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Plastic component with a complex and bifurcated structure

US9694557B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Eifflaender · Friedrichshafen, DE
Daniel Wolf · Friedrichshafen, DE
Jens Heimann · Mindelheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 14, 2015
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 8, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/24124
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A plastic component, with fiber reinforcement, for use in a motor vehicle. The plastic component comprises a number of fiber layers connected to one another by injection of plastic and by a pressing force. The plastic component comprises at least two structural parts which overlap one another a pressing direction such that the die comprises at least one upper die portion formed with a pressing unit for applying a pressing force in the pressing direction, and at least one lower die portion which cooperates with the upper die portion to form a cavity in which the plastic component is formed. A die insert is fitted in the die and can move by and with the upper die portion and is designed to transmit the pressing force to the at least one structural part of the plastic component which is overlapped by the other structural part of the plastic component in the pressing direction.

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