US20010039780A1 - Devices and methods for reinforcing hollow structural members - Google Patents

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US20010039780A1
US20010039780A1 US09/840,932 US84093201A US2001039780A1 US 20010039780 A1 US20010039780 A1 US 20010039780A1 US 84093201 A US84093201 A US 84093201A US 2001039780 A1 US2001039780 A1 US 2001039780A1
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  • the present invention relates to devices and structures for reinforcing a hollow structural member. More particularly, the present invention relates to devices and structures for reinforcing a closed box-like hollow structural member constructed from two or more plates, such as a front pillar, a center pillar, a quarter pillar, a roof side panel or a rocker panel of a vehicle. Preferably, the reinforcing device increases the strength and rigidity of the hollow structural member.
  • a reinforcement device may be disposed within a cavity of the hollow structural member.
  • a reinforcement device may be an elongated member that is arranged within the cavity in such a way as to extend along a longitudinal direction of the hollow structural member.
  • a known reinforcement device is taught, for example, by Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication Number 10-53156.
  • Reinforcement devices are also known that are integrally formed by injection molding, extrusion molding, blow molding or other such processes, so as to have lightweight and high rigidity.
  • the reinforcement device may be substantially hollow, so that the reinforcement device is lightweight.
  • support structures may be provided within the hollow portion in order to impart rigidity and strength to the reinforcement device.
  • such reinforcement devices are constructed from a plurality of reinforcement device parts that are separately manufactured. After separately forming the individual reinforcement device parts, these parts are joined or attached by screws, mechanical fasteners or welding. However, such a construction can be labor intensive and costly.
  • reinforcement devices may be constructed for insertion into a cavity of a hollow structural member.
  • the reinforcement devices may be substantially hollow and may include one or more structures that serve to reinforce the hollow structural member in order to impart strength and rigidity to the hollow structural member.
  • reinforcement devices may include at least two elongated reinforcement parts.
  • An adhesive fastener is preferably disposed between the elongated reinforcement parts in order to attach the reinforcement parts.
  • the adhesive fastener essentially comprises one or more adhesive thermosetting resins that will thermoset when heated.
  • the reinforcement device may include the reinforcement parts that are connected by a thermoset adhesive product.
  • the adhesive fastener also may have the property of foaming or expanding when heated.
  • the adhesive fastener also may have the desirable effect of securing the reinforcement device within the hollow structural member after heating due to the expansion of the adhesive fastener.
  • the methods may include attaching at least two elongated reinforcement parts using an adhesive fastener in order to form a reinforcement device.
  • the adhesive fastener may essentially comprise one or more adhesive thermosetting resins.
  • the reinforcement device may be disposed within a cavity of the hollow structural member and then external heat may be applied to the adhesive fastener in order to produce a thermoset product. Consequently, the thermoset product will securely bind the reinforcement parts.
  • the adhesive fastener also may foam or expand when heated, which may have the desirable effect of securing the reinforcement device within the hollow structural member.
  • the reinforcement devices may be substantially hollow and may include one or more structures that serve to reinforce the hollow structural member in order to impart strength and rigidity to the hollow structural member.
  • two or more elongated reinforcement parts may be attached or bonded by a thermoset product that is produced from an adhesive fastener. That is, the reinforcement parts can be securely bonded by simply heating the adhesive fastener to produce the thermoset product. Therefore, the reinforcement device can be easily and speedily produced. Further, in another aspect of the present teachings, the reinforcement device may impart rigidity and strength to the hollow structural member.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a reinforcement device that is designed to reinforce a hollow structural member according to a first representative embodiment of the present teachings before a first reinforcement part is attached or bonded to a second reinforcement part;
  • FIG. 2(A) is an explanatory view of the reinforcement device of FIG. 1, which view illustrates the relative positions of the first and second reinforcement parts before being coupled using adhesive connecting rods;
  • FIG. 2(B) is an explanatory view similar to FIG. 2(A), which view illustrates the relative positions of the first and second reinforcement parts before being coupled using adhesive connecting rods;
  • FIG. 3 is a side view of the reinforcement device of FIG. 2(B) positioned within the hollow structural member;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 4 after the adhesive connecting rods have been expanded or foamed;
  • FIG. 6(A) is an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view of the reinforcement device according to a modification of the first representative embodiment before the adhesive connecting rods have been expanded or foamed;
  • FIG. 6(B) is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 6(A) after the connecting rods have been expanded or foamed;
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a reinforcement device according to a second representative embodiment of the present teachings.
  • FIG. 8(A) is an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view of a reinforcement device according to a modification of the second representative embodiment before the fasteners have been expanded or foamed;
  • FIG. 8(B) is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 8(A) after the fasteners have been expanded or foamed.
  • FIGS. 1 to 5 A first detailed representative embodiment is shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 .
  • a pillar 1 of a vehicle body is exemplified as a hollow structural member.
  • the pillar 1 may be a center pillar or a front pillar of a vehicle body, although naturally a variety of hollow structural members are contemplated by the present teachings.
  • the pillar 1 is constructed from an elongated inner pillar panel 2 , which has flanges 3 extending along the edges of the panel 2 , and an elongated outer pillar panel 4 , which has flanges 5 extending along the edges of the panel 4 .
  • the inner pillar panel 2 and outer pillar panel 4 preferably are spot welded along flanges 3 and 5 , although other attaching methods and means may be utilized.
  • the pillar 1 has an elongated closed box-like hollow shape and a longitudinally extending cavity 6 is defined within pillar 1 .
  • the cavity 6 preferably is constructed to receive an elongated reinforcement device 10 or an intermediate reinforcement device 10 ′ that extends along the longitudinal direction of the pillar 1 .
  • the reinforcement device 10 , 10 ′ preferably reinforces the pillar 1 in order to provide strength and rigidity to the pillar 1 .
  • the reinforcement device 10 (or the intermediate reinforcement device 10 ′) may include, for example, a U-shaped first or lower reinforcement device part 11 that has side walls 17 and a bottom wall 18 .
  • a U-shaped second or upper reinforcement device part 21 also may be provided and also may have side walls 27 and a bottom wall 28 .
  • Each of the first part 11 and the second part 21 preferably has a supplemental wall 15 , 25 , respectively.
  • the supplemental walls 15 , 25 longitudinally extend along the respective bottom walls 18 , 28 .
  • the supplemental walls 15 , 25 are preferably designed to impart strength and rigidity to the parts 11 , 21 without adding a significant amount of weight.
  • the interior portions of parts 11 , 21 may be substantially hollow in order to minimize the weight of the reinforcement device 10 , 10 ′.
  • the supplemental walls 15 , 25 have a substantially triangular cross-section when viewed with the respective bottom walls 18 , 28 , although the supplemental walls 15 , 25 may have other shapes that impart strength and rigidity to the parts 11 , 21 .
  • Parts 11 , 21 preferably are integrally formed from heat resistive hard synthetic resinous materials. Known techniques may be utilized to manufacture parts 11 , 21 , such as injection molding, extrusion molding, blow molding or other such processes. Preferably, the outer dimensions of the parts 11 , 21 are designed to substantially correspond to the interior dimensions of the cavity 6 . While parts 11 , 21 both preferably comprise a resinous material, one (or both) of parts 11 , 21 may comprise a metal, such as light metals or their alloys, for example, aluminum alloys. In addition, the parts 11 , 21 can be formed from different types of metals that cannot be easily be welded to each other, if desired, because the parts 11 , 21 will be connected by an adhesive fastener to form the reinforcement device 10 , 10 ′.
  • End surfaces 17 a , 27 a , 15 a , 25 a are formed on the respective side walls 17 , 27 and the supplemental walls 15 , 25 .
  • the first and second reinforcement parts 11 , 21 are designed so that the side wall end surfaces 17 a and the supplemental wall end surfaces 15 a face the corresponding side wall end surfaces 27 a and the corresponding supplemental wall end surfaces 25 a .
  • connecting portions are defined between the respective end surfaces 17 a , 27 a , 15 a , 25 a .
  • first and second parts 11 , 21 preferably are symmetrically designed. That is, parts 11 , 21 preferably have the same three-dimensional configuration in cross-section. As a result, the manufacturing costs of these parts 11 , 21 can be reduced, because the parts 11 , 21 can be manufactured by utilizing a common molding die. However, parts 11 , 21 also may naturally have non-symmetrical configurations.
  • the first reinforcement part 11 and the second reinforcement part 21 are temporarily attached or bonded to each other by an adhesive fastener, such as connecting rods 30 in this representative embodiment.
  • Connecting rods 30 are preferably elongated structures and are disposed along the connecting portions between the end surfaces 17 a , 15 a and the corresponding end surfaces 27 a , 25 a .
  • an intermediate reinforcement device 10 ′ is formed.
  • the connecting rods 30 comprise an adhesive composition that can securely couple the parts 11 , 21 .
  • the connecting rods 30 comprise an adhesive resin material that thermosets upon heating in order to more securely bond the parts 11 , 21 .
  • thermosetting adhesive resin material is intended to mean any polymer that softens when initially heated and then hardens and condenses in bulk in order to retain a permanent shape.
  • thermosetting adhesive resin materials can not be softened or reprocessed by reheating.
  • the adhesive resin material preferably comprises a foamable material and the foamable material can be expanded or foamable by heating in order to produce a thermoset product 31 .
  • the connecting rods 30 are heated after being disposed between parts 11 , 21 in order to change the connecting rods 30 into the thermoset products 31 and thereby produce the reinforcement device 10 .
  • adhesive resin of connecting rods 30 preferably has the property of adhering the parts 11 , 21 without heating.
  • the adhesive resin can be thermoset by heating in order to more securely adhere the parts 11 , 21 .
  • the adhesive resins also preferably are capable of foaming and expanded upon heating. If all three properties are utilized together, the connecting rods 30 may be foamed and thermoset upon heating, although adhesive resins exhibiting only one or two of the above-noted properties also may be utilized with the present teachings.
  • preferred adhesive resins include, but are not limited to, epoxy resins, urethanes or other esters, phenol resins and other similar adhesive resin materials.
  • the adhesive resin materials of the present teachings may include (i) a co-polymer of epichlorohydrin and bisphenol A (an epoxy resin), (ii) a composition comprising phenol and formaldehyde (a phenolic resin), (iii) a composition comprising isocyanate and an alcohol (a polyurethane resin) and (iv) a composition comprising maleic anhydride, fumaric acid and glycol (an unsaturated polyester resin).
  • the reinforcement device 10 , 10 ′ can be heated (for example, 110° C.-190° C.) using, e.g. an oven, for about 10-60 minutes in order to thermoset and/or foam the adhesive resin material. This heat treatment may also advantageously bake any coating materials that have been disposed on the pillar 1 and/or the vehicle body in order to impart corrosion resistance to the pillar 1 and/or vehicle body.
  • the first and second reinforcement parts 11 , 21 of the reinforcement device 10 are separately manufactured and comprise one or more heat resistive hard synthetic resinous materials.
  • the adhesive connecting rods 30 are manufactured from an adhesive resin material for example by extrusion molding. In one embodiment of the present teachings, the connecting rods 30 have substantially the same length as the reinforcement parts 11 , 21 .
  • a second or assembling step as shown in FIGS.
  • the first and second reinforcement parts 11 , 21 are disposed opposite of each in such a way that the side wall end surfaces 17 a and the supplemental wall end surface 15 a of the part 11 face the corresponding side wall end surfaces 27 a and the corresponding supplemental wall end surface 25 a of the part 21 .
  • one or more connecting rods 30 are interleaved between the surfaces 17 a , 15 a and the corresponding surfaces 27 a , 25 a .
  • these reinforcement parts 11 , 21 may be pressed together in order to sandwich the connecting rods 30 between the surfaces 17 a , 15 a and the corresponding surfaces 27 a , 25 a .
  • the connecting rods 30 are compressed and deformed.
  • the connecting rods 30 have an adhesive property, the surfaces 17 a , 15 a will adhere to the surfaces 27 a , 25 a .
  • the first and second reinforcement parts 11 , 21 are attached and form the intermediate reinforcement device 10 ′.
  • the intermediate reinforcement device 10 ′ is longitudinally positioned on the inner plate 2 of the pillar 1 .
  • a pair of support plates 40 may be utilized to clamp or hold the reinforcement device 10 ′ in position.
  • other types of support or attaching members may be utilized to position the reinforcement device 10 ′ within cavity 6 , including for example clamps, fasteners, adhesives, clips, screws, etc. All such support or attaching members arc considered to be attaching means within the present teachings.
  • the inner panel 2 and the outer panels 4 are preferably welded along flanges 3 and 5 to thereby form the pillar 1 .
  • the intermediate reinforcement device 10 ′ is appropriately arranged within the cavity 6 of the pillar 1 .
  • the vehicle body having the pillar 1 typically is heated (e.g. using an oven) to bake any coating materials disposed on the pillar 1 and/or vehicle body.
  • the intermediate reinforcement device 10 ′ disposed within the cavity 6 will also be heated.
  • the connecting rods 30 comprise an adhesive resin material that thermosets upon heating, the connecting rods 30 will thermoset and securely adhere the parts 11 , 21 . If the connecting rods 30 comprise an adhesive resin material that foams or expands upon heating, the connecting rods 30 will expand during the heating step.
  • the connecting rods 30 are capable of both thermosetting and foaming, foamed and thermoset connecting products 31 will be produced between the surfaces 17 a , 15 a and the corresponding surfaces 27 a , 25 a.
  • the first and second reinforcement parts 11 , 21 may be securely attached or bonded by the connecting products 31 , thereby producing the integral reinforcement device 10 .
  • the reinforcement device 10 may impart rigidity and strength to the pillar 1 .
  • the outer surface of reinforcement device 10 may tightly contact the inner surface of the cavity 6 , if the connecting rod 30 expand or foam during the heating step. By tightly contacting the surface of the cavity 6 , the reinforcement device 10 may impart further strength and rigidity to the pillar 1 .
  • the reinforcement device 10 can be produced by simply heating the pillar 1 after the intermediate reinforcement device 10 ′ is introduced into the pillar cavity 6 . Further, the intermediate reinforcement device 10 ′ can be produced by simply pressing together the reinforcement parts 11 , 21 with the adhesive connecting rods 30 disposed between the parts 11 , 21 . Therefore, the reinforcement device 10 can be easily and quickly manufactured without using additional connecting means. Further, although the first and second parts 11 , 21 arc symmetrically shaped in the first representative embodiment, the parts 11 , 21 may be asymmetrically shaped, if desired. In addition, the cross-section of each of the parts 11 , 21 may change along the longitudinal axis of the parts 11 , 21 . Thus, the parts 11 , 21 are not required to have a uniform cross section along the entire length of the parts 11 , 21 .
  • each of the surfaces 17 a , 15 a , 27 a , 25 a of the parts 11 , 21 may have dovetail grooves 13 , 23 .
  • the connecting rods 30 are capable of foaming, the foamed connecting products 31 will partially enter into the grooves 13 , 23 , to thereby further increase the bonding strength between first and second parts 11 , 21 .
  • the grooves 13 , 23 may also be any type of groove that is characterized by having an opening diameter or circumference that is less than an interior diameter circumference.
  • grooves 13 , 23 may also have a rounded shape or other interior shape.
  • an inner lip or edge 23 a of the groove 13 , 23 is formed because the opening diameter or circumference is narrower than at least a portion of the interior diameter or circumference. Consequently, the inner lip or edge 23 a may serve to retain the foamed product 31 and more reliably bond parts 11 , 21 .
  • the connecting rods 30 also may comprise thermosetting resins that do not contain foamable materials, if desired. In such case, the connecting rods 30 will melt and thermoset, to thereby produce solid connecting products 31 . Even though connecting rods 30 do not expand, the first and second reinforcement parts 11 , 21 can still be securely adhered by the connecting products 31 . Furthermore, the mating surfaces 17 a , 15 a , 27 a , 25 a of the parts 11 , 21 may optionally include one or more longitudinally extending recesses (not shown) that serve to retain or position the connecting rods 30 before the parts 11 , 21 are pressed together.
  • FIG. 7 A second detailed representative embodiment of the present teachings is shown in FIG. 7 and the second detailed representative embodiment is related to the first detailed representative embodiment. Therefore, it is only necessary to describe constructions of the second detailed representative embodiment that are different from constructions described in the first detailed representative embodiment.
  • a reinforcement device 110 or an intermediate reinforcement device 110 ′ may include a first or lower reinforcement device part 111 that has side walls 117 and a second or upper reinforcement device part 121 that has side walls 127
  • the first part 111 preferably has supplemental walls 115 and the second part 121 also preferably has supplemental walls 125 .
  • the side walls 117 , 127 may also include respective engagement projections or outward flanges 116 , 126 .
  • the flanges 116 , 126 may be preferably constructed to adjoin each other when the first and second parts 111 , 121 are placed together.
  • the supplemental walls 115 , 125 also have respective end surfaces 115 a , 125 a , which may serve as mating surfaces when the first and second parts 111 , 121 are placed together.
  • the second representative embodiment may further include a pair of fasteners or clamping members 132 .
  • the clamping members 132 may comprise the same adhesive resin as the connecting rod 130 , although naturally the clamping members 132 may comprise a different material.
  • the clamping members 132 may each have a symmetrical U-shape in transverse cross section, so as to tightly fit along the adjoining flanges 116 , 126 .
  • the clamping members 132 preferably are formed by injection molding, extrusion molding, blow molding or other such processes.
  • first and second reinforcement parts 111 , 121 , the clamping members 132 and the connecting rod 130 are manufactured.
  • the first and second reinforcement parts 111 , 121 are oppositely arranged in such a way that the flanges 116 and the supplemental wall end surfaces 115 a of the part 111 face the respective flanges 126 and the supplemental wall end surface 25 a of the part 121 .
  • the connecting rod 130 is disposed or interleaved between the supplemental wall surfaces 115 a , 125 a .
  • these reinforcement parts 111 , 121 are pressed together and the connecting rod 130 is sandwiched between the surfaces 115 a , 125 a . Further, the flanges 116 , 126 will be disposed to closely adjoin each other. Subsequently, the clamping members 132 are fitted onto the adjoined flanges 116 , 126 . As a result, the flanges 116 , 126 are securely clamped, and the adhesive connecting rod 130 is compressed and deformed, so as to adhere the mating surfaces 115 a and 125 a . Thus, the first and second reinforcement parts 111 , 121 are attached to each other to thereby form the intermediate reinforcement device 110 ′.
  • the intermediate reinforcement device 110 ′ is disposed within a hollow structural member (e.g. pillar 1 ) and then heated in the same manner as the first representative embodiment.
  • the clamping members 132 and the connecting rod 130 are capable of thermosetting, thermoset clamping products and connecting products (not shown) will be produced.
  • the clamping members 132 and the connecting rod 130 are capable of foaming, foamed clamping products and connecting products (not shown) will be produced.
  • the clamping members 132 and the connecting rod 130 are capable of thermosetting and foaming, thermoset and foamed clamping products and connecting products (not shown) will be produced.
  • the same types of adhesive connecting rods 30 described with respect to the first representative embodiment may also be advantageously utilized in the second representative embodiment.
  • first and second reinforcement parts 111 , 121 may be securely bonded by these products, to thereby produce the integral reinforcement device 110 .
  • the reinforcement device 110 may impart rigidity and strength to the hollow structural member (e.g. pillar 1 ).
  • connecting rod 130 is interleaved between the supplemental end wall surfaces 115 a , 125 a in the second representative embodiment, the connecting rod 130 can be omitted, if desired.
  • the clamping members 132 can be replaced with another type of fastener, such as clips 135 .
  • clips 135 may comprise the same adhesive resin material as the connecting rod 130 , although naturally clips 135 may comprise other materials.
  • the clips 135 are preferably constructed to engage corresponding apertures 137 that are previously formed in the flanges 116 , 126 .
  • the clips 135 will expand and thermoset when heated and thereby produce foamed products 136 that close the apertures 137 .
  • the first and second reinforcement parts 111 , 121 may be optionally adhered together by the foamed products 136 .
  • the reinforcement members comprise two reinforcement parts in the first and second representative embodiments
  • the present teachings are applicable to reinforcement members that comprises three or more parts.
  • the pillar of a vehicle body has been described as a representative hollow structural member.
  • the hollow structural member is not limited to such pillars and may be a rocker panel, a roof side panel or other panels of a vehicle body.
  • the hollow structural member is not limited to parts of a vehicle body, as the present teachings are equally applicable to the reinforcement of any hollow structural members, such as for example structural components for buildings and ships.

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