Method for manufacturing a waterproof felt duct and a waterproof felt duct

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11401898-B2
Application number	US-201916656395-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2019
Priority date	Nov 28, 2018
Publication date	Aug 2, 2022
Grant date	Aug 2, 2022

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a waterproof felt duct may include (a) laminating a waterproof film on one side of a first nonwoven fabric and laminating a second nonwoven fabric on the waterproof film laminated on the first nonwoven fabric to form a laminated body; (b) forming a waterproof felt base material by thermally adhering the laminated body; (c) cutting the waterproof felt base material into a desired shape; (d) molding a duct while surrounding the waterproof felt base material cut into the desired shape around the external surface of a molding jig having a worm gear shape; (e) heat-treating the molded duct; (f) cooling the heat-treated duct; and (g) ejecting the cooled duct from the molding jig.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a waterproof felt duct, the method comprising:
(a) forming a plurality of laminated bodies, each laminated body formed by laminating a waterproof film on a side of a first nonwoven fabric and laminating a second nonwoven fabric on a side of the waterproof film opposite to the first nonwoven fabric;
(b) forming a waterproof felt base material by arranging and thermally adhering the laminated bodies together;
(c) cutting the waterproof felt base material into a target shape;
(d) forming a molded duct by surrounding the waterproof felt base material cut into the target shape around an external surface of a molding jig;
(e) heat-treating the molded duct;
(f) cooling the heat-treated duct; and
(g) ejecting the cooled duct from the molding jig,
wherein, in step (a), each laminated body is formed such that with respect to a length from a first end portion to a second end portion of the laminated body taken in a longitudinal direction of the laminated body, a length of the first nonwoven fabric is shorter than a length of the waterproof film and a length of the second nonwoven fabric is longer than the length of the waterproof film, and
wherein, in step (b), the waterproof felt base material is formed by continuously arranging and adhering the laminated bodies such that a second nonwoven fabric of a second laminated body is accommodated at one end portion of a first nonwoven fabric of a first laminated body and on a lower surface of a waterproof film of the first laminated body.

2. The method for manufacturing the waterproof felt duct according to claim 1 , wherein the first nonwoven fabric includes polyethylene terephthalate of 20 to 40% by weight and fibers of 60 to 80% by weight.

3. The method for manufacturing the waterproof felt duct according to claim 2 , wherein the first nonwoven fabric includes the polyethylene terephthalate of 30% by weight and the fibers of 70% by weight.

4. The method for manufacturing the waterproof felt duct according to claim 1 , wherein the waterproof film is a laminate made of a polyethylene film and a polyamide 6 film.

5. The method for manufacturing the waterproof felt duct according to claim 1 , wherein the second nonwoven fabric includes polyethylene terephthalate of 60 to 80% by weight and fibers of 20 to 40% by weight.

6. The method for manufacturing the waterproof felt duct according to claim 5 , wherein the second nonwoven fabric includes the polyethylene terephthalate of 70% by weight and the fibers of 30% by weight.

7. The method for manufacturing the waterproof felt duct according to claim 1 , wherein in step (b), the waterproof felt base material is thermally adhered at a temperature of 130 to 160° C.

8. The method for manufacturing the waterproof felt duct according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal adhesion is performed for 30 seconds while keeping a top portion of the waterproof felt base material at 160° C., and a bottom portion of the waterproof felt base material at 130° C.

9. The method for manufacturing the waterproof felt duct according to claim 1 , wherein, in step (d), the duct is molded by bending the waterproof felt base material surrounded around the external surface of the molding jig by a bending tool as the molding jig rotates.

10. The method for manufacturing the waterproof felt duct according to claim 1 , wherein in step (e), the molded duct is heat-treated at a temperature of 240 to 250° C. for 10 minutes to 60 minutes in an electric oven.

11. The method for manufacturing the waterproof felt duct according to claim 1 , wherein in step (f), the heat-treated duct is cooled for 5 to 30 minutes by air at temperature of 5 to 15° C.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Hoan Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Won-Seop
• Yoon Sung-Hyuk
• Han Ju-Ho
• Cho Jun-Haeng

Classifications

• B29C65/02

  by heating, with or without pressure · CPC title

• F02M35/10006 Primary

  characterised by the position of elements of the air intake system in direction of the air intake flow, i.e. between ambient air inlet and supply to the combustion chamber · CPC title

• B29D23/18 Primary

  Pleated {or corrugated} hoses · CPC title

• B32B5/08

  the fibres or filaments of a layer being of different substances {, e.g. conjugate fibres, mixture of different fibres} · CPC title

• B29C51/145

  having at least one layer of textile or fibrous material combined with at least one plastics layer · CPC title