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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2008
Applicants:
David Tresse, Polaincourt, FR;
Marc Verwaerde, Moras, FR;
Inventors:
David Tresse, Polaincourt, FR;
Marc Verwaerde, Moras, FR;
Assignee:
Compagnie Plastic Omnium, Lyons, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of fastening first and second thermoplastic parts of a motor vehicle, the first part having a protuberance projecting from a face and the second part having an engagement surface, the method consisting in bringing the second part into contact with the face of the first part, in heating the protuberance, and in plastically deforming the protuberance towards the second part so that the second part is gripped between the face of the first part and an end portion of the protuberance.