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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2023
Multimaterial-welding Ag, Biel, CH;
Cyrille Aeby, Billens, CH;
Stéphane Audriaz, Bern, CH;
MULTIMATERIAL-WELDING AG, Biel, CH;
Abstract
A connector element is disclosed for being bonded to a substrate by pressing the connector element and the substrate together and mechanically exciting the connector element and the substrate relative to each other when being pressed together. The connector element includes a base portion having a distal surface and plural protrusions distally extending from the distal surface of the base portion. The protrusions are formed of a thermoplastic material configured to liquefy when the connector element is pressed to the substrate and mechanically excited. Link members are formed of a thermoplastic material configured to liquefy when the connector element is pressed to the substrate and mechanically excited. Each link member connects two neighboring protrusions of the protrusions.