IMPROVED VEHICULAR STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE MEMBERS

摘要

The present invention is an article comprising a shaped rigid foam part 810) ; a heat activated foamable adhesive (30) applied directly to at least a porti on of the outer surface of the shaped foam part and an integral locating means (40). A second aspect of the invention is a method of forming a foam filled vehicle hollow member comprising, (a) inserting into a vehicular hollow memb er (5) a rigid foam part 10) comprised of a rigid foam (10) having a heat activated foamable adhesive (30) on at least a portion of the rigid foam insert and at least one integral locating means (40) extending from a surfac e of the rigid foam, (b) engaging the locating means (40) with the hollow memb er (5) to locate the rigid foam part (10) within the hollow member, and (c) heating the hollow member having the rigid foam part therein to a temperatur e and for a time sufficient to activate the heat activated expandable adhesive (30) to form the foam filled vehicle hollow member.