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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2000
Volker Thoms, Calw, DE;
Willi Wurl, Wüstenrot, DE;
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A connecting element for connecting two adjacent profiled rods, whose longitudinal axes enclose an angle &agr;, is to be further developed such that its production is simplified with respect to different angles &agr;. This is achieved in that, on the exterior sides of two sides of the connecting element enclosing the angle &agr;, retaining edges are arranged which project laterally transversely to the plane containing the angle &agr;, which are each connected by a deformable profiled retaining web and which interact such with corresponding receiving devices on the exterior sides of the profiled rods facing the connecting element that, when the retaining webs are undeformed, the connecting element can be joined by its retaining edges between the receiving devices to the profiled rods, and by the deforming of the retaining webs, their profile is stretched transversely to the plane containing the angle &agr;, laterally toward the outside, and the retaining edges, which move away from one another in the process, reach laterally behind undercuts of the receiving devices.