IP Library Granted Patent US 10,072,690
Granted Patent B2
US 10,072,690 · App. 14/342,773 · Granted Sep 11, 2018

Hybrid component and method for producing a hybrid component

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Patent No.
US 10,072,690
App. No.
14/342,773
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hybrid component is formed by a profiled component of a first material, which is materially bonded in certain sections to a component made of a second material, and is connected by a form-fit and/or force-fit connection outside the sections with a material bond. This creates sections that relieve the strains resulting from differing thermal expansion.

Claims (12)

1. A hybrid component for a structural element of vehicle seats, comprising:

a profiled component made of a first material; and

a component made of a second material,

wherein the first material and the second material are different,

wherein the profiled component is partially connected by a material connection to the component and is connected by a form-fitting connection and/or frictional connection outside the portions with the material connection,

wherein the profiled component, which has a U-shaped cross section and a substantially planar flange region on both sides, is placed with its flange regions on a planar portion of the component, such that an internal space is formed between the profiled component and the component,

wherein between the component and the flange regions an adhesive material is partially arranged as the material connection,

wherein riveted connections are formed as the form-fitting connection and/or frictional connection outside the portions provided with the adhesive material in the flange regions,

wherein, outside of the portions with the material connection and outside of the portions with the riveted connections, openings are formed on the profiled component and/or the component to allow for thermal compensation and/or to reduce the weight of the hybrid component, wherein riveted connections do not extend through the openings; and

wherein the openings are elongated holes, wherein the portions of the flange regions provided with adhesive material are interrupted by regions in which the elongated holes are arranged, wherein the elongated holes are formed in the component and/or in the flange region of the profiled component, and wherein the elongated holes are aligned in their longitudinal extent according to the longitudinal extent of the flange region, such that the openings, the adhesive material, and the riveted connections are arranged alternately at the flange regions along the longitudinal extent of the hybrid component.

2. The hybrid component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the openings are formed on the component.

3. The hybrid component as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the openings are through-holes.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 12, 2021
From: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.À.R.L.
To: ADIENT YANFENG SEATING MECHANISMS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 057434/0577 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 12, 2021
From: ADIENT YANFENG SEATING MECHANISMS CO., LTD
To: KEIPER SEATING MECHANISMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057434/0584 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2020
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
To: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A R.L.
Reel/Frame 053671/0893 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2014
From: FLEISCHHEUER, SIMON; NDAGIJIMANA, ROBIN; MUND, HARALD; FRISSE, NILS; SARAVADE, ANUP
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 033099/0539 →
Cited By (1)
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