Patent ID: 6233826
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A61B,B29C,B60N,B60R,B62D,G01S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of reinforcing a part, comprising the steps of: providing a flexible member having a length greater than its width; covering at least a portion of the flexible member with an expandable resin mounted directly on the flexible member; inserting the flexible member with the expandable resin into a cavity of a hollow part, the inserting step including the step of bending the flexible member with the expandable resin to accommodate the geometry of the cavity while the resin is of smaller outside dimension than the inside dimension of the part whereby the flexible member and the resin move freely through the part without the resin and the portion of the flexible member having the resin mounted thereon contacting the inside dimension of the part; and expanding the expandable resin into contact with the inside dimension of the part and thereby bonding the resin to the part.