Patent ID: 6135542
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
A structure for use in producing a frame unit for a motor vehicle comprising:a contoured frame part having an inner wall forming a cavity having a cavity interior;a structural component disposed in said cavity interior;a solid metallic member disposed in said cavity interior on said structural component, said solid metallic member having an exposed surface exposed to said cavity interior;said exposed surface being spaced from at least a portion of said inner wall of said cavity;said solid metallic member comprising a foamable metallic material having the property of being foamable in situ in said cavity interior so as to expand outwardly from said exposed surface toward said inner wall of said cavity and to contact said inner wall at a contact area;said solid metallic member of foamable metallic material further having the property to effect a bond with said inner wall of said cavity at said contact area.