US 12,090,939 B2
Composite crush can
James Smith, Warwickshire (GB); Colin Chung, Warwickshire (GB); Nicholas Hook, Warwickshire (GB); and Frederic Sicard, Warwickshire (FR)
Assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
Appl. No. 17/596,980
Filed by JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Warwickshire (GB)
PCT Filed Jun. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/067550
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/260314, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1909005 (GB), filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0266784 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 19/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/40 (2006.01); B29C 70/46 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29C 70/08 (2006.01); B60R 19/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 19/34 (2013.01) [B29C 70/40 (2013.01); B29C 70/46 (2013.01); B29D 99/0003 (2013.01); B23P 2700/50 (2013.01); B29C 70/08 (2013.01); B60R 2019/186 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49622 (2015.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making a component comprising a crush can having an internal moulded structure, the method comprising:
providing a substantially hollow crush can;
inserting a fibre-reinforced material into the substantially hollow crush can;
moulding said fibre-reinforced material using an internal shape of the substantially hollow crush can as an outer shell of a split mould, at least one further part of the split mould being inserted into the crush can to form said internal moulded structure.