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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2018
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Sönke Andreas Tangermann, Neckarsulm, DE;
Holger Morsch, Neudenau, DE;
Bertram Seidl, Oberhausen an der Donau, DE;
Onur Ulas Car, Berlin, DE;
Janet Schlothauer, Klötze, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an arrangement () for connecting a first fluid-conducting component () to a second fluid-conducting component (), more particularly in the exhaust gas line of a motor vehicle, having a seal (), which seals the components () at the connecting point, and having a band clamp (), which encloses the components () at the connecting point and attaches the components () to each other. According to the invention, the seal () is formed with a tab (), which protrudes at the connecting point after the components () have been connected and is visible through a separation joint () of the band clamp (). The invention further relates to a corresponding method for connecting a first fluid-conducting component () to a second fluid-conducting component ().