One-piece, integrated vehicle fascia and energy absorbers and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The one-piece vehicle fascia may include a fascia body and an energy absorber integrally formed with the fascia body. The energy absorber may include an open lattice portion including at least one lattice wall extending rearward from a front portion of the fascia body and adjoining at least two open cells. The lattice wall thickness may be smaller at a front portion of the energy absorber than at a rear portion. The open lattice portion may be formed as a honeycomb structure. The one-piece, integrated vehicle fascia and energy absorber may be formed by an additive manufacturing process (e.g., 3D printing). The process may include building the one-piece vehicle fascia in a plurality of successive layers each having a uniform thickness.
ONE-PIECE FASCIA WITH INTEGRATED ENERGY ABSORBER
2017-07-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS / 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 |
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