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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2004
Hans-peter Buttau, Lauffen, DE;
Uwe Kaiser, Waiblingen, DE;
Hans-Peter Buttau, Lauffen, DE;
Uwe Kaiser, Waiblingen, DE;
Bosch Rexroth AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A connecting element with substantially U-shaped cross-section has a U-shape having two free ends and a connecting region connecting the free ends with one another and having at least one engaging element provided and formed to engage an associated edge of an undercut groove of a first part to be connected by the connecting element, the U shape having at least one second engaging element located near one of the free ends and provided and formed to laterally engage in an associated recess of a second part to be connected by the connecting element, wherein the at least one second engaging element protrudes from an associated one of the free ends of the U shape in a direction away from the other of the free ends of the U shape.