US 12,304,184 B2
Composite material vehicle cargo compartment construct
Hugh C. Foran, Auburn Hills, MI (US); Eric J. Haiss, Auburn Hills, MI (US); and Matthew Plauman, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/792,235
Filed by Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/013573
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/146518, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,275, filed on Jan. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0046294 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01); B32B 7/027 (2019.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B60R 13/01 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 27/12 (2013.01) [B32B 3/12 (2013.01); B32B 7/027 (2019.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B60R 13/01 (2013.01); B32B 2250/03 (2013.01); B32B 2260/02 (2013.01); B32B 2305/026 (2013.01); B32B 2305/18 (2013.01); B32B 2305/30 (2013.01); B32B 2307/102 (2013.01); B32B 2307/3065 (2013.01); B32B 2307/406 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7265 (2013.01); B32B 2398/00 (2013.01); B32B 2605/003 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle cargo construct comprising:
a floor having an upper surface and an oppositely opposed lower surface, the floor having a plurality of corrugations formed therein;
a plurality of side wall panels extending from said floor, each of said plurality of side wall panels having an exterior surface and an oppositely opposed interior surface; and
an end wall panel extending from said floor between said plurality of side wall panels, said end wall panel having an exterior surface and an oppositely opposed interior surface;
each of said floor, said plurality of side wall panels, and said end wall panel being integrally formed of a single piece of composite sandwich panel material comprising an open area core defining a plurality of pores, a surface sheet adhered to a first face of the open area core by a first adhesive layer, and a structural skin adhered to a second face of the open area core by a second adhesive layer;
wherein said plurality of side wall panels, and said end wall panel are each folded up from a plane of said floor along a plurality of fold lines, said open area core being crushed along the plurality of fold lines.