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US 12,377,619 B2Granted
Edge design of a flat stiffening structure for a component
AssigneeKautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsFabian Siggia, Markus Hutzen
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Abstract
A component having a flat reinforcing element of a first stiffness and a flat material of a second stiffness. The first stiffness is higher than the second stiffness. The flat reinforcing element has a first end on a first narrow side. The flat material, on a second narrow side thereof, has a second end that bifurcates into two strips. The two strips of the second end enclose the first end on both sides in a zone of enclosure.
Claims14
A component comprising:
- a flat reinforcing element of a first stiffness;
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- a flat material of a second stiffness, the first stiffness being higher than the second stiffness, the flat reinforcing element having a first end on a first narrow side, and the flat material on a second narrow side having a second end that bifurcates into two strips, and the two strips of the second end enclosing the first end on both sides in a zone of enclosure,
- wherein the flat material runs in an arc over an entirety of the zone of enclosure,
- wherein a wall thickness of the flat material is at a maximum at a position at which the first narrow side of the flat reinforcing element meets the second end of the flat material,
- wherein the wall thickness of the flat material increases continuously from a starting point of the arc to the position at which the first narrow side of the flat reinforcing element meets the second end of the flat material, and the wall thickness of the flat material decreases continuously from the position at which the first narrow side of the flat reinforcing element meets the second end of the flat material to an end of the arc.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.