Patent ID: 11931970
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for producing a film-covered component, the apparatus comprises:
an assembly nest with a component section, on which a component to be covered can be arranged; and
a film severing device arranged on the assembly nest, the film severing device including a severing element, wherein the film severing device surrounds the component section at least partially laterally at a distance and is configured to at least partially separate a film section of the film that projects laterally beyond the film-covered component from a remainder of the film,
wherein the film severing device is arranged in a channel-shaped depression formed on the assembly nest,
wherein the film severing device includes a flexible bladder arranged at least partially within the depression and fixed within the depression,
wherein an inner cavity of the flexible bladder is configured to be subjected to a pressure or a vacuum to switch the flexible bladder between an inflated state and a deflated state, and
wherein the severing element is arranged on a side of the flexible bladder facing away from the assembly nest and configured to engage the film section when in the inflated state and to not engage the film section when in the deflated state.