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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2005
Wilfried Bien, Seevetal-Emmelndorf, DE;
Jan Peter Elfeldt, Hamburg, DE;
Michael Halves, Hamburg, DE;
Thomas Huelsberg, Buchholz, DE;
Uwe Klussmann, Bispingen, DE;
Hildwin Kuzi, Eppelheim, DE;
Holger Nuhn, Schneverdingen, DE;
Ralf Puenjer, Hamburg, DE;
Olav Reinhardt, Hamburg, DE;
Dirk Riewert, Hamburg, DE;
Alfred Riggers, Freetz-Lengenbostel, DE;
Thorsten Sternal, Moisburg, DE;
Wilfried Bien, Seevetal-Emmelndorf, DE;
Jan Peter Elfeldt, Hamburg, DE;
Michael Halves, Hamburg, DE;
Thomas Huelsberg, Buchholz, DE;
Uwe Klussmann, Bispingen, DE;
Hildwin Kuzi, Eppelheim, DE;
Holger Nuhn, Schneverdingen, DE;
Ralf Puenjer, Hamburg, DE;
Olav Reinhardt, Hamburg, DE;
Dirk Riewert, Hamburg, DE;
Alfred Riggers, Freetz-Lengenbostel, DE;
Thorsten Sternal, Moisburg, DE;
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
In the method according to the invention for connecting a sheet metal component () to a component () consisting of cast metal, the sheet metal component () and the component () are welded to one another by means of a pulse-welding method. In particular, a sheet metal pipe () can thereby be welded to the port () of a housing () consisting of cast metal. This advantage may be utilized for an exhaust system with an exhaust manifold () and an exhaust assembly, such as a turbocharger ().