Component connection and method for connecting two components

US9631655B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: May 26, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 25, 2017
• Expiry date: May 26, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T403/477
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A component connection includes a first component which has a through-hole, from the hole rim of which at least one clamping element projects towards a first side of the first component, and a second component which has a through-hole, from the hole rim of which at least one clamping element projects towards a first side of the second component. The two components bear against one another with their sides remote from the first sides. A connecting element has at least two spherical or spheroidal elements and extends through the two through-holes such that the at least one clamping element of the first component bears against a first of the at least two spherical or spheroidal elements and the at least one clamping element of the second component bears in a clamping manner against a second of the at least two spherical or spheroidal elements.