Patents Assigned to United States Materials Automotive Partnership, LLC
  • Dynamic load bearing composite floor pan for an automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 7784856
    Abstract: A composite floor pan may be joined with other structural members of an automotive vehicle. External loads imparted to the structural members may be transferred to the floor pan. The floor pan may be configured to absorb and/or transfer these external loads without separating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: United States Council for Automotive Research, United States Materials Automotive Partnership, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Fuchs, Erik Arthur Banks, Elisabeth Jane Berger, John D. Fickes, Dean Robert Oswald, Peter H. Foss