Method for producing a component connection and component connection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10550871-B2
Application number	US-201715434096-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2017
Priority date	Sep 8, 2014
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

A component connection has a first component, which consists of a metal material, a ball likewise consisting of a metal material, which is welded to the first component, and a second component which has a through-hole and a collar which projects from a top side of the second component, is bent upwards and extends circumferentially around the through-hole. The two components are joined to each other such that the ball projecting from the first component projects into the through-hole provided in the second component or even partially through the through-hole. The second component is arranged so that the collar protrudes from the first component. The second component is a sandwich component which has a middle layer of a plastic material, the middle layer being located between an upper metal layer and a lower metal layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for producing a component connection, the method comprising the acts of:
providing a first component;
welding a ball onto the first component;
providing a second component having a through hole and a bent-up collar projecting from a top side of the second component and extending circumferentially around the through hole;
joining the first and second components such that the ball projecting from the first component projects into the through hole provided in the second component, the second component being arranged such that the collar projects away from the first component, wherein
the second component comprises a sandwich material having a center layer of plastic arranged between a top metal layer and a bottom metal layer, and
a region of the center layer of plastic adjacent to the ball gradually decreases in thickness toward the ball.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in joining the first and second components the ball projects at least partially through the through hole provided in the second component.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second components are mutually joined via an adhesive layer.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the act of welding the ball onto the first component is carried out in a contactless manner via a laser welding tool.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the through hole of the second component is produced by punching or drilling.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein after producing the through hole, the bent-up collar is produced by bending up an edge of the through hole.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the bent-up collar is produced simultaneously with the punching of the through hole.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the bent-up collar of the second component is produced by bending up an edge area of the through hole.

9. A component connection, comprising:
a first component of a metal material;
a ball of a metal material welded onto the first component;
a second component having a through hole and a bent-up collar that projects from a top side of the second component and extends circumferentially around the through hole, wherein
the second component is a sandwich component having a center layer of a plastic material situated between a top metal layer and a bottom metal layer,
the first and second components are mutually joined such that the ball projecting from the first component extends into the through hole provided in the second component, the second component being arranged such that the bent-up collar projects away from the first component, and
a region of the center layer of plastic adjacent to the ball gradually decreases in thickness toward the ball.

10. The component connection according to claim 9 , wherein the ball at least partially projects through the through hole of the second component.

11. The component connection according to claim 9 , further comprising an adhesive layer gluing the first and second components together.

12. The component connection according to claim 9 , wherein the bent-up collar is a clamping collar that rests in a clamping manner from an outside against an outer circumference of the ball.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Hammer Maik
• Van Niekerk Johann
• Pfrang Jan Andreas

Classifications

• B29C65/16

  Laser beams · CPC title

• Y10T403/471

  And independent connection · CPC title

• F16B35/06 Primary

  Specially-shaped heads (special shape in order to rotate the bolt F16B23/00 {; separate hook adaptors for bolts F16B43/025}) · CPC title

• F16B37/043 Primary

  with snap action · CPC title

• B29C65/48

  using adhesives {, i.e. using supplementary joining material; solvent bonding} · CPC title