Method for positionally securing two different components together

US5415714A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Altmann · Folsom, US
• Dieter Dick · Rochlitz, DE
• Manfred Franz · Ditzingen, DE
• Albert Gerhard · Tamm, DE
• Uwe Hammer · Hemmingen, DE
• Johannes Meiwes · Markgröningen, DE
• Friedrich Wendel · Rutesheim, DE
• Wolfgang Staudenmaier · Waiblingen, DE
• Frank Frankenhauser · Beilstein, DE
• Gerhard Kirschner · Erbach, DE
• Egon Waldvogel · Leonberg, DE
• Rolf Bald · Bad Wimpfen, DE
• Arno Altpeter · Sindelfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 20, 1993
• Grant date: May 16, 1995
• Expiry date: May 20, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29C66/8322
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for positionally securing two components together, in which a hollow body is introduced into the two components. Once the final position of the components relative to one another has been established, the hollow body is driven directly into the second component with the application of axial pressure and sonic energy. The method is suitable for employment with thermoplastic components whose relative position to one another is known beforehand, an example being in the assembly of housing parts of a rotary adjuster for controlling a flow cross section in internal combustion engines.