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US 12,378,956 · App. 17/889,447 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Component with moulded-on seal

Inventors: Thomas Pohl (Ebern, DE); Freddy Steinmetz (Ebern, DE)
Assignee: Valeo Powertrain GmbH
F04B53/16B29C45/2669F16J15/002B29C2045/14459B29L2031/7496
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Patent No.
US 12,378,956
App. No.
17/889,447
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a component with moulded-on seal, in particular a pump component. The component is laid in an injection-moulding tool, then a sealing material is injected from an injection gate into the injection-moulding tool and fills a cavity on one side of the component. Sufficient sealing material is injected for a part of the sealing material to pass from the cavity, via an overflow channel connected to the cavity, into an overflow chamber which is provided inside the contour of the component. A component can includes the moulded-on seal.

Claims (10)

1. A pump component comprising:

a molded-on seal having first and second seal portions respectively provided on first and second end faces of the pump component, the first and second seal portions being connected to each other via an overspill channel provided in the pump component and extending through an entire thickness of the pump component between the first and second end faces of the pump component along an extent direction of the pump component;

an overflow chamber which is formed inside a contour of the pump component and is provided for receiving a part of an injected sealing material during injection molding of the seal, an opening of the overflow chamber being provided on the second end face of the pump component and a bottom of the overflow chamber being disposed between the first end face and the second end face of the pump component in the extent direction; and

an overflow channel provided in the second end face of the pump component and which connects the overflow chamber to the overspill channel in a cross-sectional direction perpendicular to the extent direction.

2. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the first seal portion has an injection gate and the overflow chamber is assigned to the second seal portion.

3. The component according to claim 2 , wherein a maximum dimension of the overflow chamber in the extent direction is greater than a maximum dimension of the overflow chamber in the cross-sectional direction.

4. The component according to claim 2 , wherein the first and second seal portions are annular and the overflow chamber is arranged radially outside the first and second seal portions.

5. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the overflow chamber is gas-tight, except for a connection to the overflow channel.

6. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the overflow chamber has a curved cross-section.

7. The component according to claim 1 , further comprising a protrusion which protrudes into the overflow chamber and is arranged transversely to a flow direction of sealing material flowing into the overflow chamber.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2025
From: FTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH; FTE ASIA GMBH
To: VALEO POWERTRAIN GMBH
Reel/Frame 069875/0816 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2022
From: POHL, THOMAS; STEINMETZ, FREDDY
To: FTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 060828/0029 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 123 469.7 · Sep 10, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230083923A1 · Mar 16, 2023
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