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公开(公告)号:US11344966B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-31
申请号:US16737234
申请日:2020-01-08
IPC分类号: B62D25/02 , B62D25/06 , B62D25/20 , B62D27/02 , B62D29/00 , B23K11/11 , B23K11/20 , B23K20/10 , B23K101/00 , B23K103/20
摘要: A vehicle body assembly is described herein, including a first structural component and a second structural component. The first structural component may be a roof component or a side panel, and include a first part including a first metal and a second part including a second metal different than the first metal. The second part is formed on a peripheral edge portion of the first part and defines a mounting flange for the first structural component. The second part is joined to the first part via an ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) interface. The second structural component is including the second metal and is joined to the second part at the mounting flange via a resistance spot weld (RSW) joint.
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公开(公告)号:US10421496B2
公开(公告)日:2019-09-24
申请号:US15706134
申请日:2017-09-15
发明人: Andrew K. Swayne , Ryan M. Hahnlen
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.
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公开(公告)号:US11465390B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-11
申请号:US17018289
申请日:2020-09-11
IPC分类号: B32B7/08 , B23K11/11 , B23K20/10 , B32B15/01 , B32B37/00 , B33Y80/00 , B33Y10/00 , B23K103/16
摘要: A composite component includes a reinforcement bonded to a base component by a bond formed by, or reinforced with, a localized coupling in the base component. The bond may be formed by ultrasonic additive manufacturing. The localized coupling may include a compression of the base component, a weld in the base component, or a heat affected zone of the weld. Where the bond is formed by the localized coupling, the localized coupling encompasses the reinforcement. Where the bond is reinforced with the localized coupling, the localized coupling may encompass the reinforcement, or be arranged at an inside radius of a turn in the reinforcement. The reinforcement results in the composite component having enhanced properties such as lower density, increased strength, stiffness, or energy absorption capabilities.
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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
IPC分类号: A01D34/82 , A01D34/00 , A01D101/00
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20190291322A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-26
申请号:US15928209
申请日:2018-03-22
摘要: A reusable mold for injection molding and molding method includes a reusable mold member, a mold cavity defined in the mold member, and at least one heat sink recess defined in the mold member for accommodating a heat sink material therein for rapidly removing heat from the mold cavity when the mold member is used to injection mold a molded part. The reusable mold injection molds a molded part and rapidly removes heat from the mold cavity via a heat sink material accommodated in the at least one heat sink recess.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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公开(公告)号:US11634179B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-25
申请号:US16855590
申请日:2020-04-22
IPC分类号: B62D25/06 , B62D27/02 , B62D29/00 , B29C70/02 , B29C70/54 , B29C70/30 , B29L31/30 , B29K105/08 , B29K705/00
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.
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公开(公告)号:US11286005B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-29
申请号:US16559268
申请日:2019-09-03
发明人: Ryan M. Hahnlen , Amitkumar Patil , Tyler J. Rupp
摘要: A vehicle hood includes a unitary metallic hood frame including a plurality of embosses having respective curved surfaces and a plurality of openings. The vehicle hood includes a metallic reinforcement material welded to a subset of the respective curved surfaces of the metallic hood frame. The vehicle hood includes a hood skin attached to the hood frame. The selective placement of metallic reinforcement material may reduce deflection of the vehicle hood while reducing weight compared to metal supports or a thicker metallic hood frame.
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