US 12,214,827 B2
Exposed structural corner reinforcement
Max Vanraaphorst, Romeo, MI (US); Jeffery T. Shantz, Romeo, MI (US); and Garrett Taylor, Romeo, MI (US)
Assigned to ZEPHYROS, INC., Romeo, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/788,588
Filed by Zephyros, Inc., Romeo, MI (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/017361
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/163119, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,934, filed on Feb. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0025965 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 27/02 (2006.01); B29C 44/18 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 27/026 (2013.01) [B29C 44/18 (2013.01); B62D 27/023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structural reinforcement, for a vehicle, comprising:
(a) a first wall,
(b) a second wall extending perpendicularly from an edge of a first side of the first wall,
(c) a third wall coupled to and extending perpendicularly between the first wall and the second wall,
(d) one or more spacer legs extending from a second side of the first wall and defining a first channel,
(e) one or more spacer legs extending from a second side of the second wall and defining a second channel, and
(f) a curable adhesive disposed in the first channel and the second channel and on the third wall;
wherein the structural reinforcement is configured to reinforce a joint; and
wherein the one or more spacer legs of the first wall and the one or more spacer legs of the second wall each include two spacer legs coupled to opposing edges respectively of the first wall and the second wall.