Overmolded target for a motor vehicle
AssigneeContinental Automotive Technologies GmbH
InventorHervé Contet
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Abstract
A target for a shaft of a motor vehicle, the target being configured to be mounted on a free end of said shaft and having at least one metal tooth, a body supporting the at least one metal tooth and a fixing element including an insertion portion configured to be inserted at least partly on the end of the shaft. The body being overmolded, at least in part, around the at least one tooth.
Claims12
A target for a shaft of a motor vehicle, said target being configured to be mounted on a free end of said shaft and comprising at least one metal tooth, a body supporting said at least one metal tooth and a fixing element comprising an insertion portion configured to be mounted at least partly on said end of the shaft, the body being overmolded, at least in part, around the at least one tooth, the body comprising:
- at least one notch formed on an outer circumference of the body,
- at least one void disposed within the body, adjacent the at least one metal tooth, and defining maintaining walls,
- the target being one wherein the maintaining walls press the at least one tooth intimately against faces of cavities on the functional-face side of the target in order to ensure the flatness of at least one tooth.
A target for a shaft of a motor vehicle, said target being configured to be mounted on a free end of said shaft and comprising at least one metal tooth, a body supporting said at least one metal tooth and a fixing element comprising an insertion portion-configured to be mounted at least partly on said end of the shaft, the body being overmolded, at least in part, around the at least one tooth, the target being one wherein the body comprises maintaining walls serving to press the at least one tooth intimately against faces of cavities on the functional-face side of the target in order to ensure the flatness of at least one tooth,
- wherein the fixing element comprises an attachment portion distinct from the insertion portion and equipped with at least one relief, the body being overmolded around said attachment portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.