A sensing assembly is arranged between at least two of the plurality of layers. The sensing assembly includes at least one of a piezoelectric layer to sense vibration of the composite panel when installed on the vehicle and a thermopile configured to sense changes in temperature of the composite panel when installed on the vehicle. The sensing assembly further includes a transmitter configured to transmit data to the vehicle based on an output of the at least one of the piezoelectric layer and the thermopile.
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公开(公告)号:US20230110672A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-13
申请号:US17500613
申请日:2021-10-13
Inventor: Balbir Singh Sangha , Len V. Peschansky , Manish Pamwar , Fred M. Marquardt , William R. Rodgers , Bruce N. Greve , David Kennedy , Adrian Bica , Bikramjit Sarkaria
Abstract: A chassis assembly having mixed material for reduced mass is provided. The assembly comprises an upper structure comprised of metal. The upper structure has a plurality of first bond surfaces, each of which is parallel with each other at varying elevations relative to a z-axis of a 3-dimensional coordinate thereof. The assembly further comprises a lower structure made of a polymer composite. The lower structure has a plurality of second bond surfaces, each of which is parallel with each other at varying elevations relative to the z-axis thereof. The second bond surfaces are arranged to align with the first bond surfaces in complementing relation such that the lower structure is joined with the upper structure at the first and second bond surfaces. The assembly further comprises an adhesive disposed between the first and second bond surfaces to join the lower and upper structures at the first and second bond surfaces, defining a bond gap between the first and second bond surfaces.
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公开(公告)号:US11130295B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-28
申请号:US16257801
申请日:2019-01-25
Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventor: William R. Rodgers , Venkateshwar R. Aitharaju
IPC: B29C70/44 , B29C70/48 , H03K19/173 , B29C51/20
Abstract: Presented are manufacturing control systems for fabricating composite-material structures, methods for making/operating such systems, and resin transfer molding techniques for ameliorating race-tracking effects in fiber-reinforced polymer panels. A method for forming a composite-material construction includes confirming, via a system electronic control unit (ECU), that a fiber-based preform is placed in a mold cavity and that opposing mold segments of the molding apparatus are sealed together. A filler, such as a compressible bladder, a cluster of spring-biased pins, or a spray-chopped fiber bed, is introduced into a void between the fiber-based preform and a tool face of one mold segment to thereby eliminate an unwanted resin race track. The system ECU commands a resin pump to inject resin through a primary gate of the molding apparatus and into the mold cavity to thereby impregnate the fiber-based preform with the resin. One or more vents operate to evacuate air from the mold.
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公开(公告)号:US20210094207A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-01
申请号:US16589453
申请日:2019-10-01
Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventor: William R. Rodgers , Robert Joseph Reuter , Xiaosong Huang , Timothy M. Boundy , Robert J. Schlenke , Brian McPeck
Abstract: An interior trim panel for a vehicle includes a polymer/leather layer having leather particles each having a diameter of less than 5000 micrometers dispersed within a polymer, and a backing layer adhered to the leather layer and providing a support structure for the polymer/leather layer.
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