necks

Something occurred to me. I see some manufacturers put graphite
reinforcement rods in their guitar and bass necks. This sounds like a great
idea, adds strength and rigidity to the neck. But then again, I assume these
rods are inserted before the fingerboard is glued on, thus the neck is under
no tension.
Now my question, I would assume the graphite rods are perfectly strait,
wouldn't they fight the truss rod when trying to set the relief on the neck?
If they have a "pre-curve", what if you want a relief counter to said curve?
If the graphite rods bend with the truss rod, what is their real purpose?
Check the link to a Carvin page that shows a cutaway of a neck. The
graphite rod are literally sealed into their slots.
http://search.hp.netscape.com/hp/boomframe.jsp?query=carvin.com&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3Dc595ce8110fa654%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3Dcarvin.com%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.carvin.com%252F%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DHPSidebar%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carvin.com%2F

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