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(43) Date of publication: 07.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/41 (21) Application number: 25706746.2 (22) Date of filing: 17.02.2025

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B29C 49/04(2006.01) B29C 49/22(2006.01) B29L 31/00(2006.01) B29C 49/20(2006.01) B29C 49/48(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B29C 49/04; B29C 49/20; B29L 2031/7172; B29C 2049/2013; B29C 2049/2078; B29C 2049/2086; B29C 49/22; B29C 2049/4805; B29C 2049/4807 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2025/054155 (87) International publication number: WO 2026/171363 (20.08.2026 Gazette 2026/34)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: GE KH MA MD TN (71) Applicant: TI Automotive Technology Center GmbH 76437 Rastatt (DE)	(72) Inventors: HAOUALA, Moez 76185 Karlsruhe (DE) CERINI, Richard Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309 (US) BLEIER-BOST, Peter 76676 Graben-Neudorf (DE) SCHWAGER, Dennis 76187 Karlsruhe (DE) (74) Representative: dompatent  Partnerschaft von Patentanwälten und Rechtsanwälten mbB Deichmannhaus am Dom Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 50667 Köln 50667 Köln (DE)