Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention aims to provide a rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly and a rear wheel cover assembly, which can solve the problem that the strength of a mounting point of a rear shock absorber is limited due to the fact that the section is thinned or even excessively thinned when the height of a bulge is increased when the strength of the rear shock absorber mounting plate is increased in the prior art.
In order to achieve the above purposes, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:
the invention provides a rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly, which is characterized by comprising:
the main body plate is used for being connected with the inner plate of the rear wheel cover at one side, two spaced first reinforcing bulges protrude towards the other side, a cavity is formed inside the main body plate, the first reinforcing bulges protrude towards the direction of a wheel and are provided with shock absorber mounting areas, and a through hole is formed between the two first reinforcing bulges;
and the connecting plate is used for being arranged between the main body plate and the rear wheel cover inner plate, the outer edge of the connecting plate is connected with the main body plate around the through hole, and the middle part of the other side of the connecting plate is provided with a supporting bulge protruding towards the rear wheel cover inner plate and used for being connected with the rear wheel cover inner plate.
In some optional schemes, the first reinforcing protrusion comprises a first protrusion section and a second protrusion section, the protrusion height of the first protrusion section is greater than that of the second protrusion section, the first protrusion section and the second protrusion section are transited by an inclined surface, the shock absorber installation area is located on the inclined surface, and the through hole is located between the two first protrusion sections of the first reinforcing protrusion.
In some alternatives, the first reinforcing protrusion includes: support panel that two sides interval set up to and connect two support panel's connection panel, two support panel to rear wheel casing inner panel direction extends, and with connection panel smooth transition, two between the first support panel who strengthens protruding adjacent through being used for being connected with rear wheel casing inner panel's welding panel.
In some optional schemes, the middle part of the welding panel and the middle parts of the two adjacent supporting panels of the first reinforcing bulges are provided with gaps extending to the connecting panel to form the through hole.
In some optional schemes, the outer edge of the connecting plate abuts against the inner walls of the cavities of the two first reinforcing protrusions and the welding panel outside the through hole.
In some optional schemes, the connecting plate includes two abutting panels respectively abutting against the inner wall of the cavity of the first reinforcing protrusion, and the abutting panels abut against the connecting panel and the supporting panel located at the outer side.
In some optional schemes, a second reinforcing protrusion with the same protruding direction as the first reinforcing protrusion is further disposed on the main body plate, and is spaced apart from the first reinforcing protrusion.
In another aspect, the present invention also provides a rear wheel cover assembly, including:
a rear wheel house inner panel;
the main body plate is connected with the inner plate of the rear wheel cover on one side, two spaced first reinforcing bulges protrude towards the other side, a cavity is formed inside the main body plate, the first reinforcing bulges protrude towards the direction of a wheel and are provided with shock absorber mounting areas, and a through hole is formed between the two first reinforcing bulges;
and the connecting plate is arranged between the main body plate and the rear wheel cover inner plate, the outer edge of the connecting plate is connected with the main body plate around the through hole, and the middle part of the other side of the connecting plate is provided with a supporting bulge protruding towards the rear wheel cover inner plate and connected with the rear wheel cover inner plate.
In some optional schemes, the other side of the rear wheel cover inner plate is also provided with a reinforcing plate, one side of the reinforcing plate is connected with the rear wheel cover inner plate, and a third reinforcing bulge and a fourth reinforcing bulge which are spaced from each other protrude towards the other side.
In some optional schemes, a second reinforcing protrusion with the same protruding direction as the first reinforcing protrusion is further disposed on the main body plate, and is spaced from the first reinforcing protrusion, the third reinforcing protrusion corresponds to the second reinforcing protrusion, and the fourth reinforcing protrusion corresponds to the first reinforcing protrusion located on the outer side.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that: the first reinforcing protrusion on the main body plate is obtained in a stamping mode, but the middle of the profile of the first reinforcing protrusion is provided with the through hole, so that the stamping forming difficulty can be greatly reduced, the protruding height of the main body plate can be greatly increased, and the dynamic stiffness of the shock absorber mounting area is greatly improved; the connecting plate and the main body plate are separately designed and processed, so that the forming difficulty can be reduced, the material and the material thickness of the connecting plate and the main body plate can be respectively defined and improved, the local reinforcement pertinence is strong, the forming difficulty is small, the design freedom is higher, and the lightweight design is facilitated; the forming difficulty of the main body plate and the connecting plate is reduced, the limitation of material marks can be further released, materials with higher strength grades can be used, and the problems of endurance fatigue cracking of the metal plate of the mounting plate body of the rear shock absorber of the traditional automobile and fatigue endurance welding spot cracking with high problems can be greatly improved; the outer edge of the connecting plate is connected with the main body plate around the through hole, and a double-layer plate structure can be formed at the peripheries of the two mounting areas of the shock absorber. The material thickness around the direct stress point is doubled, so that the strength of the rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly can be quickly improved, and the static rigidity and the dynamic rigidity of a shock absorber mounting area can also be quickly improved.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
Embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 4, the present invention provides a rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly comprising: a main body plate 1 and a connecting plate 3.
One side of the main body plate 1 is used for being connected with the rear wheel cover inner plate 2, two spaced first reinforcing bulges 11 protrude towards the other side, a cavity 12 is formed inside, the first reinforcing bulges 11 protrude towards the direction of a wheel and are provided with a shock absorber mounting area 111, and a through hole is formed between the two first reinforcing bulges 11; the connecting plate 3 is arranged between the main body plate 1 and the rear wheel cover inner plate 2, the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 is connected with the main body plate 1 around the through hole, and the middle part of the other side of the connecting plate is provided with a supporting bulge 31 protruding towards the rear wheel cover inner plate 2 and used for being connected with the rear wheel cover inner plate 2.
When in use, the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 is connected with the main body plate 1 around the through hole, and then the connected connecting plate 3 and the main body plate 1 are connected on the rear wheel cover inner plate 2, wherein the supporting bulge 31 is abutted on the rear wheel cover inner plate 2. The shock absorber mounting region 111 can be used to mount a shock absorber. Since the two spaced first reinforcing protrusions 11 protrude from the main body panel 1 side toward the wheel, which is equivalent to a reinforcing rib, the rigidity and strength of the main body panel 1 can be improved. The first reinforcing protrusion 11 on the main body plate 1 is obtained in a stamping mode, although the main body plate 1 is of an integral M-shaped boss structure, the middle of the profile of the main body plate 1 is provided with a through hole, the stamping forming difficulty can be greatly reduced, and the protruding height of the main body plate 1 can be greatly increased by the M-shaped boss, so that the dynamic stiffness of the shock absorber installation area 111 is greatly improved; the connecting plate 3 and the main body plate 1 are designed and processed separately, so that the forming difficulty can be reduced, the material and the material thickness of the connecting plate 3 and the main body plate 1 can be defined and improved respectively, the local reinforcement pertinence is strong, the forming difficulty is small, the design freedom degree is larger, and the lightweight design is facilitated; the forming difficulty of the main body plate 1 and the connecting plate 3 is reduced, the limitation of material marks can be further released, materials with higher strength grades can be used, and the problems of endurance fatigue cracking of a metal plate of a mounting plate body of a shock absorber after the traditional automobile type and fatigue endurance welding spot cracking with high problems can be greatly improved; the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 is connected with the main body plate 1 around the through hole, and a double-layer plate structure can be formed at the peripheries of two mounting areas of the shock absorber. The material thickness around the direct stress point is doubled, so that the strength of the rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly can be quickly improved, and the static rigidity and the dynamic rigidity of the shock absorber mounting area 111 can also be quickly improved.
In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 is connected to the main body plate 1 around the through hole by two layers of spot welding 61 and/or shielded welding 63; the connecting plate 3 is connected with the rear wheel cover inner plate 2 in a three-layer spot welding mode; the portions of the support protrusions 31 abutting against the rear wheel house inner panel 2 are connected in the form of three-layer spot welds 62.
The outer edge of the connecting plate 3 abuts against the damper mounting area 111, and the connecting plate 3 is provided with a welded nut or a nut plate for mounting the damper.
In some alternative embodiments, the first reinforcing protrusions 11 include a first protrusion section 112 and a second protrusion section 113, the protrusion height of the first protrusion section 112 is greater than the protrusion height of the second protrusion section 113, the first protrusion section 112 and the second protrusion section 113 are transited by an inclined surface on which the damper mounting region 111 is located, and the through hole is located between the first protrusion sections 112 of two first reinforcing protrusions 11.
In this embodiment, the first and second protruding sections 112 and 113 transition through an inclined surface, and the damper installation region 111 is located on the inclined surface, so as to facilitate installation of the damper. The protruding height of the first protruding section 112 is greater than that of the second protruding section 113, and the through hole is formed between the first protruding sections 112 of the two first reinforcing protrusions 11, so that the rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly can be guaranteed to have good supporting strength, and the stamping difficulty of the first protruding section 112 is further reduced.
In some alternative embodiments, the first reinforcing protrusion 11 includes: two support panels 114 that set up at two sides interval, and connect the connection panel 115 of two support panels 114, two support panels 114 extend to rear wheel house inner panel 2 direction to with connection panel 115 smooth transition, connect through the welding panel 116 that is used for being connected with rear wheel house inner panel 2 between two adjacent support panels 114 of first enhancement arch 11.
In this embodiment, the first reinforcing protrusions 11 on the main body panel 1 are formed by stamping, and when two first reinforcing protrusions 11 are stamped, the first reinforcing protrusions 11 form support panels 114 extending toward the rear wheel house inner panel 2 and form a connection panel 115 between the two support panels 114, and a portion between the two first reinforcing protrusions 11 protruding toward the inside of the vehicle forms a welding panel 116 for connecting with the rear wheel house inner panel 2.
In some alternative embodiments, the middle of the welding panel 116 and the middle of the two first reinforcing protrusions 11 adjacent to the supporting panel 114 are cut to form through holes extending to the connecting panel 115.
In this embodiment, the through hole is disposed between two adjacent supporting panels 114 of the first reinforcing protrusion 11, and when the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 is connected to the main body plate 1 around the through hole, that is, the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 can abut against the welding panel 116 and the supporting panels 114, so that welding can be facilitated, and the stamping difficulty of the first reinforcing protrusion 11 can be reduced, and the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 can abut against the supporting panels 114, which is beneficial to the overall strength of the whole rear shock absorber mounting panel assembly.
In some alternative embodiments, the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 abuts against the inner walls of the cavities of the two first reinforcing protrusions 11 and the welding panel 116 outside the through hole.
In the embodiment, when the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 is connected to the main body plate 1 around the through hole, that is, the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 can be abutted against the inner wall of the cavity of the first reinforcing protrusion 11 and the supporting panel 114, a double-layer plate structure can be formed at the first reinforcing protrusion 11, so as to ensure the strength of the first reinforcing protrusion 11.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, in some alternative embodiments, the connecting plate 3 includes two abutting panels 32 abutting against the inner walls of the cavity of the first reinforcing protrusion 11, respectively, and the abutting panels 32 abut against the connecting panel 115 and the supporting panel 114 located at the outer side.
In this embodiment, the connection between the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 and the main body plate 1 around the through hole is the abutting panel 32, the abutting panel 32 abuts against the connecting panel 115 and the supporting panel 114 located outside, the connecting panel 115 and the supporting panel 114 are in smooth transition, and therefore the abutting panel 32 is in an arc shape in smooth transition as the connecting panel 115 and the supporting panel 114. The abutting panel 32 and the connecting panel 115 are connected in a form of two layers of spot welding 61, the abutting panel 32 and the supporting panel 114 are connected in a form of two layers of spot welding 61 and protective welding 63, wherein the protective welding 63 is positioned at the edge of the abutting panel 32, and the two layers of spot welding 61 are positioned at the edge binding face of the abutting panel 32. During welding, the welding wire can be selected according to needs and actual requirements.
The abutting panel 32 abuts against the connecting panel 115 and the supporting panel 114 located at the outer side, and the abutting panel 32 also abuts against the damper mounting region 111, so that welding can be facilitated, and meanwhile, the contact area between the abutting panel 32 and the inner wall of the cavity of the first reinforcing protrusion 11 is increased. The abutting panel 32 is abutted against the shock absorber mounting area 111 and the periphery thereof to form a double-layer plate structure, the material thickness of the periphery of a direct stress point is doubled, the strength of the rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly can be rapidly improved, and the static rigidity and the dynamic rigidity of the shock absorber mounting area 111 can also be rapidly improved.
The mutual overlapping of connecting plate 3 and main part board 1 can form two M type structures (see fig. 4), and not only the boss bottom surface (being connecting panel 115) can weld, and the boss lateral wall (being supporting panel 114) also can be according to boss width and boss height, and the selection increases spot welding or protection welding and connects (see fig. 5), and it is high to use the degree of freedom, and the welding degree of difficulty is little, and foremost can increase mounting point intensity and Y to, Z to dynamic stiffness by a wide margin.
In some alternative embodiments, a second reinforcing protrusion 13 is disposed on the main body plate 1 in the same protruding direction as the first reinforcing protrusion 11, and is spaced apart from the first reinforcing protrusion 11.
In this embodiment, the main body panel 1 is provided with three reinforcing protrusions arranged at intervals, including two first reinforcing protrusions 11 arranged at intervals, and one second reinforcing protrusion 13 protruding in the same direction as the first reinforcing protrusion 11. The three reinforcing protrusions are arranged, so that the strength of the main body plate 1 can be improved, and the strength of the whole rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly is improved. In this example, the first reinforcing protrusions 11 have a larger protrusion height than the second reinforcing protrusions 13.
As shown in fig. 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, in another aspect, the present invention also provides a rear wheel cover assembly including: rear wheel casing inner panel 2, main part board 1 and connecting plate 3. Wherein, one side of the main body plate 1 is connected with the rear wheel cover inner plate 2, two spaced first strengthening bulges 11 are protruded towards the other side, a cavity 12 is formed inside, the first strengthening bulges 11 are protruded towards the wheel direction and are provided with a shock absorber mounting area 111, and a through hole is arranged between the two first strengthening bulges 11; the connecting plate 3 is arranged between the main body plate 1 and the rear wheel cover inner plate 2, the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 is connected with the main body plate 1 around the through hole, and the middle part of the other side is provided with a supporting bulge 31 protruding towards the rear wheel cover inner plate 2 and connected with the rear wheel cover inner plate 2.
When in use, the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 is connected with the main body plate 1 around the through hole, and then the connected connecting plate 3 and the main body plate 1 are connected on the rear wheel cover inner plate 2, wherein the supporting bulge 31 is abutted on the rear wheel cover inner plate 2. The shock absorber mounting region 111 can be used to mount a shock absorber. Since the two spaced first reinforcing protrusions 11 protrude from the main body panel 1 toward the wheel, it is equivalent to strengthening the ribs, and the strength of the main body panel 1 can be improved. The first reinforcing protrusions 11 on the main body plate 1 are obtained in a stamping mode, although the main body plate 1 is of an integral M-shaped boss structure, the middle of the profile of the main body plate 1 is provided with a through hole, the stamping forming difficulty can be greatly reduced, and the M-shaped boss can greatly increase the protruding height of the main body plate 1, so that the dynamic stiffness of the shock absorber mounting area 111 is greatly improved; the connecting plate 3 and the main body plate 1 are designed and processed separately, so that the forming difficulty can be reduced, the material thickness and the material thickness of the connecting plate 3 and the main body plate 1 can be defined and improved respectively, the local reinforcement pertinence is strong, the forming difficulty is small, the design freedom is higher, and the lightweight design is facilitated; the forming difficulty of the main body plate 1 and the connecting plate 3 is reduced, the limitation of material marks can be further released, materials with higher strength grades can be used, and the problems of endurance fatigue cracking of a metal plate of a mounting plate body of a shock absorber after the traditional automobile type and fatigue endurance welding spot cracking with high problems can be greatly improved; the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 is connected with the main body plate 1 around the through hole, and a double-layer plate structure can be formed at the peripheries of two mounting areas of the shock absorber. The material thickness around the direct stress point is doubled, so that the strength of the rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly can be quickly improved, and the static rigidity and the dynamic rigidity of the shock absorber mounting area 111 can also be quickly improved.
In the embodiment, the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 is connected with the main body plate 1 around the through hole in the form of two layers of spot welding 61 and/or protective welding 63; the connecting plate 3 is connected with the rear wheel cover inner plate 2 in a three-layer spot welding 62 mode; the portions of the support protrusions 31 abutting against the rear wheel house inner panel 2 are connected by three-layer spot welding 62.
In addition, the rear wheel cover assembly also comprises a wheel cover outer plate 5, the lower part of the main body plate 1 is welded with the rear longitudinal beam, particularly, the upper part of the main body plate 1 is also lapped with the rear wheel cover inner plate 2 and the wheel cover outer plate 5 at the same time, the main body plate is clamped between the rear wheel cover inner plate 2 and the wheel cover outer plate 5 and is connected in a three-layer spot welding 62 mode (see fig. 6 and 7), and the dynamic stiffness of the shock absorber mounting plate in the Y direction and the dynamic stiffness of the shock absorber mounting plate in the Z direction are further greatly improved. The local rigidity of the rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly is greatly improved, and the overall torsional rigidity of the body in white can be further improved.
In some alternative embodiments, the other side of the rear wheel house inner panel 2 is further provided with a reinforcement panel 4, and the reinforcement panel 4 is connected to the rear wheel house inner panel 2 on one side and protrudes to the other side with a third reinforcement protrusion 41 and a fourth reinforcement protrusion 42 spaced apart from each other.
In this embodiment, the reinforcing plate 4 and the rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly are respectively disposed on both sides of the rear wheel house inner panel 2, one side of the reinforcing plate 4 is connected to the rear wheel house inner panel 2, and the third reinforcing protrusion 41 and the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42 are protruded to the other side at an interval, so that the strength of the whole rear wheel house assembly can be improved, and the strength of the rear shock absorber mounting position can be ensured.
In some alternative embodiments, a second reinforcing protrusion 13 is further disposed on the main body plate 1 in the same protruding direction as the first reinforcing protrusion 11, and is spaced apart from the first reinforcing protrusion 11, the third reinforcing protrusion 41 corresponds to the second reinforcing protrusion 13, and the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42 corresponds to the first reinforcing protrusion 11 located at the outer side.
In the present embodiment, the third reinforcing protrusion 41 corresponds to the second reinforcing protrusion 13, the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42 corresponds to the first reinforcing protrusion 11 located on the outer side, and the first reinforcing protrusion 11 and the second reinforcing protrusion 13, which are opposite to the protruding direction of the third reinforcing protrusion 41 and the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42, can increase the strength of the rear wheel house assembly to secure the strength of the rear shock absorber installation position.
Since the two first reinforcing protrusions 11 are provided with the mounting areas of the damper mounting areas 111, a large supporting force is required. The fourth reinforcing protrusion 42 is formed to correspond to the first reinforcing protrusion 11 located at the outer side, and the other first reinforcing protrusion 11 is formed at a corresponding position between the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42 and the third reinforcing protrusion 41, so that the damper installation region 111 can have a better supporting strength.
In the present embodiment, in order to provide better supporting strength for the shock absorber mounting region 111, a lateral reinforcing protrusion 43 is further disposed between the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42 and the third reinforcing protrusion 41, and is just abutted against the corresponding position of the middle first reinforcing protrusion 11 to provide supporting force for the same.
In order to improve the supporting force provided by the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42, a fifth reinforcing protrusion 44 is further arranged at an interval outside the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42, the third reinforcing protrusion 41, the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42 and the fifth reinforcing protrusion 44 are sequentially arranged at an interval, the third reinforcing protrusion 41 and the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42 are connected through a transverse reinforcing protrusion 43, the distance between the third reinforcing protrusion 41 and the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42 is larger than the distance between the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42 and the fifth reinforcing protrusion 44, and the end portions of the fourth reinforcing protrusion 42 and the fifth reinforcing protrusion 44 are connected to obtain a better supporting effect.
To sum up, the first reinforcing protrusion 11 on the main body plate 1 is obtained by stamping, and although the main body plate 1 is of an integral M-shaped boss structure, the middle part of the profile of the main body plate 1 is provided with a through hole, so that the stamping forming difficulty can be greatly reduced, and the M-shaped boss can greatly increase the protruding height of the main body plate 1, which is very beneficial to improving the dynamic stiffness of the damper mounting area 111; the connecting plate 3 and the main body plate 1 are designed and processed separately, so that the forming difficulty can be reduced, the material thickness and the material thickness of the connecting plate 3 and the main body plate 1 can be defined and improved respectively, the local reinforcement pertinence is strong, the forming difficulty is small, the design freedom is higher, and the lightweight design is facilitated; the forming difficulty of the main body plate 1 and the connecting plate 3 is reduced, the limitation of material marks can be further released, materials with higher strength grades can be used, and the problems of endurance fatigue cracking of a metal plate of a mounting plate body of a shock absorber after the traditional automobile type and fatigue endurance welding spot cracking with high problems can be greatly improved; the outer edge of the connecting plate 3 is connected with the main body plate 1 around the through hole, and a double-layer plate structure can be formed at the peripheries of two mounting areas of the shock absorber. The material thickness around the direct stress point is doubled, so that the strength of the rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly can be quickly improved, and the static rigidity and the dynamic rigidity of the shock absorber mounting area 111 can also be quickly improved.
The abutting panel 32 abuts against the connecting panel 115 and the supporting panel 114 located at the outer side, and the abutting panel 32 also abuts against the damper mounting region 111, so that welding can be facilitated, and meanwhile, the contact area between the abutting panel 32 and the inner wall of the cavity of the first reinforcing protrusion 11 is increased. The abutting panel 32 is abutted against the shock absorber mounting area 111 and the periphery thereof to form a double-layer plate structure, the material thickness of the periphery of a direct stress point is doubled, the strength of the rear shock absorber mounting plate assembly can be rapidly improved, and the static rigidity and the dynamic rigidity of the shock absorber mounting area 111 can also be rapidly improved.
In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present application. Unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are intended to be inclusive and mean, for example, that they may be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.
It is noted that, in the present application, relational terms such as "first" and "second", and the like, are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
The above description is merely exemplary of the present application and is presented to enable those skilled in the art to understand and practice the present application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.