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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
Tox Pressotechnik Gmbh & Co. KG, Weingarten, DE;
Michael Badent, Weingarten, DE;
Roland Wendt, Argenbuehl, DE;
TOX PRESSOTECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG, Weingarten, DE;
Abstract
A device for attaching a joining element to a component section, which device is for a tool for attaching the joining element to the component section, wherein the joining element is adapted to be temporarily placed in a holding position and then shifted out of the holding position onto the component section by a linearly movable punch of the tool, wherein the joining element is temporarily placed in the holding position by means for providing a pressure difference in a region of the holding position, wherein the pressure difference on the temporarily placed joining element provides a holding force that acts on the joining element, so that the joining element is held positionally fixed in the holding position.