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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2001
Bernd Bretschneider, Bad Laasphe, DE;
Heinrich Friederich, Gross-Rohrheim, DE;
Reinhard Schmoock, Netphen, DE;
EJOT Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co., Bad Laasphe, DE;
Abstract
A screw connection, which is intended in particular for plastic members comprises a screw and an insert member which is to be nonrotatably fitted into one of the components involved in the connection and which receives the screwthread of the screw in an axial passage. In accordance with the invention the axial passage of the insert member is of a smooth-walled, that is to say screwthread-free, configuration and the screw has a screwthread, which cuts or grooves the female screwthread of the insert member. The screw, like the insert, can comprise an aluminum alloy, in which case however the alloy of the screw is of a substantially greater hardness than that of the insert member.