Bosch Rexroth Ag

Uwe Kaiser

Peter Ludwig

Hans-Peter Buttau

Jens Henneberg

A connecting element with substantially U-shaped cross-section has a U-shape having two free ends and a connecting region connecting the free ends with one another and having at least one engaging element provided and formed to engage an associated edge of an undercut groove of a first part to be connected by the connecting element, the U shape having at least one second engaging element located near one of the free ends and provided and formed to laterally engage in an associated recess of a second part to be connected by the connecting element, wherein the at least one second engaging element protrudes from an associated one of the free ends of the U shape in a direction away from the other of the free ends of the U shape.

Connecting element, and mounting assembly using the same

A connection () of two streamlined-section struts () running orthogonally to one another with an essentially rectangular base cross section () uses a connector (). The lateral surface () of one () of the streamlined-section struts has a mounting groove (), as well as an edge flange (), which projects substantially orthogonally from an edge of this lateral surface () at a predetermined distance (b). The connector () can be attached to the lateral surface () of the one streamlined-section strut having the mounting groove () and to the front side of the other streamlined-section strut (). The contour of the connector ()is accommodated substantially completely within the base cross section () of the other streamlined-section strut (). In addition, the depth of the connector () is essentially the same as the predetermined distance (b).

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Waiblingen, Germany

Uwe Kaiser