Reinforced thermoplastic components and method of manufacture thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11142020B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US17036661

    申请日:2020-09-29

    摘要: Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for producing complex components using a reinforced thermoplastic material. The complex components can include contoured or curved outer surfaces, and in some cases define a cavity. In certain examples, one or more thermoplastic materials are arranged to form a wheel component, such as that adapted to define a rim of the bicycle. Thermal bonding can be used to join multiple reinforced thermoplastic materials to one another in order to form a cavity of the wheel component or other complex shape. In certain examples, a portion of a tooling assembly can be pressurized to maintain a shape of the cavity during thermal bonding and cooling. This can remove the need for a sacrificial bladder or other structure that would maintain the shape of the cavity, allowing for a seamless final component, optionally absent indicia of bladder exit or other seams.

    Flywheel intended for energy storage

    公开(公告)号:US10281003B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-07

    申请号:US15520970

    申请日:2015-10-23

    申请人: ENERGIESTRO

    发明人: Andre Gennesseaux

    摘要: Disclosed is a flywheel intended for energy storage, including a cylindrical mass body including a main material with compression resistance of at least 25 MPa, such as concrete, the body being surrounded on at least one portion of the outer surface thereof with fibers, the material that makes up the fibers having a tensile strength of at least 100 Mpa. The tension of winding the fibers around the body leads to the compression of the main material, and the tension applied to the fibers is such that the stress exerted on the material of the mass body is at least equal to half of the maximum acceptable stress, the maximum stress being lower than the compression yield strength of the material that makes up the mass body, the material of the latter thus being pre-stressed.

    Sheet conveying roller and production method therefor

    公开(公告)号:US10099405B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-16

    申请号:US14939879

    申请日:2015-11-12

    发明人: Atsushi Hanyu

    摘要: The present invention provides a sheet conveying roller, which effectively reduces the amount of paper dust accumulated on its outer peripheral surface to thereby suppress sheet transportation failure. The sheet conveying roller includes a nonporous tubular elastic member (1). The elastic member (1) has a plurality of recesses (6) or a plurality of through-holes (8) equidistantly arranged in a center axis (L1) direction thereof and equidistantly arranged in a circumferential direction thereof, and each having an opening having a round plan shape in an outer peripheral surface (2) thereof, wherein the recesses (6) each have a constant depth as measured thicknesswise of the elastic member (1), wherein the through-holes (8) each extend thicknesswise through the elastic member (1). A production method includes forming the elastic member by vulcanizing a rubber composition in a vulcanization mold having projections corresponding to the recesses or the through-holes.

    Tire pressure monitoring unit having a two-component housing

    公开(公告)号:US10000099B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-19

    申请号:US15503557

    申请日:2015-07-15

    摘要: The invention relates to a tire pressure monitoring unit for arranging within a motor vehicle tire for sensing the tire filling pressure, wherein the tire pressure monitoring unit has a housing, in which electronic parts and at least one pressure sensor are arranged, wherein the housing has an air inlet, by means of which the tire filling pressure is applied to the pressure sensor, wherein the housing is designed as a multi-component plastic injection-molded part, in particular a two-component plastic injection-molded part, wherein a first component forms a lower housing shell and an upper housing shell and wherein a second component forms a seal between the air inlet and the pressure sensor. The invention further relates to a method for producing a tire pressure monitoring unit.