B29C2045/14131

Wire harness assembly with a grommet having a wire spacing retainer and method for manufacturing same

A wire harness assembly and a method of forming such a wire harness assembly is presented. The wire harness assembly includes a plurality of wire cables and a wire support defining elongate slots having open and closed ends. The cables are disposed within the slots. Retaining teeth are defined by side walls of the slots and are configured to separate one wire cable from another wire cable in the same slot. The wire harness assembly also includes a slug formed of a moldable material that encases the wire support. The slug also encases a portion of each of the wire cables. The wire harness assembly further includes a grommet encircling the slug. The slug may be formed by disposing the cables within the slots of the wire support, arranging the wire support and the cables in a mold, injecting a moldable material into the mold, and curing the moldable material.

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DECORATIVE MOLDED BODY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED PRODUCT USING DECORATIVE MOLDED BODY

The disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a decorative molded body and a method for manufacturing a processed product using the decorative molded body. The method for manufacturing the decorative molded body includes: a film preparation step of molding a decorative film in a planar shape; a molding preparation step of, in a mold, disposing a transparent layer as an insert and disposing the decorative film of the planar shape; and a film forming step of, while supplying in the mold a material of a molded layer and molding the molded layer, forming the decorative film to follow an unevenness of a back surface of the transparent layer.

Overmolded brackets for composite shock tower

A method of making a shock tower assembly includes forming a bracket from continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic, where the bracket has a load bearing portion and an overmolded portion. The method further includes placing the bracket in an injection tool, injecting a polymer composite material into the injection tool to surround the and overmolded portion of the bracket, and removing a finished component from the injection tool, wherein the finished component comprises the load bearing portion of the bracket extending outwardly from the finished component and the overmolded portion of the bracket that is surrounded by the polymer composite material.

IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO SOLAR HEATERS
20210370563 · 2021-12-02 ·

A solar heat exchanger for heating water which includes an array of tubes, an injection molded manifold there being connections between each tube in the array and the manifold which are over molded to seal the tubes to the manifold.

VEHICLE-WINDOW GLASS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
20220176785 · 2022-06-09 ·

A vehicle-window glass assembly includes a vehicle-window glass and its injection-molded encapsulation; and an over-molded bolt including a base, a thread rod and an injection-molded part. One end of the thread rod is fixedly connected to the base, and the injection-molded part covers at least a part of the base. The injection-molded encapsulation covers at least a part of the injection-molded part such that the over-molded bolt and the vehicle-window glass are fixed to each other, and a material of the injection-molded part has a tensile strength greater than that of a material of the injection-molded encapsulation. This vehicle-window glass assembly can b e adapted to various vehicle models with a large gap between a surface of a vehicle-window glass and a vehicle-door sheet metal on which the vehicle-window glass requires to be mounted.

Mounting element, mounting set, method for mounting, and component

A mounting element, i.e., a retaining element or clip, for mounting a terminal element at a component housing of a component body by extrusion-coating the component body at least in part with a coating material, which is designed (i) for holding and positioning a terminal element at a component housing of a component body while the component body is being extrusion-coated with a coating material, and (ii) for accommodating at least in part in the interior of a molding tool during the coating, (iii) which includes at least two support elements, and (iv) in which the at least two support elements are designed so that they are supported at an inner surface of the molding tool when the mounting element is held at the component housing of the component body while the component body and the mounting element are accommodated in the interior of the molding tool.

INDUCTIVE ROTATIONAL SPEED SENSOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

An inductive rotational speed sensor, including: a coil body having a coil and connecting lines which at least partially extend axially or radially with respect to the coil windings; a casing formed from a plastics material and at least partially enclosing the coil body; and a fixing device for facilitating a configuration of the casing, the fixing device including: for radially extending connecting lines, a material core clearance in the casing so as to fix the electrical connecting lines at a mutual spacing when configuring the casing; or an anti-twist safeguard to prevent the coil body rotating relative to a tool used for configuring the casing while the latter is being configured, wherein the anti-twist safeguard partially protrudes from the casing, or extends at least up to an external surface of the casing. Also described is a related method.

CLEANING ROLL
20230294342 · 2023-09-21 ·

A method of making a cleaning-roll body having a core and a jacket on the core. The method has the steps of forming the core of a first polymer by injection molding in a first injection mold, removing the injection molded from the first mold, inserting the formed core into a second mold and overmolding the jacket on the formed core.

Inductive rotational speed sensor and method for producing same

An inductive rotational speed sensor, including: a coil body having a coil and connecting lines which at least partially extend axially or radially with respect to the coil windings; a casing formed from a plastics material and at least partially enclosing the coil body; and a fixing device for facilitating a configuration of the casing, the fixing device including: for radially extending connecting lines, a material core clearance in the casing so as to fix the electrical connecting lines at a mutual spacing when configuring the casing; or an anti-twist safeguard to prevent the coil body rotating relative to a tool used for configuring the casing while the latter is being configured, wherein the anti-twist safeguard partially protrudes from the casing, or extends at least up to an external surface of the casing. Also described is a related method.

Mould for realizing a temporary prosthesis of hip or shoulder, and method thereof
11185415 · 2021-11-30 · ·

Mould and method for realizing a temporary prosthesis of hip or shoulder, which comprises a shaft and a head. The mould comprises: a first mould portion (1) comprising a first half-shell (2); a second mould portion (3) comprising a second half-shell (4); the first mould portion (1) and the second mould portion (3) being able to be coupled with respect to each other so that the first and second half-shell (2, 4) are counter-faced and define a chamber (5) which conforms a shaft portion (5a), a head portion (5b) and an opening (5c) for injection of a fluid (preferably viscous) material; fixing means (6) for fixing the first and the second portion (1, 3); a first insert (7) comprising a cap portion (8) which is realized as a unique body, is dimensioned to be inserted in the head portion (5b) and is conformed to give shape to the head of the prosthesis. The first mould portion (1), the second mould portion (3) and the first insert (7) are mutually conformed to obtain a temporary prosthesis, when the first mould portion (1) and the second mould portion (3) are coupled together, the first insert (7) is inserted in the head portion (5b) and the fluid (preferably viscous) material is injected in the opening (5c).