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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Maik Hammer, Bruckberg, DE;
Johann Van Niekerk, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/08 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F16B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/0642 (2013.01); F16B 5/0096 (2013.01); F16B 5/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A component connection has a first component, a second component with a through hole, and a connecting element, by which the two components are connected to each other. The connecting element has at least two balls connected to each other, of which a first ball extends, at least over part of the diameter thereof, through the through-hole. A second ball of the connecting element is pressed into the material of the first component such that the second ball is connected to the first component in a positive-locking manner.