Partition panel for vehicles and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10214245-B2
Application number	US-201615370251-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2016
Priority date	Oct 21, 2016
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed are a partition panel for vehicles and a method of manufacturing the same. The partition panel for vehicles includes a panel part formed of a composite material to divide a trunk and the inside of a vehicle from each other and a reinforcement part formed of a composite material, inclined upwards from the center of the lower portion of the panel part to both ends of the panel part, and connected integrally to the panel part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A partition panel for vehicles, the partition panel comprising:
a panel part formed of a composite material to divide a trunk and the inside of a vehicle from each other, the panel part having a first end and a laterally spaced second end; and
a reinforcement part formed of a composite material, inclined upwards from the center of a lower portion of the panel part toward the first and second ends of the panel part, the reinforcement part being connected integrally to the panel part, wherein the reinforcement part includes:
a main body region connected to the center of the lower portion of the panel part;
a first planar deployment region extending from the main body region so as to be inclined upwards toward the first end of the panel part; and
a second planar deployment region extending from the main body region so as to be inclined upwards toward the second end of the panel part;
wherein a first connection part between the first deployment region and a first end of the main body region is configured such that the first connection part has a width that gradually decreases in a downward direction and then increases; and
wherein a second connection part between the second deployment region and a second end of the main body region is configured such that the second connection part has a width that gradually decreases in a downward direction and then increases.

2. The partition panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the panel part and the reinforcement part are configured such that a plurality of reinforced fiber layers having a designated arrangement direction is stacked to form a multilayer structure; and
the reinforced fiber arrangement directions of the reinforced fiber layers of the panel part and the reinforced fiber arrangement directions of the reinforced fiber layers of the reinforcement part are different by an angle of 40-50°.

3. The partition panel according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement part includes:
a first reinforcement tape-shaped portion connected to a portion of the panel part inclined upwards from the center of the lower portion of the panel part to the first end of the panel part; and
a second reinforcement tape-shaped portion overlapping the first reinforcement tape-shaped portion at the center of the lower portion of the panel part and connected to a portion of the panel part inclined upwards from the center of the lower portion of the panel part to the second end of the panel part.

4. The partition panel according to claim 3 , wherein:
the first reinforcement tape-shaped portion and the second reinforcement tape-shaped portion have substantially the same shape; and
an adhesive surface of the first reinforcement tape-shaped portion contacting the panel part and an adhesive surface of the second reinforcement tape-shaped portion contacting the panel part are opposite.

5. The partition panel according to claim 4 , wherein the first reinforcement tape-shaped portion and the second reinforcement tape-shaped portion are configured such that a plurality of reinforced fiber layers having a designated arrangement direction is stacked to form a multilayer structure.

6. The partition panel according to claim 5 , wherein:
a pair of the reinforced fiber layers contacting each other and having the same reinforced fiber arrangement direction serves as a reference pair and is disposed at a central layer of the first reinforcement tape-shaped portion or the second reinforcement tape-shaped portion; and
the reinforced fiber layers stacked on upper and lower surfaces of the reference pair form a plurality of pairs, and the pairs of the reinforced fiber layers stacked on the upper and lower surfaces of the reference pair form a multilayer structure.

7. The partition panel according to claim 3 , wherein the first reinforcement tape-shaped portion and the second reinforcement tape-shaped portion are connected so as to intersect each other so that intersecting portions of first reinforcement tape-shaped portion and the second reinforcement tape-shaped portion overlap each other, one end of each of the first reinforcement tape-shaped portion and the second reinforcement tape-shaped portion about the intersecting portions are connected to an upper portion of the panel part, and an opposite end of each of the first reinforcement tape-shaped portion and the second reinforcement tape-shaped portion are connected to the lower portion of the panel part.

8. The partition panel according to claim 1 , wherein the composite materials forming the panel part and the reinforcement part include carbon fibers and, thus, the panel part is formed of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP).

9. The partition panel according to claim 1 , wherein the composite materials forming the panel part and the reinforcement part include glass fibers and, thus, the panel part is formed of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP).

10. The partition panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the composite material forming the panel part includes carbon fibers and, thus, the panel part is formed of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP); and
the composite material forming the reinforcement part includes glass fibers and, thus, the reinforcement part is formed of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP).

11. The partition panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the composite material forming the panel part includes glass fibers and, thus, the panel part is formed of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP); and
the composite material forming the reinforcement part includes carbon fibers and, thus, the reinforcement part is formed of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP).

12. A partition panel for vehicles, the partition panel comprising:
a panel part formed of a composite material to divide a trunk and the inside of a vehicle from each other, the panel part having a first end and a laterally spaced second end; and
a reinforcement part formed of a composite material, inclined upwards from the center of a lower portion of the panel part toward the first and second ends of the panel part, the reinforcement part being connected integrally to the panel part, wherein the reinforcement part includes:
a first reinforcement tape-shaped portion connected to a portion of the panel part inclined upwards from the center of the lower portion of the panel part to a first end of the panel part; and
a second reinforcement tape-shaped portion overlapping the first reinforcement tape-shaped portion at the center of the lower portion of the panel part and connected to a portion of the panel part inclined upwards from the center of the lower portion of the panel part to a second end of the panel part.

13. The partition panel according to claim 12 , wherein:
the panel part and the reinforcement part are configured such that a plurality of reinforced fiber layers having a designated arrangement direction is stacked to form a multilayer structure; and
the reinforced fiber arrangement directions of the reinforced fiber layers of the panel part and the reinforced fiber arrangement directions of the reinforced fiber layers of the reinforcement part are different by an angle of 40-50°.

14. The partition panel according to claim 12 , wherein:
the first reinforcement tape-shaped portion and the second reinforcement tape-shaped portion have substantially the same shape; and
an adhesive surface of the first reinforcement tape-shaped portion contacting the panel part and an adhesive surface of the second reinforcement tape-shaped portion contacting the panel part are opposite.

15. The partition panel according to claim 14 , wherein the first

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Hanwha Advanced Mat Corp

Inventors

• Kim Min Soo
• Han Wook Hyun
• Kim Chang Dong
• Kim Jun Hyoung
• Kim Jun Young
• Park Sang Sun
• Lim Joung Myung
• Choi Ji Hwan
• Ko Hee Young

Classifications

• B62D29/005

  preformed metal and synthetic material elements being joined together, e.g. by adhesives · CPC title

• B62D29/043

  Superstructures (B62D25/161 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D25/087 Primary

  Luggage compartments · CPC title

• B60R21/026

  Rigid partitions inside vehicles, e.g. between passengers and load compartments (B60R21/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D29/04

  predominantly of synthetic material (working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29) · CPC title