Method for laminating a component by means of a laminating tool with a laminating element

• US 9,616,616 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2014
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH (Forvia SE)
• Original Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH (Forvia SE)
• Inventors: Rump, Romain, Czerkas, Maciej
• Primary Examiner(s): Tucker, Philip
• Assistant Examiner(s): Slawski, Brian R
• Application Number:
  US14/189,409
• Publication Number:
  US 20140246150A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,141 Days
• Field of Search: 156 60, 156 63, 156 71, 156196, 156212, 156213, 156216, 156250, 156251, 156267, 156289, 156293, 156297, 156299, 156349, 156391, 156423, 156443, 156475, 156483, 156484, 156486, 156510, 156515, 156523
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2063/022 the junction being located in a groove
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 63/0004 Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 63/02 using sheet or web-like material B29C63/26 and B29C63/38 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 63/04 by folding, winding, bending or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/7802 Positioning the parts to be joined, e.g. aligning, indexing or centring
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/7844 cooperating with specially formed features of at least one of the parts to be joined, e.g. cooperating with holes or ribs of at least one of the parts to be joined parts to be joined comprising holes or slots for the purpose of positioning said parts B29C65/7808; parts to be joined comprising inter-cooperating positioning features B29C65/7814; welding using friction, the welding tool cooperating with specially formed features of at least one of the parts to be joined, e.g. cooperating with holes or ribs of at least one of the parts to be joined B29C65/069
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/30325 making use of cavities belonging to at least one of the parts to be joined
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/81 General aspects of the pressing elements, i.e. the elements applying pressure on the parts to be joined in the area to be joined, e.g. the welding jaws or clamps holding or clamping means for handling purposes B29C65/7841
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/3005 Body finishings

Abstract

A method for laminating a component by means of a laminating tool with a laminating element, wherein the component has a groove, wherein the component has a first surface and second surface, wherein the first surface and the second surface border on one another in the groove, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

• • masking the first surface with a mask, wherein the mask has a resilient lip,
  • pressing the resilient lip into the groove by means of the laminating tool, wherein the resilient lip is designed, after having being pressed into the groove, to mask within the groove a partial area of exclusively the first surface,
  • laminating the second surface with the laminating element, wherein, due to the lamination, parts of the laminating element cover the mask,
  • removing the parts of the laminating element which cover the mask.

Claims

1. A method for laminating a component by means of a laminating tool with a laminating element, wherein the component has a groove, wherein the component has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface and the second surface border on one another in the groove, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

masking the first surface with a mask removably positioned on the first surface, wherein the mask has a resilient lip,

pressing the resilient lip into the groove by means of the laminating tool, wherein the resilient lip is designed, after having being pressed into the groove, to mask within the groove a partial area of exclusively the first surface,

laminating the second surface with the laminating element, wherein, due to the lamination, parts of the laminating element cover the mask,

removing the parts of the laminating element which cover the mask; and

removing the mask from the first surface.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the parts of the laminating element located above the mask are removed by guiding a blade in the groove.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the resilient lip is arranged on a masking area of the mask, wherein the resilient lip and the masking area comprise a different material.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the coefficient of friction for the laminating element in the region of the resilient lip is lower than in the region of the masking area.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the resilient lip has a mount for reversibly fastening the masking area to the resilient lip.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the lip is designed, when pressed into the groove, not to contact the base of the groove or not to fully the contact the base of the groove in the region of the first surface located within the groove.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the groove, as viewed in its direction of extension, has a bent course due to a bend of the groove, wherein the resilient lip has an incision at the edge of the bend.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the incision is V-shaped.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the laminating element is a laminating film, wherein, for the lamination, the laminating film is drawn over the component in a predetermined direction before the laminating film is connected to the component in a laminating manner, wherein the resilient lip has a first texture with a first preferential direction, wherein the first preferential direction is parallel to the predetermined direction.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the resilient lip on its portion located within the groove has a second texture with a second preferential direction, wherein the second preferential direction points in the direction of the base of the groove.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the resilient lip is designed, only when pressed into the groove by the laminating tool, to accurately adopt a shape in order to mask within the groove the partial area of exclusively the first surface.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the masking of the first surface with the mask comprises an application of the mask to the first surface, wherein the resilient lip has a shape which, before the lip is pressed into the groove by the laminating tool, prevents the resilient lip from infiltrating the groove.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the resilient lip in its region to be pressed into the groove has a protrusion or a recess, wherein the protrusion or the recess is designed to support a complementary force-transmission element of the laminating tool for pressing the resilient lip into the groove.