A vehicle door includes a trim panel coupled to a frame. A single-piece armrest substrate is coupled with the frame. The armrest substrate is a three-dimensionally printed member having interior walls that are printed within the armrest substrate according to a virtual force model generated during a virtual impact scenario. The interior walls define a plurality of voids defined within the armrest substrate.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Biomimetic armrest substrate for a vehicle armrest assembly



    Publication date :

    2020-12-15


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B33Y ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING , Additive (generative) Fertigung, d. h. die Herstellung von dreidimensionalen [3D] Bauteilen durch additive Abscheidung, additive Agglomeration oder additive Schichtung, z. B. durch 3D- Drucken, Stereolithografie oder selektives Lasersintern / B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet / G06F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING , Elektrische digitale Datenverarbeitung



    BIOMIMETIC ARMREST SUBSTRATE FOR A VEHICLE ARMREST ASSEMBLY

    WHITENS MICHAEL JAMES / BEDARD ROBERT D / SELVASEKAR SIDDHARTHAN et al. | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    BIOMIMETIC ARMREST SUBSTRATE FOR A VEHICLE ARMREST ASSEMBLY

    WHITENS MICHAEL JAMES / BEDARD ROBERT D / SELVASEKAR SIDDHARTHAN et al. | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    VEHICLE ARMREST ASSEMBLY (VERSIONS) AND VEHICLE ARMREST

    FARUK ISKANDER / FARUK MOKHAMMED OMAR / DANEM SKOTT KH | European Patent Office | 2018

    Free access

    Armrest core, armrest incorporating that armrest core and method of manufacturing that armrest assembly

    FARUQUE MOHAMMAD OMAR / FAROOQ S M ISKANDER / JARADI DEAN M | European Patent Office | 2019

    Free access

    Vehicle armrest assembly

    CATLIN MICHAEL ROBERT / NEWKIRK TYLER JAMES / FLOWERDAY CRAIG DAVID et al. | European Patent Office | 2018

    Free access