# US 10,870,452 B2 · Fiber-reinforced plastic component and method for producing same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,452 B2 - Document ID: US10870452B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/213,417 - Filed: 2018-12-07 - Published: 2019-04-11 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-08 - Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Thomas Hogger - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870452B2 ## CPC - B62D 29/04: predominantly of synthetic material (working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29) - B29C 65/02: by heating, with or without pressure - B29C 66/526: {Joining bars} - B29C 66/532: {Joining single elements to the wall of tubular articles, hollow articles or bars} - B29C 66/61: {Joining from or joining on the inside (for making tubes by bending sheets and joining from the inside B29C53/387)} - B29C 66/71: {characterised by the composition of the plastics material of the parts to be joined (welding bar compositions B29C65/125)} - B29C 66/721: {Fibre-reinforced materials (B29C66/729 takes precedence)} - B29C 66/7212: {characterised by the composition of the fibres} - B29C 66/7392: {characterised by the material of at least one of the parts being a thermoplastic} - B29C 66/73921: {characterised by the materials of both parts being thermoplastics} - B29C 66/91411: {of the parts to be joined, e.g. the joining process taking the temperature of the parts to be joined into account} - B29C 66/91931: {in explicit relation to the fusion temperature or melting point of the material of one of the parts to be joined} - B33Y 10/00: Processes of additive manufacturing - B33Y 80/00: Products made by additive manufacturing - B29L 2031/001: {Profiled members, e.g. beams, sections} - B29L 2031/30: Vehicles, e.g. ships or aircraft, or body parts thereof {(vanes or blades B29L2031/08, air bags B29L2022/027)} - Y10T 428/249921: Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B33Y: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A fiber-reinforced plastic component includes a three-dimensional component plastic member and at least one reinforcement fiber rod. The three-dimensional component plastic member determines at least parts of a shape of the plastic component. The three-dimensional component plastic member has at least one void which is open to at least one side and in which the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is placed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fiber-reinforced plastic component comprising: a three-dimensional component plastic member which determines at least parts of a shape of the plastic component; and at least one reinforcement fiber rod, wherein the three-dimensional component plastic member has at least one void which is open to at least one side and in which the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is placed, the at least one void is a plurality of voids which form a framework structure which are provided in the component plastic member, and the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is placed in each of the plurality of voids. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fiber-reinforced plastic component as claimed in claim 1, wherein the component plastic member is produced in a generative or additive manufacturing method. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The fiber-reinforced plastic component as claimed in claim 2, wherein the plurality of voids are configured by a tub-shaped or groove-shaped depression. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fiber-reinforced plastic component as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fiber-reinforced plastic component in addition to the component plastic member has at least one mating member which is configured for closing the open side of the plurality of voids. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The fiber-reinforced plastic component as claimed in claim 4, wherein the at least one mating member, at least in portions in the region of the plurality of voids, has a shape that is complementary to the component plastic member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The fiber-reinforced plastic component as claimed in claim 5, wherein the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is pressed into the plurality of voids via the mating member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The fiber-reinforced plastic component as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is connected in a materially integral manner to the component plastic member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The fiber-reinforced plastic component as claimed in claim 7, wherein the plurality of voids extend in a parallel direction and are provided in the component plastic member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fiber-reinforced plastic component as claimed in claim 1, wherein two of the plurality of voids are arranged adjacent to one another and one of said two voids is open to at least another side that is opposite to the at least one side. ### Claim 10 A fiber-reinforced plastic component comprising: a three-dimensional component plastic member which determines at least parts of a shape of the plastic component; and at least one reinforcement fiber rod, wherein the three-dimensional component plastic member has at least one void which is open to at least one side and in which the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is placed, the at least one void has an elongated tub-shape, and the at least one void includes two voids arranged adjacent to one another and one of the two voids is open to at least another side that is opposite to the at least one side. ### Claim 11 A method for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic component, comprising: providing a three-dimensional component plastic member which determines at least parts of a shape of the plastic component; and providing at least one reinforcement fiber rod, wherein the three-dimensional component plastic member has a plurality of voids which are open to at least one side and in which the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is placed, the plurality of voids form a framework structure and are provided in the component plastic member, and the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is placed in each of the plurality of voids. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic component as claimed in claim 11, wherein the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is fastened to the component plastic member, the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is heated to a melting temperature of the component plastic member, and the at least one heated reinforcement fiber rod is placed into the plurality of voids of the component plastic member such that the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is welded to the component plastic member. ### Claim 13 The method for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic component as claimed in 12, wherein the at least one reinforcement fiber rod is placed into the plurality of voids in a robotically guided manner.