US 12,077,215 B2
Structural bodies for vehicles having honeycomb inserts and methods of making and using same
Vamsy Godthi, Bangalore (IN); Somasekhar Bobba Venkat, Bangalore (IN); Harindranath Sharma, Bangalore (IN); Arunachala Parameshwara, Bangalore (IN); and Dinesh Munjurulimana, Wixom, MI (US)
Assigned to SHPP GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
Appl. No. 17/608,080
Filed by SHPP GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
PCT Filed Jun. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/036319
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/247745, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19178988 (EP), filed on Jun. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315114 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B62D 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/20 (2013.01) [B62D 21/157 (2013.01); B62D 25/02 (2013.01); B62D 25/025 (2013.01); B62D 25/04 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structural member for a vehicle body, comprising:
a plate member;
a facia member connected to the plate member, the facia member and the plate member defining therebetween a cavity that extends along a longitudinal axis; and
an energy absorbing device within the cavity, the energy absorbing device comprising:
a honeycomb body having a plurality tubes stacked transversely with one another along the longitudinal axis, the honeycomb body comprising:
an inboard portion arranged along the longitudinal axis and having an inboard portion bending stiffness; and
an outboard portion arranged outboard of the longitudinal axis and coupled to the inboard portion of the honeycomb body, the outboard portion having an outboard portion bending stiffness,
wherein the outboard portion bending stiffness of the honeycomb body is greater than the inboard portion bending stiffness of the honeycomb body; and
wherein the inboard portion of the honeycomb body abuts the plate member.