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US 12,638,042 B2Granted
Rod for connecting members of a motor vehicle, and associated manufacturing method
AssigneeContiTech Vibration Control GmbH
InventorsSébastien Oger, Franck Kerguelen
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Abstract
A connecting rod includes a connecting part to cooperate with an external member. The connecting part includes a yoke connected to an eyelet by a continuous reinforcing strip and forming a loop. The yoke, eyelet and reinforcing strip being overmolded.
Claims11
A connecting rod comprising:
- a connecting part intended to cooperate with an external member and located at an end;
- a second connecting part located at a second end;
- the second connecting part comprising a yoke;
- the connecting part comprising an eyelet;
- a reinforcing strip connected to the connecting part and the second connecting part, the reinforcing strip having a loop;
- the yoke and eyelet being overmolded by a thermoplastic material;
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- wherein the yoke comprises an omega cross section in a zone of cooperation with the reinforcing strip.
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A method of manufacturing a connecting rod, the method comprising:
- passing a reinforcing strip inside a yoke and around an eyelet;
- placing the reinforcing strip, the yoke and the eyelet in an injection mold;
- injecting overmolding material inside the mold to form the connecting rod;
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- forming the yoke with an omega cross section in a zone of cooperation with the reinforcing strip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.