Method for determining a blank form of an elastic component

US7596479B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Weiler · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Joachim Zimmer · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2004
• Grant date: Sep 29, 2009
• Expiry date: Nov 28, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T17/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention starts with a method to determine a blank form of an elastic component, in particular a non-articulated wiper arm (10), with the default of a target form, which the elastic component is supposed to assume under the effect of at least a predefined initial force (F1). It is proposed that a counter force (FG) that at least essentially opposes the predefined initial force (F1) is applied to a working model (12) of the elastic component, whose model blank form is at least similar to the target form.