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Patent No.:

US 10518365 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2016

Joining using auxiliary joining elements

Applicants:

Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag, Duisburg, DE;

Thyssenkrupp Ag, Essen, DE;

Inventor:

Azeddine Chergui, Dortmund, DE;

Assignees:

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg, DE;

ThyssenKrupp AG, Essen, DE;

Attorney:

Lathrop Gage L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Jeffry H Aftergut

Assistant Examiner:

Jaeyun Lee

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 37/04 (2006.01); B23K 11/16 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 15/08 (2006.01); B21J 15/02 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B32B 15/18 (2006.01); B32B 15/20 (2006.01); B23K 11/14 (2006.01); B23K 11/18 (2006.01); B23K 101/18 (2006.01); B23K 103/16 (2006.01); F16B 11/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01); F16B 5/04 (2006.01); F16B 5/08 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01); B23K 103/04 (2006.01); B23K 103/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 37/04 (2013.01); B21J 15/025 (2013.01); B23K 11/14 (2013.01); B23K 11/16 (2013.01); B23K 11/185 (2013.01); B23P 19/04 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 15/08 (2013.01); B32B 15/18 (2013.01); B32B 15/20 (2013.01); B23K 2101/006 (2018.08); B23K 2101/18 (2018.08); B23K 2103/04 (2018.08); B23K 2103/10 (2018.08); B23K 2103/172 (2018.08); B32B 2307/732 (2013.01); B32B 2605/08 (2013.01); B32B 2607/00 (2013.01); F16B 5/02 (2013.01); F16B 5/04 (2013.01); F16B 5/08 (2013.01); F16B 11/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and devices for joining a composite panel, which may comprise a non-metallic intermediate layer disposed between two external metallic cover layers, to a further component are disclosed. The composite panel and the further component may be disposed so as to at least partially overlap. The object of economically and reliably joining composite panels may be achieved in that by way of a positioning unit, at least one auxiliary joining element is brought to bear on the composite panel and is fixed to the composite panel. The composite panel in a region of the at least one auxiliary joining element may be subsequently joined to the further component.

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