IP Library Granted Patent US 8,622,167
Granted Patent B2
US 8,622,167 · App. 13/458,178 · Granted Jan 7, 2014

Component for motor vehicles and method for its production

Inventors: Thomas Nording (Esslingen, DE); Thomas Tauscheck (Ostfildern, DE)
Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
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Patent No.
US 8,622,167
App. No.
13/458,178
Granted
Jan 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a component ( 1 ) for motor vehicles, in particular in exhaust systems or in independent heaters, comprising a carrier ( 2 ), wherein the carrier ( 2 ) has a predefined structural stiffness and a plate ( 3 ) for increasing the predefined structural stiffness of at least a part of the carrier ( 2 ), wherein the plate ( 3 ) is fixed to the carrier ( 2 ) via at least one connection ( 4 ), wherein the plate ( 3 ) comprises at least one honeycomb structure (W). The invention likewise relates to a method for producing a component ( 1 ) as well as a use.

Claims (16)

1. A component for motor vehicles, in particular in exhaust systems or in independent heaters, comprising a carrier and a plate for increasing the structural stiffness of at least one part of the carrier, wherein the plate at least partially comprises a honeycomb structure and wherein the plate is fixed to the carrier via at least one connection, and wherein at least one cavity is formed between the plate and the carrier.

2. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier comprises at least one opening for passing through an exhaust pipe wherein the plate is fixed on the carrier spaced from the at least one opening.

3. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier comprises an edge enclosing the respective opening and standing away from the carrier in a projecting manner.

4. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the plate is of a multiple layer design.

5. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the connection is formed in a non-positive and/or materially joined manner.

6. The component according to claim 1 , wherein

the connection is designed as at least one of glued, soldered, welded, riveted, vulcanised and/or screwed connection.

7. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the plate in the region of the honeycomb structure is configured as humped plate which comprises a baseplate, from which the humps stand out, each of which comprise a face end spaced from the baseplate and a shell connecting the face end to the baseplate, wherein the respective shell encloses a hollow space delimited by the face end, which forms a honeycomb of the honeycomb structure.

8. The component according to claim 7 , wherein the shells are arranged at an angle of more than about 0 degrees and less than about 90 degrees relative to a surface of the carrier.

9. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the plate at least in the region of the honeycomb structure is configured as composite plate.

10. The component according to claim 9 , wherein the composite plate is configured as humped composite plate.

11. The component according to claim 10 , wherein the humps of the humped plate support themselves laterally on the humps of the other humped plate via the respective shell.

12. A method for producing a component, in particular according to claim 1 , comprising fixing the plate on at least a part of the carrier, and providing the plate at least partially with a honeycomb structure.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the plate is connected to the carrier in a non-positive and/or materially joined manner, in particular at least one of glued, soldered, welded, riveted, connected by means of vulcanising and/or screwed to the carrier.

14. A use of a component according to claim 1 in a motor vehicle, in particular in an exhaust line and/or in an independent heater of the motor vehicle.

15. A silencer of an exhaust system or independent heater for a motor vehicle, the exhaust system or independent heater including a housing, comprising a component according to claim 1 wherein the carrier forms one of an end bottom or an intermediate bottom of the housing and on the edge-side is enclosed by a shell of the housing.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2022
From: EBERSPÄCHER EXHAUST TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KG
To: PUREM GMBH, FORMERLY, EBERSPÄCHER EXHAUST TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 061803/0772 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2013
From: EBERSPAECHER CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
To: EBERSPAECHER EXHAUST TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 030863/0804 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 12, 2013
From: J. EBERSPAECHER GMBH & CO. KG
To: EBERSPAECHER CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 030793/0323 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2012
From: NORDING, THOMAS; TAUSCHECK, THOMAS
To: J. EBERSPAECHER GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 028249/0066 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 017 643 · Apr 28, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120273296A1 · Nov 1, 2012