Connecting Structure for a Motor Vehicle and Method for Producing Same
AssigneeDaimler AG
InventorKonrad Eipper
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Abstract
A method for the production of a connecting structure for a motor vehicle involves inserting two profile elements, connected to one another by a plastic joint element, into a tool and hardening in the tool. A fiber semi-finished product with respective receivers for corresponding connecting regions of the profile elements is produced. The connecting regions of the profile elements are connected to the respective receivers of the fiber semi-finished product. The plastic joint element is produced by injecting plastic in a transfer molding process into a forming region of the tool provided for this purpose.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
A method for the production of a connecting structure for a motor vehicle, wherein two profile elements are inserted into a tool and connected to one another by a plastic joint element, which is hardened in the tool, the method comprising the steps of:
- producing a fiber semi-finished product with respective receivers for corresponding connecting regions of the two profile elements;
- connecting the connecting regions of the two profile elements to the respective receivers of the fiber semi-finished product;
- and
- producing the plastic joint element by injecting plastic in a transfer moulding process into a forming region of the tool.
A connecting structure for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- two profile elements connected to one another by a curable plastic joint element;
- and
- the plastic joint element is a fiber semi-finished product that has plastic added to it in a transfer molding process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.