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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2015
Woodwelding Ag, Stansstad, CH;
Inter Ikea Systems B.v., Delft, NL;
Nihat Dizdar, Osby, SE;
Håkan Käll, Ålmhult, SE;
Pontus Håkansson, Malmö, SE;
Muthumariappan Sankaran, Älmhult, SE;
Mario Lehmann, Les Pommerats, CH;
Jörg Mayer, Niederlenz, CH;
Laurent Torriani, Lamboing, CH;
Marcel Aeschlimann, Ligerz, CH;
WOODWELDING AG, Stansstad, CH;
INTER IKEA SYSTEMS B.V., Delft, NL;
Abstract
A joining element has an anchoring portion for in-depth anchoring in the object and a head portion arranged proximally of the anchoring portion with respect to an insertion axis. The head portion has a lateral outer surface that has a structure that is well-defined, especially within tight tolerances. The joining element is positioned relative to an object of a non-liquefiable material such that the anchoring portion reaches into an opening of the object or is placed adjacent a mouth thereof. Then, the joining element is pressed towards a distal direction, to press the anchoring portion into the opening, while mechanical vibration energy is coupled into the joining element by a tool, in an amount and for a time sufficient for liquefaction of a portion of the thermoplastic material to cause interpenetration of the thermoplastic material into structures of the object.