A method is provided for forming a reinforced structural element for a vehicle. A thin-walled hollow member 302, which may for example be a metallic extrusion or a plastic pultrusion and which may be elongate, is provided. At least part of hollow member 302 is supported, for example by use of a solid support, injecting a fluid or using a connector piece, and a structural element material 306, which may have a fibre reinforcedment, overmoulded to the part of hollow member 302 to form the reinforced structural element. The hollow member may comprise a retractable core and may be overmoulded in this position.
A method for forming a structual element for a vehicle
2024-10-30
Patent
Electronic Resource
English