US 12,030,229 B2
Hybrid structure and method for manufacturing
Matthew Michael Delaney, Wixom, MI (US); Gregory E. Tremblay, Houston, TX (US); Dinesh Munjurulimana, Bangalore (IN); Rajkumar Karthikeyan, Bangalore (IN); Anil Tiwari, Bangalore (IN); Dhanendra Kumar Nagwanshi, Wixom, MI (US); and Arunachala Parameshwara, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
Filed by SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/136,611.
Application 18/136,611 is a continuation of application No. 16/603,267, granted, now 11,660,792, previously published as PCT/IB2018/052414, filed on Apr. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/483,560, filed on Apr. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249385 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/14344 (2013.01) [B29C 45/14336 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B62D 29/004 (2013.01); B29C 2045/14327 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3002 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hybrid structure, comprising:
a first component having a base, a first extending from the base, and a second upstanding wall extending from the base, the second upstanding wall being opposite the first upstanding wall, the first component having an interior enclosed between the first upstanding wall, the second upstanding wall, and the base, and
a thermoplastic second component moulded to the first component, the thermoplastic second component comprising a reinforcing portion for structurally reinforcing the first component, the reinforcing portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the first component and located in the interior of the first component,
the thermoplastic second component further comprising a locking portion that extends adjacently over at least part of an exterior of the first component, wherein the reinforcing portion and the locking portion are integrally formed, thus interlocking the first component in the thermoplastic second component,
wherein the locking portion comprises a plurality of ribbon locks that extend adjacently over an exterior surface of the base, an exterior surface of the first upstanding wall, and an exterior surface of the second upstanding wall, and
wherein the ribbon locks have a first free end on the first upstanding wall and a second free end on the second upstanding wall.