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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Jochen Rintelmann, Dessau, DE;
Patrick Feldhan, Neckarsulm, DE;
Benjamin Hans, Kösching, DE;
Norbert Hornbostel, Talheim, DE;
Assignee:
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 19/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F16B 37/06 (2006.01); F16B 37/14 (2006.01); B23P 19/06 (2006.01); F16B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 37/068 (2013.01); B23P 19/064 (2013.01); F16B 37/14 (2013.01); F16B 37/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method for connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet, the metal sheet is positioned upon a cover element of a joining tool. The press-in bolt is forced by the joining tool in a pilot hole of the metal sheet as the metal sheet is supported by the cover element in its capacity as a die, until a head portion of the press-in bolt rests upon one side of the metal sheet and the cover element is pressed upon a shaft portion of the press-in bolt and radially deformed to rest upon another opposite side of the metal sheet.