Bumper retention system
    1.
    发明授权
    Bumper retention system 有权
    保险杠保持系统

    公开(公告)号:US08827352B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-09

    申请号:US13408048

    申请日:2012-02-29

    IPC分类号: B60R19/26

    CPC分类号: B60R19/34

    摘要: A system for controlling displacement of a vulnerable component in connection with an impact event at the system. The system includes a frame structure, the vulnerable component, and a composite crush member (a) connected to the frame structure and the vulnerable component, forming a first close connection between the composite crush member and the vulnerable component and a second close connection between the composite crush member and the frame structure, (b) comprises primarily a polymer composite and is configured, and (c) is arranged in the system to fail in a predetermined manner in response to the impact event. The system also includes a retention feature configured and connected, directly or indirectly, to the vulnerable component and to the frame structure to, in operation of the system, maintain at least one of the first close connection and the second close connection during and following the composite crush member the impact event.

    摘要翻译: 一个系统,用于控制与该系统的冲击事件相关的易损件的位移。 该系统包括框架结构,脆弱部件和连接到框架结构和易损部件的复合挤压构件(a),在复合挤压构件和易损件之间形成第一紧密连接,以及第二紧密连接 复合挤压构件和框架结构,(b)主要包括聚合物复合材料并且被构造,并且(c)被布置在系统中以响应于冲击事件以预定方式失效。 该系统还包括保持特征,该保持特征被直接或间接地配置和间接地连接到脆弱部件和框架结构,以在系统的操作过程中保持第一紧密连接和第二紧密连接中的至少一个, 复合挤压构件的冲击事件。

    Packaging and de-packaging methods using shape memory polymers
    2.
    发明授权
    Packaging and de-packaging methods using shape memory polymers 有权
    使用形状记忆聚合物的包装和去包装方法

    公开(公告)号:US08733071B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-27

    申请号:US13307494

    申请日:2011-11-30

    IPC分类号: B65B43/00 B65B47/00

    摘要: A method disclosed herein includes packaging and de-packaging a part. The part is packaged by placing the part adjacent to a shape memory polymer (SMP) while the SMP is in a permanent shape. The SMP is heated to a temperature above a switching temperature of the SMP, and a force is applied to the heated SMP such that it conforms to i) a shape of the part and/or ii) a desired shape for packing the part, thereby changing the SMP from the permanent shape into a temporary shape. The SMP is cooled to a temperature below the switching temperature to set the SMP into the temporary shape. The part is de-packaged by heating the SMP to a temperature above its switching temperature, thereby reverting the SMP from the temporary shape into the permanent shape and releasing the part. The part is removed from the SMP in the permanent shape.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开的方法包括包装和拆包部件。 通过将部件邻近形状记忆聚合物(SMP)放置在部件中,同时SMP处于永久形状。 将SMP加热到高于SMP的切换温度的温度,并且对加热的SMP施加力,使得其符合i)部件的形状和/或ii)用于包装部件的期望形状,由此 将SMP从永久形状变成临时形状。 将SMP冷却至低于开关温度的温度,将SMP设定为临时形状。 通过将SMP加热到高于其开关温度的温度来将部件取消封装,从而将SMP从临时形状恢复到永久形状并释放部件。 该部件从永久形状的SMP中移除。

    One-piece fiber reinforcement for a reinforced polymer combining aligned and random fiber layers
    3.
    发明授权
    One-piece fiber reinforcement for a reinforced polymer combining aligned and random fiber layers 有权
    一体化的纤维增强材料,用于结合对准和无规纤维层的增强聚合物

    公开(公告)号:US09212437B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-15

    申请号:US13287183

    申请日:2011-11-02

    摘要: A one-piece fiber reinforcement for a reinforced polymer is described. In an embodiment, a one-piece reinforcement is fabricated by first assembling an interior randomly oriented fiber layer between two exterior aligned fiber layers. With all layers in face to face contact, a preselected number of fibers from the aligned layer is conveyed out of its aligned layer and threaded into at least the random fiber layer so that the conveyed fibers engage and mechanically and frictionally interfere with the random fibers. The fibers may be conveyed from one aligned layer to the other for yet greater interference. The interfering fibers serve to secure and interlock the layers together, producing a one-piece reinforcement which, when impregnated with a polymer precursor, shaped and cured may be incorporated in a polymer reinforced composite article.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于增强聚合物的一体式纤维增强材料。 在一个实施例中,通过首先在两个外部对准的纤维层之间组装内部随机取向的纤维层来制造单件加强件。 在所有层面对面接触的情况下,来自对准层的预选数量的纤维从其对准的层中被输送出来,并且至少穿过无规纤维层,使得被输送的纤维与随机纤维接合并机械地和摩擦地干涉。 纤维可以从一个对准的层传送到另一个对准层,从而达到更大的干扰。 干涉纤维用于将层固定并互锁在一起,产生一片增强件,当浸渍聚合物前体时,成形和固化可加入到聚合物增强复合制品中。

    Method of forming a part with a feature having a die-locked geometry
    4.
    发明授权
    Method of forming a part with a feature having a die-locked geometry 有权
    形成具有模具锁定几何形状的部件的部件的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08545747B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-01

    申请号:US12273903

    申请日:2008-11-19

    IPC分类号: B28B7/30

    摘要: A method of forming a part with a feature having a die-locked geometry is disclosed herein. A molding tool used in the method includes at least one die having a cavity defined in a surface thereof, and a protrusion formed in the cavity. The method includes disposing a shape memory polymer insert on the protrusion, where the shape memory polymer insert has i) the die-locked geometry as its temporary shape, and ii) a geometry that is removable from the die-locked geometry as its permanent shape. A material is established in the cavity such that at least a portion of the material conforms to the die-locked geometry, thereby forming the part having the feature with the at least one die-locked geometry.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了形成具有模具锁定几何形状的部件的部件的方法。 在该方法中使用的模制工具包括至少一个具有限定在其表面中的空腔的模具和形成在空腔中的突起。 该方法包括将形状记忆聚合物插入物设置在突起上,其中形状记忆聚合物插入物具有i)模具锁定几何形状作为其临时形状,以及ii)几何形状,其可以作为其永久形状从模具锁定几何形状移除 。 在空腔中建立材料,使得材料的至少一部分符合模具锁定几何形状,由此形成具有至少一个模具锁定几何形状的部件。

    BUMPER RETENTION SYSTEM
    5.
    发明申请
    BUMPER RETENTION SYSTEM 有权
    保险杠保持系统

    公开(公告)号:US20130221692A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-29

    申请号:US13408048

    申请日:2012-02-29

    IPC分类号: B60R19/26

    CPC分类号: B60R19/34

    摘要: A system for controlling displacement of a vulnerable component in connection with an impact event at the system. The system includes a frame structure, the vulnerable component, and a composite crush member (a) connected to the frame structure and the vulnerable component, forming a first close connection between the composite crush member and the vulnerable component and a second close connection between the composite crush member and the frame structure, (b) comprises primarily a polymer composite and is configured, and (c) is arranged in the system to fail in a predetermined manner in response to the impact event. The system also includes a retention feature configured and connected, directly or indirectly, to the vulnerable component and to the frame structure to, in operation of the system, maintain at least one of the first close connection and the second close connection during and following the composite crush member the impact event.

    摘要翻译: 一个系统,用于控制与该系统的冲击事件相关的易损件的位移。 该系统包括框架结构,脆弱部件和连接到框架结构和易损部件的复合挤压构件(a),在复合挤压构件和易损件之间形成第一紧密连接,以及第二紧密连接 复合挤压构件和框架结构,(b)主要包括聚合物复合材料并且被构造,并且(c)被布置在系统中以响应于冲击事件以预定方式失效。 该系统还包括保持特征,该保持特征被直接或间接地配置和间接地连接到脆弱部件和框架结构,以在系统的操作过程中保持第一紧密连接和第二紧密连接中的至少一个 复合挤压构件的冲击事件。

    FIBER-WRAPPED, MAGNESIUM TUBULAR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
    6.
    发明申请
    FIBER-WRAPPED, MAGNESIUM TUBULAR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS 审中-公开
    纤维缠绕,镁管结构构件

    公开(公告)号:US20120068497A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-22

    申请号:US12886632

    申请日:2010-09-21

    IPC分类号: B60R19/03 F16L9/14

    摘要: Magnesium alloy tube members have the potential to reduce weight in automotive vehicle body structures and other applications but they tend to fragment and fail under compressive stress loads applied end-to-end along the longitudinal axis of the tube. It is found that, when the outside surface of the tube is tightly wrapped with fibers (for example, glass fibers or other suitable fibers) and, optionally, resin bonded to the tube surface, the capacity of the magnesium alloy tube to withstand and absorb compressive loads is greatly increased.

    摘要翻译: 镁合金管构件有可能减轻机车车身结构和其他应用的重量,但是它们倾向于在沿着管的纵向轴线端对端施加的压缩应力载荷下分裂和失效。 发现当管的外表面用纤维(例如玻璃纤维或其它合适的纤维)和任选的树脂粘合到管表面上紧密地包裹时,镁合金管的承受和吸收的能力 压缩载荷大大增加。

    METHODS OF FORMING A PART USING SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS
    7.
    发明申请
    METHODS OF FORMING A PART USING SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS 有权
    使用形状记忆聚合物形成一部分的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100181698A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-22

    申请号:US12356518

    申请日:2009-01-20

    IPC分类号: B29C41/02 B05D3/12

    摘要: One method of forming a part includes deforming a shape memory polymer from a permanent shape into a temporary shape, where the permanent shape of the shape memory polymer is a predetermined part shape and the temporary shape is a shape larger than the predetermined part shape. The shape memory polymer in each of the permanent shape and the temporary shape defines a cavity therein. The method further includes introducing a molding material into the cavity of the shape memory polymer, and reverting the shape memory polymer back into its permanent shape. Other methods for forming the part are also disclosed herein.

    摘要翻译: 形成部件的一种方法包括使形状记忆聚合物从永久形状变形为临时形状,其中形状记忆聚合物的永久形状是预定部分形状,并且临时形状是比预定部分形状大的形状。 永久形状和临时形状中的形状记忆聚合物在其中形成腔。 该方法还包括将成型材料引入形状记忆聚合物的空腔中,并将形状记忆聚合物还原成其永久形状。 本文还公开了用于形成部件的其它方法。

    PREFORMS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    8.
    发明申请
    PREFORMS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME 有权
    其制备方法及其制备方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100127427A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-05-27

    申请号:US12276983

    申请日:2008-11-24

    IPC分类号: B28B7/32 B28B21/50

    摘要: A method for making a preform includes creating a pressure differential between an inside and an outside of a perforated shape memory polymer mandrel in its temporary shape. The pressure differential is such that pressure outside the perforated shape memory polymer mandrel is greater than pressure inside the perforated shape memory polymer mandrel. The perforated shape memory polymer mandrel has i) a predetermined preform shape as the temporary shape and ii) a shrunken shape as its permanent shape, wherein the shrunken shape is configured such that it is removable from the predetermined preform shape. The method further includes depositing, as the pressure differential is maintained, at least one material onto a surface of the perforated shape memory polymer mandrel. The at least one material is set in the predetermined preform shape, thereby forming the preform.

    摘要翻译: 用于制造预成型件的方法包括在穿孔形状记忆聚合物心轴的内部和外部之间产生其临时形状的压力差。 压力差使得穿孔形状记忆聚合物心轴之外的压力大于穿孔形状记忆聚合物心轴内部的压力。 穿孔形状记忆聚合物心轴具有i)作为临时形状的预定的预成型体形状,以及ii)缩小形状作为其永久形状,其中缩小形状被构造成使其能够从预定的预成型件形状移除。 所述方法还包括将所述压差保持在所述穿孔形状记忆聚合物心轴的表面上的至少一种材料沉积。 将至少一种材料设置在预定的预制件形状中,由此形成预制件。

    Process for molding composite bipolar plates with reinforced outer edges
    9.
    发明申请
    Process for molding composite bipolar plates with reinforced outer edges 有权
    具有增强外边缘的复合双极板成型工艺

    公开(公告)号:US20080152975A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-26

    申请号:US11643392

    申请日:2006-12-21

    IPC分类号: H01M8/02 B29C43/00

    摘要: A process for molding a composite unipolar plate for a fuel cell stack that increases the strength of a header region of the plate. High strength, non-conductive prepeg inserts are positioned within the mold that are shaped to the configuration of the header region, including the openings that define the various inlet and outlet manifolds. A bulk molding compound charge is positioned in the mold and pressed under high heat so that the bulk molding compound disperses in the mold, and covers the prepeg inserts so that the prepeg inserts are cured to the bulk molding compound.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于模制燃料电池堆的复合单极板的方法,其增加了板的集流区域的强度。 高强度,非导电的预浸料插入件位于模具内,其被成形为头部区域的构造,包括限定各种入口和出口歧管的开口。 将大量模塑复合材料定位在模具中并在高温下压制,使得本体模塑料分散在模具中,并覆盖预浸料插入件,使得预浸料插入件固化至本体模塑料。

    Magnesium-Composite Structures with Enhanced Design
    10.
    发明申请
    Magnesium-Composite Structures with Enhanced Design 有权
    增强设计的镁复合结构

    公开(公告)号:US20130278016A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-24

    申请号:US13453204

    申请日:2012-04-23

    CPC分类号: B60R19/03 B29C70/86 B60R19/34

    摘要: A segmented tube formed of a magnesium-based alloy and wrapped or jacketed with a reinforcement to apply a restraining force on the external surface of the tube for resisting fragmentation of the tube by the compressive force applied to the end of the tube serves as a structural member for receiving a compressive stress applied to an end of the tube and acting along the axis of the tube toward the opposing end of the tube. The magnesium alloy tube is comparatively light, and the segmented and wrapped or jacketed tube has an increased capacity to absorb compressive forces. The tubes are useful as components of automotive vehicles.

    摘要翻译: 由镁基合金形成的分段管,用加强筋缠绕或夹套,用于在管的外表面上施加限制力,以通过施加到管的端部的压缩力来抵抗管的破碎作用,作为结构 用于接收施加到管的端部并且沿着管的轴线朝向管的相对端作用的压缩应力的构件。 镁合金管相对较轻,分段和包裹或夹套管具有增加的吸收压缩力的能力。 这些管可用作机动车辆的组件。