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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh, Bensheim, DE;
Inventors:
Eike Luellich, Bensheim, DE;
Karl Marc-Andreas Berger, Bensheim, DE;
Assignee:
TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 43/16 (2006.01); B21D 39/03 (2006.01); H01R 12/51 (2011.01); H01R 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/031 (2013.01); H01R 12/51 (2013.01); H01R 25/161 (2013.01); H01R 43/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly includes at least three layers of sheet metal lying directly on top of one another and joined in a stack of sheet metal. The layers of sheet metal are each joined in pairs by a clinching joint. At least one layer of sheet metal arranged between one of the pairs of layers of sheet metal joined by the clinching joint and an outer side of the stack each have an access opening aligned with the clinching joint.