Panoramic roof stiffener reinforcement

    公开(公告)号:US10421496B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-24

    申请号:US15706134

    申请日:2017-09-15

    IPC分类号: B62D25/06 B62D27/02 B62D29/00

    摘要: A vehicle roof stiffener includes a metal or metal alloy frame defining a central opening and at least one corner. The vehicle roof stiffener also includes a fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) portion including at least one transition structure comprising a metal or a metal alloy. At least some of the fibers of the FRP portion are embedded in the transition structure. The FRP portion is located in the at least one corner. In some examples, the frame includes an opening in the at least one corner, and the FRP portion spans the opening. In other examples, the FRP portion overlaps the frame at the at least one corner. The FRP portion located at the corner may improve rigidity of the roof stiffener to increase resistance to a racking motion and increase the overall stiffness of the vehicle.

    Engine mounting structure for walk-behind wheeled machine

    公开(公告)号:US11337370B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US16822578

    申请日:2020-03-18

    发明人: Ryan M. Hahnlen

    摘要: A manually operated wheeled machine includes a housing and an engine mounted to the housing via a mounting structure. The mounting structure includes a tubular spacer defining a through hole. The spacer has a first end directly abutting the engine and a second end inserted in a mounting hole extended through the housing. The second end of the spacer is offset axially inwardly from a lower surface of the housing. A damping element axially mounted to the spacer is directly engaged to the first end of the spacer. A washer axially mounted to the spacer is interposed between and directly contacts each of the damping element and an upper surface of the housing. A fastener is extended through mounting hole and the spacer from the lower surface of the housing for connection with the engine.

    UAM transition for fusion welding of dissimilar metal parts

    公开(公告)号:US11278985B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-22

    申请号:US17124859

    申请日:2020-12-17

    发明人: Ryan M. Hahnlen

    摘要: Welded assemblies and related methods of making the welded assemblies include a first component of a first metal material, a second component of a second metal material that is different from the first metal material, and a transition material including one or more of a high entropy alloy, a pure element, and an alloy that is not a high entropy alloy, and that is arranged between and contacting the first component and the second component. An ultrasonic weld joins the transition material to the first component, and a fusion weld joins the first component to the second component. The fusion weld contact the first component, the second component, and the transition material. The amount or level of one or more of galvanic corrosion, intermetallic compounds, and solidification cracking in the fusion weld is less than if the first component was fusion welded directly to the second component.

    Embedded metal transition for joining fiber reinforced polymers and metallic structures

    公开(公告)号:US11192333B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16171147

    申请日:2018-10-25

    发明人: Ryan M. Hahnlen

    摘要: A method for making a joint structure including embedding a portion of at least two layers of a third component into a first component and interleaving at least one layer of a second component with an unembedded portion of the at least two layers of the third component, wherein the third component inhibits galvanic corrosion between the first and second components, the first component has a first CTE, the second component has a second CTE that is different from the first CTE, the third component has a third CTE that is between the first CTA and the second CTE, and the third component comprises a mesh component.

    UAM TRANSITION FOR FUSION WELDING OF DISSIMILAR METAL PARTS

    公开(公告)号:US20190232419A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US15885895

    申请日:2018-02-01

    发明人: Ryan M. Hahnlen

    摘要: Welded assemblies and related methods of making the welded assemblies include a first component of a first metal material, a second component of a second metal material that is different from the first metal material, and a transition material including one or more of a high entropy alloy, a pure element, and an alloy that is not a high entropy alloy, and that is arranged between and contacting the first component and the second component. An ultrasonic weld joins the transition material to the first component, and a fusion weld joins the first component to the second component. The fusion weld contact the first component, the second component, and the transition material. The amount or level of one or more of galvanic corrosion, intermetallic compounds, and solidification cracking in the fusion weld is less than if the first component was fusion welded directly to the second component.

    Multi-material vehicle roof stiffener

    公开(公告)号:US11634179B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US16855590

    申请日:2020-04-22

    摘要: A vehicle roof stiffener includes at least one fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) portion and at least one metal or metal alloy portion. The FRP portion includes at least one transition structure including a metal or a metal alloy. At least some of the fibers of the FRP portion are embedded in the transition structure. The metal or metal alloy portion is secured to the transition structure of the FRP portion. In an example vehicle roof stiffener, the metal portion extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of a vehicle, and the FRP portion extends transverse to the longitudinal axis. The example vehicle roof stiffener may include a front FRP portion, a rear FRP portion, and two metal side portions. The metal side portions and the FRP portions may be joined by welding the transition structures to the metal portions.