Abstract:
The present invention relates to a joining component (10) for axial joining to a workpiece (12), having a base body (13) composed of thermoplastic material which has a holding section (14) and a flange section (16), with a joining surface (19) being formed on the flange section (16) and having a metal section (18) which can be heated inductively. The metal section (18) is in this case integrated in the flange section (16).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an assembly of a mould (14) and of a cross member (12) of a motor vehicle, the cross member comprising a part (20) that is to be overmoulded which is intended to be placed in the mould, a part intended to be situated on the outside of the mould, and at least one region (22, 24) for housing a mould wall portion (26, 28) interposed between these two parts. The mould wall portion and the region for accommodating it are of essentially complementing shapes and the cross member has, in the accommodating region, at least one change in level (34, 36) by comparison with a reference surface that follows the overall outline of the cross member. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle technical front end forming an overmoulded component produced using the above-defined assembly.
Abstract:
A washer adapted to minimise contamination by avoiding in use inappropriate crevices. metal annular disc having an annular rebate on at least one face to its outer periphery, and a unitary formation of a flexible medium (e.g. of a food grade rubber) (A) preferably more than filling the or each rebate and (B) surrounding the outer periphery of the disc.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a microfluidic system comprising a channel structure, and a microfluidic system. The channel structure is connected to an environment of the microfluidic system by means of at least one opening. According to the inventive method, fiber elements are mounted within a hollow space of a molded part so as to form a three-dimensional fiber element structure. The mounted fiber elements are fixed for spatial positioning in the hollow space by means of a holding device in order to be able to at least partly fill the hollow space thereafter. The hollow space is then filled at least in part with a flowable material such that the three-dimensional fiber element structure located in the hollow space is surrounded in a substantially complete manner by the flowable material. The flowable material is subsequently solidified inside the hollow space, whereby the microfluidic system comprising the channel structure is formed inside the hollow space, said channel structure being provided with channels that extend along the fiber elements.
Abstract:
A liquid-containing member is insert molded into a body. The liquid-containing member may be in the form of a level vial (36), which can be insert molded in a mold cavity having a shape corresponding to a vial retainer or corresponding to a level. The mold cavity is defined by a pair of mold sections (77, 78) which are configured to form an opening in the body, and the level vial is positioned to extend across the areas of the mold sections defining the opening. The ends of the level vial extend into an area (79) of the mold cavity adapted to receive moldable material, such that injection of moldable material into the mold cavity surrounds and encapsulates the ends of the level vial. The vial is thus mounted to the body by means of the moldable material surrounding and encapsulating the ends of the vial, to securely engage the vial with the body and to eliminate a previously-required assembly step of mounting a vial to a body such as a vial retainer or a level.