Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting strip for mounting a formed part on a body of a motor vehicle.

Abstract: The front end structure of a motor vehicle includes a fender support and a fender for attachment to the fender support and an absorber, which is mounted between the fender support and the fender, and wherein the absorber is constructed as a profiled deformation element to which a number of add-on pieces can also be attached.

Abstract: The invention relates to a simple method for producing molded parts including different decorative zones. According to said method, the molded part can be produced without changing the mold by step-wise back-molding, using cascade control.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a molding having a predetermined rupture line (12) for an airbag opening, said process comprising at least two injection molding cycles, wherein initially in a mold (1) with a first mating mold component (3) a support layer (8) is formed and, in a second step, in the same mold (1) with a second mating mold component (13), a decorative layer or foam layer (10) is applied to the support layer (8), into which decorative or foam layer a predetermined rupture line (12) for an airbag opening is introduced during the shaping process by means of a perforation tool (4) integrated into the mold.

Abstract: The present invention provides an airbag guide with a covering which comprises a lid (4) and an airbag guide (7) which are connected to each other by a hinge (10). In the fitted state, the lid (4) is clamped between the airbag guide (7) and the edge region of the outlet opening (2) for the airbag.

Abstract: The front end structure of a motor vehicle includes a fender support and a fender for attachment to the fender support and an absorber, which is mounted between the fender support and the fender, and wherein the absorber is constructed as a profiled deformation element to which a number of add-on pieces can also be attached.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a molded part 1 having an opening groove 10 for an air bag deployment opening, comprising a support part 2 and a molded skin 3 and also a foamed layer 8 between the support part 2 and the molded skin 3, wherein in the first step, a groove 5 is formed during the injection molding of the support part 2 and, wherein this groove 5, in a second step of filling the molded part 1 is being enlarged in the foam 8 by means of a slider 7, whereby an opening groove for the air bag is formed.

Abstract: The invention refers to a method for mounting subassemblies (17) on structural components, in particular vehicle doors (1). After preassembly of the elements of the subassembly (17) on a support element (13), the entire electric or electronic circuit that is contained in the subassembly is attached in one step to the structural component (1) The almost exclusive use of flexible printed circuit boards for the connection between the individual elements (14), such as switching, operating or signaling element and the resulting weight savings, in addition to the automation of the installation permit a significant reduction in costs for the mass production of medium or large quantities.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle rear door, in particular a drop-down door or a revolving door having an inner door member with a metal profile frame glued to it, exterior paneling and a window pane, wherein the inner door member and/or the window pane exclusively constitute a support surface which bears against a gasket on the vehicle body.

Abstract: The manufacture of foamed polymer trim parts making use of physical blowing agents requires the diffusion and sorption of the blowing agent in the polymer melt. Said diffusion and sorption are achieved by intensive mixing. Therefore a statical mixing device is enclosed in a pressure chamber, which comprises a hollow porous cylinder, which has a surface suitable for contacting the melt with the blowing agent. The protrusions extending at least partially into the melt flow cause a multiple reorganisation of the polymer melt, which leads to thorough mixing and shortens the diffusion path. The statical mixing device, which may be of modular construction, increases mass transport and mixing by a small modification of a conventional injection molding machine.

Abstract: Foamed molded articles can be produced during an injection molding process, among other things, by utilizing physical blowing agents. Existing technologies differ to the greatest possible extent in the manner how the blowing agent is introduced into the melt. One possibility is to supply the blowing agent via mixing elements (9) from porous or permeable material that are provided across the screw piston (1) and which by means of a suitable blowing agent input unit load and homogeneously charge the melt with blowing agent during the metering phase of the polymeric material. The resulting single phase polymer/blowing agent mixture, when injected in to an injection mold tool, produces due to a reduction in pressure, a foam-textured part.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing material from a three-dimensional surface (1) of any shape in a multi-layered manner by means of a material removing agent (9) such as a laser that acts in points on a surface. According to said method, a surface structure (2) is removed from the three-dimensional surface (1), the surface is approximated by a polygon network, and raster images are associated with the polygons (19) of the polygon network (18). Said polygons are projected onto the machining region (1)) of the material removing means. A series of superimposed polygon networks being associated with a layer of material, each of the polygon networks being associated with a layer in which material is removed, if the information stored on the projected raster image indicates the planned removal of material.

Abstract: The injection molding machine comprises a screw plunger (3), which rotates inside an injection unit (2), wherein the screw plunger (3) has, downstream from a metering zone a porous or permeable section (16) which can be charged with a physical expanding agent via an expanding agent feed device (18) in the screw shaft of the screw plunger (3) and which two-dimensionally introduces the expanding agent into the melt flow for molding of foamed shaped parts made of polymeric materials in an injection molding machine by an injection molding method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanism for triggering a gasbag which is arranged below the surface of a dashboard or a paneling of a vehicle. Gasbags of this type are generally referred to as airbags and are filled with a propellant. When the airbag is triggered, the pressure of the puffing-out sack actuates a flap 8 which is provided at its outer end with a connecting element 13. The connecting element can be designed as a slack tension cable, stiff lever or as a strap. When the airbag is actuated, the flap 8 is rotated about its hinge point and pulled rearward (i.e. away from the person to be protected) by the connecting element. This releases an opening in the vehicle interior paneling for the passage of the airbag. The arrangement of the airbag and of the flap require minimal depth dimensions for the airbag construction in the dashboard and therefore permits greater freedom in the configuration of the dashboard and therefore leads to greater space within the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention concerns a component (1) for motor vehicles, in particular, instrument panel, lateral covering or side member covering, comprising an airbag cover (2) arranged in the region of the filler channel (3) and having a weaker resistance zone opening when the airbag is inflated. The covering zone located on either side of the weaker resistance zone can move freely, from an extracted airbag, along a clearance path while remaining linked to the component 91), after the airbag has been inflated, in specific manner. The airbag cover (20) is an elastic material. The weakened resistance zone extends over the opposite delimitations (4, 5) of the filler channel 93), so as to ensure the extension and inflation of the airbag. Said device eliminates possible damage to the inflated airbag and injury risks incurred by passengers as result the burst parts projected coming from said cover.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle rear door, in particular a drop-down door or a revolving door having an inner door member with a metal profile frame glued to it, exterior paneling and a window pane, wherein the inner door member and/or the window pane exclusively constitute a support surface which bears against a gasket on the vehicle body.

Abstract: An attachment element for a bumper includes a partially closed profile with a back panel and on each side lateral tension struts, a bottom plate, or a cover, wherein the attachment element is configured as a part of the bumper and the configuration of the attachment element acts as crash absorbing element which can absorb shock impacts of up to 4 km/h in an elastic range and at shock impacts between 4 km/h and 15 km/h the crash absorbing elements deform thereby preventing damage to the vehicle carrier.

Abstract: A method is disclosed wherein weakened zones are provided in plastic trim parts in the from of cuts produced by means of an ultra sound cutting method, and wherein the cuts can be made suitably narrow and extending through the thickness of a multilayered plastic trim part in a manner that the cuts are without jagged edges and remain invisible on the visible side even when the cut extends though a decorative layer of the multilayered plastic part even after long term storage under heat.

Abstract: In a bumper and/or a bumper protective strip which are arranged tightly together in a finished position, holding apparatus are provided, with which the bumper protective strip is detachably fastenable to provide a spacing from the bumper with respect to the finished spacing. In a method for the painting of the combination of a bumper and with a bumper protective strip, the bumper and the bumper protective strip are before painting, secured together in a spaced relationship and are painted together. Thus, it is possible to paint bumper with bumper protective strips economically with exactly the same color hue and to transport them joined with one another.

Abstract: A method is disclosed wherein weakened zones are provided in plastic trim parts in the from of cuts produced by means of an ultra sound cutting method, and wherein the cuts can be made suitably narrow and extending through the thickness of a multilayered plastic trim part in a manner that the cuts are without jagged edges and remain invisible on the visible side even when the cut extends though a decorative layer of the multilayered plastic part even after long term storage under heat.