Method for producing a tube arrangement for the transport of tempering medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12023844-B2
Application number	US-202117338061-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2021
Priority date	Jun 3, 2020
Publication date	Jul 2, 2024
Grant date	Jul 2, 2024

Abstract

A method for producing a tube arrangement ( 1 ) for the transport of tempering medium, in which base body sections ( 6, 7 ) are provided, which have congruently configured separating surfaces ( 8 ), wherein at least one functional element ( 3 ) on at least one base body section ( 6, 7 ) is arranged in such a way that it can be in contact with the tempering medium, whereafter the base body sections ( 6, 7 ) are joined along the separating surface ( 8 ) and bonded to one another to form the tube arrangement ( 1 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing a tube arrangement for the transport of tempering medium, in which base body sections are provided, which have congruently configured separating surfaces, wherein a parison made of polymeric material is provided, wherein the parison is arranged in a blow mold and the parison is shaped into a base body by means of a blow molding process, the shaped base body being opened so that the base body sections with the separating surface are created, wherein at least one functional element is arranged at the at least one base body section in such a way that it can be in contact with the tempering medium, whereafter the base body sections are joined along the separating surface and bonded to one another to form the tube arrangement, wherein a plurality of channels are formed from the base body, wherein a channel wall is located between adjacent channels and extends between adjacent portions of the base body defining adjacent channels, and wherein the at least one functional element is arranged in a channel of the plurality of channels, wherein the blow mold is designed in such a way that a throttle valve is integrally formed within the channel of the base body during blow molding.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the base body for producing the base body sections is torn or cut open along the separating surface.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the blow mold is designed in such a way that at least one further functional element is formed in the base body during blow molding.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the further functional element formed from the base body forms a throttle valve, connecting element or connector.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the channel wall is formed along the separating surface.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the channel wall connects adjacent channels along their length.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the channel wall engages adjacent channels to position the adjacent channels in a spaced apart relationship.

8. A method for producing a tube arrangement for the transport of tempering medium comprising:
providing a parison made of polymeric material;
arranging the parison in a blow mold and shaping the parison into a base body by means of a blow molding process;
opening the base body to create base body sections with congruently configured separating surfaces; and
joining the base body sections along the separating surfaces and bonded the base body sections to one another to form the tube arrangement, wherein the base body defines a plurality of channels with a channel wall located between adjacent channels, and wherein the base body defines a throttle valve integrally formed within a channel of the plurality of channels such that the throttle valve can be in contact with the tempering medium.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the base body for producing the base body sections is torn or cut open along the separating surface.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the blow mold is designed in such a way that at least one further functional element is formed in the base body during blow molding.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the further functional element formed from the base body forms a throttle valve, connecting element or connector.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the channel wall is formed along the separating surface.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the channel wall connects adjacent channels along their length.

14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the channel wall engages adjacent channels to position the adjacent channels in a spaced apart relationship.

Assignees

• Ti Automotive Tech Ct Gmbh

Inventors

• Boecker Albert
• Winter Matthias
• Schaefer Thorsten
• Deibel Florian

Classifications

• B29C49/20 Primary

  of articles having inserts or reinforcements {; Handling of inserts or reinforcements} · CPC title

• B29C2049/2071

  comprising electronic elements or detection means, e.g. chips, RFIDs or barcodes · CPC title

• B29L2023/22

  Tubes or pipes, i.e. rigid (bent tubes not for use as pipe couplings B29L2023/004) · CPC title

• B29C2049/2047

  Tubular inserts, e.g. tubes · CPC title

• B29C49/786

  Temperature · CPC title