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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2023
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Joshua Hallock, Warren, MI (US);
Eric Repke, Milford, MI (US);
Mark Karges, Macomb, MI (US);
James Gerry Williams, Highland, MI (US);
Michelle A. Pereny, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Lisa Swikoski, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Christopher D. Johnson, Novi, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
An assembly is provided with a funnel having one or more side walls extending from an entrance to an outlet, and a liner having one or more elastic panels, with the liner extending over an inner surface of the one or more side walls. A system is provided with the assembly, a die, a fluid bath, and at least one hose to direct fluid from the fluid bath onto the liner of the assembly. A method includes covering an inner surface of a funnel with a liner comprising one or more elastic panels, wetting the liner, and forming a stranded mesh material member by extruding material from a die and through the funnel. A stranded mesh material member is provided and formed using the method.