A method for forming a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic control surface includes forming first and second skins from a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin. The method further includes overmolding fiber-reinforced thermoplastic features onto the first skin and/or second skin, including stiffener structures, sidewalls, and/or hinges. The method further comprises welding or consolidating the first and second skins together, along with the associated internal features overmolded thereon to form a single-piece, stiffened, fiber-reinforced thermoplastic control surface.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a multifunctional face mask system adapted to receive a nebulizer system, enabling a user to be treated by a nebulizer medication, while simultaneously providing a hygienic barrier between the user and their external environment via at least one filter component. The present invention further provides a multifunctional face mask system that is self-supporting, thereby enabling a user to wear the mask system in a portable manner. The present invention, in other embodiments, includes the bonding between at least one filter component and its corresponding filter window, to be produced by a selective mold behind injection molding process.

A trim component for an interior of a motor vehicle has a film and has a carrier from a thermoplastic plastics material. The film has a relief structure, the carrier has a lattice structure having lattice members, and the carrier is back-molded on a rear side of the film such that the lattice members are connected in a materially integral manner to the rear side of the film.

A method for manufacturing a plastic speaker grill is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a base member having a first side and an opposing second side and defining a thickness therebetween. The base member has a plurality of spaced blind holes wherein the first side is in communication with the plurality of blind holes and the second side defines a surface that is generally uniform and uninterrupted. The method further includes cutting the base member proximate the second side to remove a portion of the base member and define the speaker grill, and in response to cutting the base member, exposing the blind holes wherein the blind holes define apertures that extend completely through the speaker grill. A plastic speaker grill is provided having tightly-spaced and miniscule apertures.

A dissimilar material joint including a joined portion between a resin rib and a metal base, in which the metal base forms a protrusion protruding inside of the resin rib on at least a part of the joined portion.

The invention relates to a battery housing (1) for an electrical battery, comprising a basic body (2) which extends in a direction of extent (E) and at least partially delimits a housing interior space (3) on the inside. The battery housing (1) moreover comprises at least one stiffening rib (4), which is shaped integrally on the inside or the outside of the basic body (2) and protrudes from the basic body (2). The stiffening rib (4) of the battery housing (1) runs on the basic body (2) in a rib direction (R) oriented at an angle to the direction of extent (E). In this respect, a body material of the basic body (2) comprises first reinforcing fibres (5), which run substantially in the direction of extent (E) and a rib material of the stiffening rib (4) comprises second reinforcing fibres (6), which run substantially in the rib direction (R).

An acoustic attenuation panel includes a cellular structure including a plurality of acoustic cells separated from one another by peripheral partitions, a perforated acoustic structure, the perforated acoustic structure and the cellular structure being formed in one piece in a first material, and a porous acoustic layer formed of a second material and fastened to a surface of the perforated acoustic structure by entangling the first material and the second material.

The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a vehicular hybrid suspension arm and a hybrid suspension arm manufactured using the same. The method of manufacturing a hybrid suspension arm includes preparing an assembly of a ball stud and a bearing; preparing a suspension arm body; attaching a ball joint pipe and bush pipes to the suspension arm body; manufacturing a suspension arm main body by inserting the assembly of the ball stud and the bearing into the ball joint pipe; inserting the suspension arm main body into a mold in which a plurality of fixing pins are formed; injecting an insert molding into a ball joint portion comprising the ball joint pipe and the ball stud in a direction of an upper surface of the ball joint pipe through the mold; and inserting and assembling bushes into the bush pipes.

A method for forming a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic control surface includes forming first and second skins from a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin. The method further includes overmolding fiber-reinforced thermoplastic features onto the first skin and/or second skin, including stiffener structures, sidewalls, and/or hinges. The method further comprises welding or consolidating the first and second skins together, along with the associated internal features overmolded thereon to form a single-piece, stiffened, fiber-reinforced thermoplastic control surface.

An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body-in-white member having an inboard side and an outboard side, a reinforcing structure molded on the inboard side, and an energy absorbing structure molded on the outboard side. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, providing a body-in-white member having an inboard side and an outboard side, molding a reinforcing structure on the inboard side, and molding an energy absorbing structure on the outboard side.