US 11,808,396 B2
High thermal tolerance flexible supports
Arturo Alberto Garcia Ramirez, Venustiano Carranza (MX); Ricardo Daniel Sanchez Lugo, Texcoco (MX); and Cindy Barrera-Martinez, Dearborn, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/443,901.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042142 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 57/04 (2006.01); F16L 55/035 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); F16L 57/06 (2006.01); F16L 55/033 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 57/04 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); F16L 55/035 (2013.01); F16L 55/0336 (2013.01); F16L 57/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible support for a vehicle, comprising:
a composite material forming the flexible support, the flexible support configured to at least partially surround a vehicle component and absorb oscillations generated by the vehicle, wherein the composite material is a mixture of aluminum particles dispersed in an elastomer matrix, and wherein the aluminum particles partially replace another filler of the composite material having a different thermal absorptivity and/or electrical resistivity than the aluminum particles and being a different material than aluminum, the replacement of the another filler modifying an abrasion resistance and/or electrical resistivity of the flexible support.