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US 11,097,450 B2Granted
Core system, use of the core system in the production of a fiber composite component and method for producing a fiber composite component
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsChristoph Eisch, Florian Spirkl
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Abstract
A core system for the production of a fiber composite component includes at least two core elements which are coupled to one another and are displaceable relative to one another. At least one core element has a surface which is oblique to a displacement direction. A method for producing the fiber composite component uses the core system.
Claims13
A core system for the production of a fiber composite component, comprising:
- a plurality of core elements which are coupled to one another and are displaceable relative to one another, wherein a first core element of the plurality of core elements is a main core element which has a substantially rectangular cross-section, wherein a second core element of the plurality of core elements has an internal face that is oblique to a displacement direction and an external face that is not oblique to the displacement direction and that is a part of a rectangular shell face of the core system, wherein the second core element has a substantially decreasing cross-section such that a first cross-section at a first longitudinal end of the second core element is smaller than a second cross-section at a second longitudinal end of the second core element and is wedge-shaped, and wherein the core system has a rectangular cross-section.
A method for producing a fiber composite component, comprising the acts of:
- a) displacing a first core element of a plurality of core elements of a core system in relation to a second core element of the plurality of core elements along a displacement direction wherein the second core element is a main core element which has a substantially rectangular cross-section, wherein the first core element has an internal face that is oblique to the displacement direction and an external face that is not oblique to the displacement direction and that is a part of a rectangular shell face of the core system, has a substantially decreasing cross-section such that a first cross-section at a first longitudinal end of the first core element is smaller than a second cross-section at a second longitudinal end of the first core element, and is wedge-shaped and wherein the core system has a rectangular cross-section;
- b) circumferentially braiding the core system with fibers;
- c) incorporating a matrix-forming material in the braided fibers;
- d) curing the matrix-forming material to produce the fiber composite component;
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- e) removing the core system from the produced fiber composite component.
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