公开(公告)号：US12286044B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US18316353

申请日：2023-05-12

Applicant: Lear Corporation

Inventor： Joshua Hallock ,  Eric Repke ,  Mark Karges ,  James Gerry Williams ,  Michelle A. Pereny ,  Lisa Swikoski ,  Christopher D. Johnson

IPC: B60N2/58

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.