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US 10,814,930 · App. 15/482,866 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Inlay element for a fiber-reinforced tube

Inventors: Elmar Jaeger (Kempten im Allgaeu, DE); Gerrit Heyl (Gauting, DE); Rudolf Schrupp (Germering, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
B62K21/18B29C70/021B29C70/86B62K21/12B29K2105/08B29L2031/30
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Patent No.
US 10,814,930
App. No.
15/482,866
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inlay element to be arranged in a clamping region of a fiber-reinforced tube has an elongate round body, which has an outer lateral surface on which there are arranged at least two protrusions extending radially away from the lateral surface. The protrusions each have an end face remote from the round body for the areal application of an external clamping force. A tube arrangement is provided with the fiber-reinforced tube.

Claims (16)

1. An inlay element to be arranged in a clamping region of a fiber-reinforced tube, comprising:

an oblong round body which has an outer lateral surface; and

at least two protrusions arranged on the outer lateral surface, the at least two protrusions extending radially away from the lateral surface, wherein

the protrusions each have a radially outward facing end face facing away from the round body for areal application of an external clamping force to said end face and corners that are rounded, thereby reducing or avoiding abrupt and unsteady fiber courses of the fiber-reinforced tube.

2. The inlay element according to claim 1 , wherein the round body is a cylinder or a truncated cone.

3. The inlay element according to claim 2 , wherein the round body has a massive construction or is constructed as a hollow body.

4. The inlay element according to claim 3 , wherein the protrusions each have a polygonal or diamond-shaped cross-section.

5. The inlay element according to claim 1 , wherein the round body has a massive construction or is constructed as a hollow body.

6. The inlay element according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusions each have a polygonal or diamond-shaped cross-section.

7. The inlay element according to claim 1 , wherein

the outer lateral surface has a first surface half and a second surface half,

an axis of symmetry of the round body is situated in an imaginary separating plane, which separates the two surface halves from one another, and

at least one of the protrusions is assigned to each surface half.

8. The inlay element according to claim 7 , wherein at least two protrusions are assigned to each surface half.

9. The inlay element according to claim 1 , wherein the inlay element is made of metal, plastic, fiber-reinforced plastic or ceramics.

10. The inlay element according to claim 1 , wherein the areal application of the external clamping force is an application of the clamping force by a camping jaw lying flat on each said end face of the protrusions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2017
From: JAEGER, ELMAR; HEYL, GERRIT; SCHRUPP, RUDOLF
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 041936/0271 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 200 625 · Jan 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2015077593 · Nov 25, 2015
Related Publication 20170210441A1 · Jul 27, 2017