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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2010
Bernd Koppitz, Winterbach, DE;
Rudolf Reinhardt, Esslingen, DE;
Tobias Schuster, Esslingen, DE;
Heiko Steinmetz, Ohmden, DE;
Bernhard Ziegler, Rechberghausen, DE;
Bernd Koppitz, Winterbach, DE;
Rudolf Reinhardt, Esslingen, DE;
Tobias Schuster, Esslingen, DE;
Heiko Steinmetz, Ohmden, DE;
Bernhard Ziegler, Rechberghausen, DE;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for non-releasable fixing of at least one component to a further component is provided in which a hot rivet is introduced into an opening of the at least one first component and an end face of a shank of the hot rivet is welded to a surface of the further component. Subsequently, with plastic deformation of the hot rivet, the shank of the hot rivet is compressed until a head of the hot rivet lies with a pre-stressing force at least in areas on a surface of the at least one component. The pre-stressing force, with which the head of the hot rivet lies at least in areas on the surface of the at least one component, is adjusted to a predefined value.