Baffle/Reinforcement Inserts With Directional Expansion Sealing (DES) and Method of Manufacturing
AssigneeL&L Products, Inc.
InventorsJun Wu, Marc Neel, Peter Cate, Andy Wei
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Abstract
A baffle assembly for use in a cavity including a first substrate including; a second substrate and an adhesive layer that is activatable disposed between the interior first surface and the interior second surface; and a clip member, the clip member disposed on the exposed surface of the first or second substrate adapted to hold the first substrate, the second substrate, and the adhesive layer together prior to the activation of the adhesive and adapted to hold the baffle assembly in the cavity.
Claims22
A baffle assembly for use in a cavity comprising:
- a first substrate including an exposed first surface, an interior first surface, and a first thickness therebetween;
- a second substrate including an exposed second surface, an interior second surface, and a second thickness therebetween;
- an adhesive layer that is activatable disposed between the interior first surface and the interior second surface;
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- a clip member, the clip member disposed on the exposed surface of the first or second substrate adapted to hold the first substrate, the second substrate, and the adhesive layer together prior to the activation of the adhesive and adapted to hold the baffle assembly in the cavity.
A method of manufacturing a baffle assembly for use in a cavity, comprising the steps of:
- (i) providing a first substrate including an exposed first surface, an interior first surface, and a first thickness therebetween;
- (ii) providing a second substrate including an exposed second surface, an interior second surface, and a second thickness therebetween;
- (iii) providing an adhesive layer that is activatable;
- (iv) providing a clip member, adapted to hold the assembled baffle assembly in the cavity;
- (v) laying up the adhesive layer on the interior first surface of the first substrate;
- (vi) laying up the second substate onto the adhesive layer, opposite of the first substrate;
- laying up on the second interior surface creating a baffle sub-assembly;
- (vii) cutting the baffle sub-assembly to a desired shape, including at least one hole for receipt of a portion of the clip member;
- (viii) assembling the clip member to the baffle sub-assembly to complete the baffle assembly.
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