Component connection

US10738812B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Maik Hammer · Bruckberg, DE
• Johann Van Niekerk · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 16, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 11, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16B5/08
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A component connection has a first component, a second component with a through hole, and a connecting element, by which the two components are connected to each other. The connecting element has at least two balls connected to each other, of which a first ball extends, at least over part of the diameter thereof, through the through-hole. A second ball of the connecting element is pressed into the material of the first component such that the second ball is connected to the first component in a positive-locking manner.