US 11,713,786 B2
Attachment interface for connecting a vehicle composite component
Remi Sarlin, Allex (FR); Laurens Verhulst, Utrecht (NL); and Michiel Warmerdam, Loenen (NL)
Assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF; and SKF AEROSPACE FRANCE S.A.S.
Filed by Aktiebolaget SKF, Gothenburg (SE); and SKF Aerospace France S.A.S., Montigny-le-Bretonneux (FR)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/857,691.
Application 17/857,691 is a continuation of application No. 16/508,633, filed on Jul. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,499,590.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000007977 (IT), filed on Aug. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0333650 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. F16C 35/077 (2006.01); B29C 70/84 (2006.01); B62D 7/16 (2006.01); B62D 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 35/077 (2013.01) [B29C 70/845 (2013.01); B62D 7/166 (2013.01); B62D 7/18 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment interface for connecting a vehicle composite component, comprising:
a first plate portion that is part of the composite component, the first plate is made of a first fiber reinforced polymer composite material and comprises a first passage extending in a through manner along an axis;
a metal attachment device comprising an inner portion engaging the first passage and an outer portion defining a connection suitable to be connected to another vehicle element, the connection disposed on a first end of the metal attachment device opposite a second end of the metal attachment device;
wherein,
the first plate portion is axially sandwiched between first and second layers made of a second fiber reinforced polymer composite material;
the first plate portion comprises a first face facing the first layer, and a second face facing the second layer;
the first plate portion defines a cavity facing toward the axis,
the second face is convex,
the first face is concave and delimits the cavity, and
one of the first end and the second end of the metal attachment device extends into the cavity.