US 12,409,898 B2
Functionalised and sealed part
Markus Hützen, Sankt Augustin (DE); and Fabian Siggia, Cologne (DE)
Assigned to Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG, Bonn (DE)
Appl. No. 17/909,531
Filed by Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co. KG, Bonn (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/056033
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/180778, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020106868.9 (DE), filed on Mar. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109931 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29C 43/18 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B62D 29/00 (2006.01); B62D 29/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 29/004 (2013.01) [B29C 43/18 (2013.01); B29C 45/14336 (2013.01); B62D 29/041 (2013.01); B62D 29/043 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3002 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3014 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3044 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7146 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7172 (2013.01); B29L 2031/771 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A component suitable for at least one of:
a front end module support,
a seat structure,
a door system,
a fuel tank housing,
a vehicle underbody structure,
an underride guard, or
a structural component for battery systems or a battery housing,
the component comprising a planar reinforcing component having a first stiffness and at least one planar attachment made of an attachment material having a second stiffness, the first stiffness being higher than the second stiffness, wherein the planar reinforcing component has an upper and lower side and the at least one planar attachment is connected at least to the upper or lower side of the planar reinforcing component in a first partial area of the planar reinforcing component,
the planar reinforcing component having at least one aperture from the upper side to the lower side of the planar reinforcing component, the at least one planar attachment covering the at least one aperture, and
a functional component, wherein the functional component or a portion of the functional component is provided in the aperture and is sealed from a wall of the at least one aperture by the attachment material of the planar attachment, wherein the functional component is a hose, feedthrough, or valve.