Joining process, manufacturing process, arrangement of components and vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10145403-B2
Application number	US-201414541967-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2014
Priority date	Nov 15, 2013
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

A joining process is proposed for connecting a first component to a second component, whereby in a first process the first component and the second component and an adhesive material arranged between the first and the second component are prepared, whereby in a second process the first and the second components are pressed together and whereby in a third process the adhesive material is hardened and further whereby spacing means are added to the adhesive material and these are at least partially resorbed in the third process by the adhesive material.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A joining process for joining a first sheet metal component with a second sheet metal component, comprising:
in a first process, the first component and the second component being arranged with an adhesive material therebetween, wherein spacers are added to the adhesive material, the spacers comprising an aluminum support material and a binding material that is coated on and adheres to the support material, and wherein the support material and the binding material of the spacers is activated in an intermediary surface treatment process in order to activate the support material before the spacers are added to the adhesive material;
in a second process, the first and the second components being pressed together; and
in a third process, introducing a hardening heat via cathodic immersion painting and subsequently heating to harden the adhesive material, wherein the adhesive material comprises an adhesive agent that is configured to resorb, drawing oils under the hardening heat without compromising the final strength, and wherein the binding material of the spacers is at least partially resorbed or dissolved by the adhesive material due to the introduction of the hardening heat and thus the spacers are chemically bonded with the adhesive material.

2. The joining process according to claim 1 , wherein rigid spacers are added to the adhesive material and/or wherein spacers in a spherical form are added to the adhesive material.

3. The joining process according to claim 1 , wherein, in the first process, the adhesive material is applied to the first and/or the second component wherein, the spacers are added to the adhesive material while the adhesive material is being applied to the first and/or the second component or prior to the application of the adhesive material to the first and/or second component.

4. A manufacturing process for the manufacture of a vehicle seat with a first component and a second component, wherein the first component is joined to the second component by the joining process according to claim 1 .

5. The joining process according to claim 1 , wherein the spacers are semi-rigid spacers.

6. An arrangement of components comprising:
a first sheet metal component;
a second sheet metal component; and
an adhesive material, wherein the adhesive material is mixed with spacers, the spacers comprising an aluminum support material and a binding material that is coated on and adheres to the support material, and wherein the support material and the binding material of the spacers is activated in an intermediary surface treatment process in order to activate the support material before the spacers are added to the adhesive material;
wherein the first component and the second component are joined together at a joining point and wherein the adhesive material is arranged at the joining point and is hardened with a hardening heat via cathodic immersion painting and subsequently heating, and
wherein the adhesive material comprises an adhesive agent that is configured to resorb, drawing oils under the hardening heat without compromising the final strength, and wherein the binding material of the spacers is at least partially resorbed or dissolved by the adhesive material due to the introduction of the hardening heat and thus the spacers are chemically bonded with the adhesive material.

7. The arrangement of components according to claim 6 , wherein the spacers are in the form of spherical or rigid spacers.

8. A vehicle seat having the arrangement of components in accordance with claim 6 .

9. The arrangement of components according to claim 6 , wherein the spacers are semi-rigid spacers.

Assignees

• Johnson Controls Gmbh

Inventors

• Dannheisig Andreas
• Schulze Carina
• Flock Dustin
• Gross Bernd

Classifications

• B32B37/18

  involving the assembly of discrete sheets or panels only · CPC title

• B32B2605/00

  Vehicles · CPC title

• Y10T403/477

  Fusion bond, e.g., weld, etc. · CPC title

• C09J5/00 Primary

  Adhesive processes in general; Adhesive processes not provided for elsewhere, e.g. relating to primers · CPC title

• B32B37/1284

  Application of adhesive · CPC title