IP Library Granted Patent US 12,023,844
Granted Patent B2
US 12,023,844 · App. 17/338,061 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Method for producing a tube arrangement for the transport of tempering medium

Inventors: Albert Boecker (Ettlingen, DE); Matthias Winter (Rastatt, DE); Thorsten Schaefer (Steinfeld, DE); Florian Deibel (Sinzheim, DE)
Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
B29C49/20B29C49/4278B29C49/786H01M10/625B29C2049/2047B29L2023/22
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Patent No.
US 12,023,844
App. No.
17/338,061
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a tube arrangement ( 1 ) for the transport of tempering medium, in which base body sections ( 6, 7 ) are provided, which have congruently configured separating surfaces ( 8 ), wherein at least one functional element ( 3 ) on at least one base body section ( 6, 7 ) is arranged in such a way that it can be in contact with the tempering medium, whereafter the base body sections ( 6, 7 ) are joined along the separating surface ( 8 ) and bonded to one another to form the tube arrangement ( 1 ).

Claims (18)

1. A method for producing a tube arrangement for the transport of tempering medium, in which base body sections are provided, which have congruently configured separating surfaces, wherein a parison made of polymeric material is provided, wherein the parison is arranged in a blow mold and the parison is shaped into a base body by means of a blow molding process, the shaped base body being opened so that the base body sections with the separating surface are created, wherein at least one functional element is arranged at the at least one base body section in such a way that it can be in contact with the tempering medium, whereafter the base body sections are joined along the separating surface and bonded to one another to form the tube arrangement, wherein a plurality of channels are formed from the base body, wherein a channel wall is located between adjacent channels and extends between adjacent portions of the base body defining adjacent channels, and wherein the at least one functional element is arranged in a channel of the plurality of channels, wherein the blow mold is designed in such a way that a throttle valve is integrally formed within the channel of the base body during blow molding.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the base body for producing the base body sections is torn or cut open along the separating surface.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the blow mold is designed in such a way that at least one further functional element is formed in the base body during blow molding.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the further functional element formed from the base body forms a throttle valve, connecting element or connector.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the channel wall is formed along the separating surface.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the channel wall connects adjacent channels along their length.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the channel wall engages adjacent channels to position the adjacent channels in a spaced apart relationship.

8. A method for producing a tube arrangement for the transport of tempering medium comprising:

providing a parison made of polymeric material;

arranging the parison in a blow mold and shaping the parison into a base body by means of a blow molding process;

opening the base body to create base body sections with congruently configured separating surfaces; and

joining the base body sections along the separating surfaces and bonded the base body sections to one another to form the tube arrangement, wherein the base body defines a plurality of channels with a channel wall located between adjacent channels, and wherein the base body defines a throttle valve integrally formed within a channel of the plurality of channels such that the throttle valve can be in contact with the tempering medium.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the base body for producing the base body sections is torn or cut open along the separating surface.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the blow mold is designed in such a way that at least one further functional element is formed in the base body during blow molding.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the further functional element formed from the base body forms a throttle valve, connecting element or connector.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the channel wall is formed along the separating surface.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the channel wall connects adjacent channels along their length.

14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the channel wall engages adjacent channels to position the adjacent channels in a spaced apart relationship.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 19, 2026
From: TI AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS GMBH
To: TI FLUID SYSTEMS ENGINEERING GMBH
Reel/Frame 075587/0854 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2021
From: BOECKER, ALBERT; WINTER, MATTHIAS; SCHAEFER, THORSTEN; DEIBEL, FLORIAN
To: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
Reel/Frame 057173/0500 →