An embodiment rear vehicle body structure includes a rear vehicle body assembly and a rear end module connected to the rear vehicle body assembly in a length direction of a vehicle body. An embodiment rear vehicle body assembly includes a roof rail, quarter completions connected to each end of the roof rail, respectively, and a back panel connecting the quarter completions.

A safety cabin for a mobile home or motor home includes walls of the safety cabin including at least one layer of a fibre-reinforced plastic woven fabric and/or non-woven fabric. A layer includes plies arranged consecutively along a transverse direction with different fibre orientations. A layer is provided in the lateral external walls in each of a front region and rear region of the cabin. An intermediate wall at a transition from the front region of the cabin to the rear region of the cabin is arranged transversely to a longitudinal direction of the cabin, with the intermediate wall preferably comprising a layer including three to nine plies. Similarly, the invention relates to a manufacturing method for the safety cabin according to the invention.

In an automotive structural member, weight efficiency of impact resistance is improved. An automotive structural member includes: a hollow member having plane portions; and an FRP member joined to at least one section of the plane portions, wherein: the FRP member is joined to a region of at least 0.1L1 to 0.9L1 of a length L1 in a longitudinal direction of the hollow member; the plane portion is formed with an FRP joint portion being a portion to which the FRP member is joined and an FRP non-joint portion being a portion to which the FRP member is not joined, in the region of 0.1L1 to 0.9L1; a total width of the FRP joint portion is 8 to 60% of a full width of the plane portion, in the plane portion; and a flexural rigidity of the FRP member in the FRP joint portion is 30 times or more a flexural rigidity of the plane portion excluding the FRP member in the plane portion.

Presented are protective covers for weldable fasteners, methods for making/using such cover-protected weldable fasteners, and motor vehicles with such covered fasteners welded to load-bearing structural members. A weldable fastener assembly includes a fastener, such as a weld-on nut or clip retainer, that is fabricated with a shank and a flange. One end of the shank has a fastener hole that receives therethrough a mating fastener, such as a bolt, screw, stud, or clip. The flange is formed, in whole or in part, from a weldable material for welding to a load-bearing panel or other structural support member. The flange may be integrally formed with and project radially outward from the shank. A protective cover is attached to the flange and covers the fastener hole. The protective cover is frangible and formed, in whole or in part, from a material designed to withstand the temperature at which the weldable material melts.

An exemplary multi-dimensional load structure may include a base panel having a tiered structure with an upper layer, a lower layer, and at least one interior layer therebetween. The load structure may also have a glass layer applied to at least surfaces of each of the upper layer, the lower layer, and the at least one interior layer not in contact with an adjacent layer. The load structure may further have a coating applied to the exterior of the glass layer. The at least one interior layer may be configured to withstand a greater compressive force than the upper layer and the lower layer and/or the upper layer and the lower layer may be lighter than the at least one interior layer.

A structural panel for a recreational vehicle includes a plurality of layers laminated together to form a lamination. The lamination forms an outer surface of the structural panel, which is configured to form a sidewall, a ceiling, or a floor of the recreational vehicle when mounted in the recreational vehicle relative to the vehicle chassis. The structural panel further includes an image that is formed on or in one of the plurality of layers in or internal to the structural panel and which is visible at the outer surface. The image is in a location that is in a known fixed registry with a structural reference, such as the outer perimeter, of the structural panel prior to the panel being mounted in the recreational vehicle wherein the location of the image is known relative to the structural reference of the structural panel.

The present invention provides a front end structure in which cooling performance can be improved. A front end structure according to an aspect of the present invention includes a frame portion 41 that surrounds an outer circumferential part of a heat exchanger and supports the heat exchanger; a duct portion 42 that is connected to an inner circumferential edge of the frame portion 41 and guides outside air, which is taken in through a first introduction port 61, in at least an up-down direction through a space between the duct portion 42 and a front surface of the heat exchanger; and a division portion 43 that is provided in at least one of the frame portion 41 and the duct portion 42 and partitions the heat exchanger into a heat exchange area in which outside air is able to pass through in a front-rear direction and a support area which is positioned on a side circumferentially outward from the heat exchange area and is supported by the frame portion 41.

A body structure for a vehicle includes an A-pillar and a side sill, wherein the A-pillar includes a vertical front pillar; a front roof pillar extending from an upper end of the vertical front pillar toward an upper rear side thereof; a first reinforcing plate provided in the vertical front pillar and extending in the same direction with the vertical front pillar; and a second reinforcing plate provided in the front roof pillar extending in the same direction with the front roof pillar. The side sill is connected to a lower end of the vertical front pillar and extending along a horizontal direction. The first reinforcing plate is formed to cover a front door hinge mounting portion in the A-pillar and a connection portion of the vertical front pillar and the side sill. An uncoupled portion is formed between the second reinforcing plate and the first reinforcing plate.

A vehicle cargo construct including a floor, a plurality of side wall panels extending from the floor, and an end wall panel extending from the floor between the plurality of side wall panels. The floor has an exterior surface and an oppositely opposed interior surface. Each of the plurality of side wall panels has an exterior surface and an oppositely opposed interior surface. The has an exterior surface and an oppositely opposed interior surface. Each of the floor, the plurality of side wall panels, and the end wall panel are formed of a composite sandwich panel material formed including an open area core defining a plurality of pores disposed between a backing sheet and a surface sheet formed of a sheet molding composition (SMC) reinforced with unidirectional fibers.

A vehicle (1) includes a cargo carrying space enclosure (2), wherein the enclosure (2) has a tubular section (5) which is provided with a floor (6), a roof (7) and opposite walls (8) which extend between the floor (6) and the roof (7). At least the walls (8) and at least one of the roof (7) and the floor (6) have a laminar structure of interconnected layers (11). Each of the layers (11) is continuous along the walls (8) and the at least one of the roof (7) and the floor (6) as seen in a cross-section of the tubular section (5).