A method for forming a vehicle reinforcing member (26, 28, 30). The method includes conforming a planar body of fibre reinforced material (CFRM) (504), such as a sheet or unidirectional tape, to a shape of a shape defining member (506, 900). In effect, the shape defining member (506, 900) is a core that defines an internal volume of a closed cross-section portion of the vehicle reinforcing member (26, 28, 30). The CFRM material (504) comprises continuous fibres in a synthetic matrix. The method further includes bonding a first edge portion (510) of the CFRM body (504) to a second edge portion (512) of the CFRM body (504) thereby to form the closed cross-section portion of the vehicle reinforcing member (26, 28, 30). An apparatus (800) for implementing the method, and components (e.g. vehicle reinforcing members (26, 28, 30), vehicle seats (10) and so forth) formed using the method are also described.
METHOD FOR FORMING A VEHICLE REINFORCING MEMBER
VERFAHREN ZUM FORMEN EINES FAHRZEUGVERSTÄRKUNGSTEILS
PROCÉDÉ POUR FORMER UN ÉLÉMENT DE RENFORCEMENT DE VÉHICULE
2021-11-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE, REINFORCING MEMBER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REINFORCING MEMBER
European Patent Office | 2021
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