Method for forming a tangible item and a tangible item which is made by a method which allows the created tangible item to efficiently absorb energy

a technology of tangible items and energy absorption, which is applied in the field of forming tangible items and tangible items, can solve the problems of relatively inefficient manufacturing, relative common traffic accidents, and relatively high manufacturing costs, and achieves the effects of increasing energy, increasing energy, and enhancing energy absorption properties

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-09-21
WYCECH JOSEPH S
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[0010] It is a second non-limiting object of the present invention to provide a method for creating a tangible item which overcomes some or all of the previously delineated drawbacks associated with prior and / or current methods or strategies and which allows a tangible item to be produced which readily and efficiently absorbs energy in a cost-effective manner.
[0011] It is a third non-limiting object of the present invention to provide a method for creating a tangible item which overcomes some or all of the previously delineated drawbacks associated with prior and / or current methods or strategies, which allows a tangible item to be produced which readily and efficiently absorbs energy in a cost-effective manner, and which does not substantially increase the amount of energy required to produce the item without these enhanced energy-absorbing characteristics.
[0012] It is a fourth non-limiting object of the present invention to provide a method for creating a tangible item which overcomes some or all of the previously delineated drawbacks associated with prior and / or current methods or strategies, which allows a tangible item to be produced which readily and efficiently absorbs energy in a cost-effective manner, which does not substantially increase the amount of energy required to produce the item without these enhanced energy-absorbing characteristics, and which allows for selectively disparate energy absorption properties to be created within the created tangible item.
[0015] According to a third non-limiting aspect of the present invention, a method of forming a tangible item is provided which comprises the steps of forming a pre-part which includes at least one pocket; placing adhesive coated beads within the at least one pocket; generating heated air; and directing the heated air to contact the adhesive coated beads, thereby causing the adhesive coated beads to adhere to the pre-part and thereby forming the tangible item.
[0018] According to a sixth non-limiting aspect of the present invention, a method of increasing the amount of energy which may be absorbed by a tangible item is provided wherein the tangible item is normally formed by the use of a process which requires a certain amount of energy, the method comprising the steps of providing beads; placing a certain amount of adhesive material upon the beads, thereby substantially coating the beads with the adhesive material; and causing the coated beads to be adhered to the tangible item only by the use of said certain amount of energy.
[0019] According to a seventh non-limiting aspect of the present invention, a method of increasing the amount of energy which may be absorbed by a tangible item is provided which comprises the steps of selecting only a portion of said tangible item; providing adhesive coated beads; and placing the adhesive coated beads only upon said selected portion of said tangible item, thereby programmably providing enhanced energy absorption properties to a selected portion of the produced tangible item.

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It is relatively common to see traffic accidents and / or other mishaps which involve a vehicle and / or other type of selectively movable assembly.
In these circumstances, a passenger (e.g., an individual residing within the vehicle or within other types of selectively movable assemblies) may be “thrown” within and / or otherwise jostled or moved within the vehicle or other type of selectively movable assembly by the force of the circumstances, in a manner which is dangerous and injurious to the passenger (e.g., the passenger forcibly contacts a portion of the interior of the vehicle or selectively movable assembly and is injured or killed).
While current tangible items do absorb some energy, they do so in a relatively inefficient manner, are relatively costly to manufacture, and are not “programmable”, (i.e., they do not have intentionally disparate energy absorption portions where contact is most likely to occur).
Further, it is desirable that, if these desirable energy-absorption enhancement characteristics are made within a tangible item, they be made in a manner which substantially utilizes only the type and the amount of energy which is currently used to form the item, thereby further not appreciably increasing the amount of energy already used to produce the item.

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[0032] Referring now to FIGS. 1-8, there is cooperatively shown various new and novel methods and strategies for selectively, cost-effectively, and efficiently creating energy-absorbing tangible items which may even have disparate energy-absorption properties at various locations within the created item, thereby causing the created energy-absorbing tangible items to be highly “programmable” (e.g., having enhanced energy-absorption characteristics only at certain “pre-programmed” locations). It should be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to the production of a certain tangible item, but that various tangible items, of many types, of many shapes, and of many sizes may be selectively created and selectively used within a wide variety of assemblies. Further, it should be realized that various diverse assemblies may utilize these created items and that nothing in this description limits the assembly in which the created “energy absorption-enhanced” item is employed to...

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Abstract

A method for creating a tangible item (such as an “A” pillar garnishment 18) which increases the capacity of the item to absorb energy by the incorporation and / or addition of a plurality of adhesive-covered beads 25, and which utilizes the method and / or type of energy used to normally form the item to incorporate and / or add the adhesive-covered beads 25, thereby increasing efficiency while reducing cost. A new and novel tangible item, such as “A” pillar garnishment 18, having programmed energy absorption characteristics is also disclosed.

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BACKGROUND [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention generally relates to a method for forming a tangible item and to a tangible item which is made by a method which allows the created tangible item to efficiently absorb energy and, more particularly, to a new and novel method for increasing the amount of energy which may be absorbed by a tangible item, without appreciably increasing the amount of energy used to normally form the item, and which further allows the produced tangible item to have disparate energy absorption portions in an intentional and programmable manner. [0003] 2. Background of the Invention [0004] It is relatively common to see traffic accidents and / or other mishaps which involve a vehicle and / or other type of selectively movable assembly. In these circumstances, a passenger (e.g., an individual residing within the vehicle or within other types of selectively movable assemblies) may be “thrown” within and / or otherwise jostled or moved within t...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B31B45/00
CPCB29C70/58B29C70/64B29K2995/0091B29L2031/30Y10T428/13B60R21/04B60R21/0428B60R2021/0435B60R2021/0442B29L2031/721
InventorWYCECH, JOSEPH S.
OwnerWYCECH JOSEPH S