# US 9,038,520 B2 · Method of manufacturing corrugated preform using braiding process

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- Number: US 9,038,520 B2
- Document ID: US9038520B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/911,367
- Filed: 2013-06-06
- Published: 2014-07-03
- Granted: 2015-05-26
- Earliest claimed: 2012-12-28
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
- Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
- Inventors: Hyun-Min Kang; Joon-Seok Lee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038520B2

## CPC

- D04C 1/06: Braid or lace serving particular purposes
- D04C 1/02: made from particular materials
- F16F 1/00: Springs (working with fluid F16F5/00, F16F9/00)
- F16F 1/366: made of fibre-reinforced plastics, {i.e. characterised by their special construction from such materials}
- D04C: BRAIDING OR MANUFACTURE OF LACE, INCLUDING BOBBIN-NET OR CARBONISED LACE; BRAIDING MACHINES; BRAID; LACE (machines for making soles from strips of material A43D29/00; cane working B27J1/00)
- F16F: SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION

## Abstract

A method of manufacturing a corrugated preform that allows a fiber volume fraction and an orientation angle to be substantially the same at a concave portion and at a convex portion when the corrugated preform is manufactured based on a braiding process. The method includes braiding a composite material corresponding to an outer diameter of a cylindrical cylinder shape, braiding the composite material by connecting a plurality of separate composite materials to one side of the braided composite material, and braiding the composite material to one side of the separate composite material corresponding to the outer diameter of the cylindrical cylinder shape.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of manufacturing a corrugated preform using a braiding process, comprising:
braiding a composite material corresponding to an outer diameter of a cylindrical cylinder shape;
braiding the composite material by connecting a plurality of separate composite materials to one side of the braided composite material; and
braiding the composite material to one side of the separate composite material corresponding to the outer diameter of the cylindrical cylinder shape,
wherein the braiding the composite material corresponding to an outer diameter of a cylindrical cylinder shape and the braiding the composite material to one side of the separate composite material corresponding to the outer diameter of the cylindrical cylinder shape are applied to a process of manufacturing a concave portion of the corrugated preform,
wherein the concave portion of the corrugated preform is braided in the process while rotating an equipment plate in a predetermined direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the braiding the composite material by connecting a plurality of separate composite materials to one side of the braided composite material is applied to a process of manufacturing a convex portion of the corrugated preform.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the convex portion of the corrugated preform is braided in a stationary state of the equipment plate.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the convex portion of the corrugated preform is braided while rotating the equipment plate in a direction opposite to the rotating direction of the braiding the composite material in the concave portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the composite material is a glass-fiber reinforced composite material or a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material.