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US 12,157,265 B2Granted
Coupler for air suspension and apparatus and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsKang Won Seo, Chang Ho Cho, Jong Hoon Kim
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a coupler for an air suspension includes: preparing a topping cord sheet and a rubber band; connecting the topping cord sheet and the rubber band to each other by attaching the rubber band to an outer circumferential surface of the topping cord sheet; and vulcanizing an intermediately formed body made by the connecting of the topping cord sheet and the rubber band to each other.
Claims8
An apparatus for manufacturing a coupler for an air suspension, the apparatus comprising:
- a forming unit configured to connect a topping cord sheet and a rubber band to each other by attaching the rubber band to an outer circumferential surface of the topping cord sheet, the forming unit comprising a first mold having an inner surface on which the rubber band and the topping cord sheet are dispose;
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- a vulcanization unit configured to vulcanize an intermediately formed body made by the connecting of the topping cord sheet and the rubber band to each other,
- wherein an accommodation groove is disposed in the inner surface of the first mold and accommodates the rubber band.
1 more element
An apparatus for manufacturing a coupler for an air suspension, the apparatus comprising:
- a mold having an accommodation groove disposed in an inner surface of the mold which is configured to hold a rubber band, wherein a topping cord sheet is configured to be disposed on the inner surface of the mold to cover the rubber band, and the mold is further configured to press the topping cord sheet in a direction in which an outer circumferential surface of the topping cord sheet comes into contact with an inner surface of the rubber band;
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- a vulcanization unit configured to vulcanize an intermediately formed body made by the connecting the topping cord sheet and the rubber band to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.