Eric John Haiss

US Patent:

20230046294, Feb 16, 2023

Filed:

Jan 15, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/792235

Inventors:

- Auburn Hills MI, US
Eric J. Haiss - Auburn Hills MI, US
Matthew Plauman - Auburn Hills MI, US

Assignee:

Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc. - Auburn Hills MI

International Classification:

B32B 27/12
B32B 3/12
B32B 7/027
B32B 7/12

Abstract:

A vehicle cargo construct includes a floor, a plurality of side wall panels extending from the floor, and an end wall panel extending from the floor between the plurality of side wall panels. The floor has an upper surface and an oppositely opposed lower surface. Each of the plurality of side wall panels has an exterior surface and an oppositely opposed interior surface. The end wall panel has an exterior surface and an oppositely opposed interior surface. Each of the floor, the plurality of side wall panels, and the end wall panel being formed of a composite sandwich panel material formed of 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.