Connecting arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9533717-B2
Application number	US-201113992301-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2011
Priority date	Dec 8, 2010
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

A connection structure between a first and a second component, the second component being formed from a steel material. The first component is made from a lightweight construction material of the minimum possible weight and having a high degree of stiffness, such as a fiber-reinforced plastic. Both components are connected by a metallic intermediate component, which is non-detachably connected by a plug-in means of connection with the first component.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connection structure, comprising:
a first component formed from a fiber-reinforced plastic, wherein the first component is a strut of a motor vehicle;
a second component formed from a steel material, wherein the second component is a body component of the motor vehicle; and
a metallic intermediate component that is directly connected to both of the first and second components, wherein the intermediate component is directly connected with the first component by a non-detachable plug-in connection and wherein an end of the intermediate component is directly screwed tight with the second component.

2. The connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate component has a mounting flange on one end, by means of which the intermediate component is joined to the second component.

3. The connection structure according to claim 2 , wherein the intermediate component has a sleeve shape that is pressed flat on the one end, and wherein the sleeve shape forms the mounting flange.

4. The connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the non-detachable plug-in connection is formed by an interference fit or an adhesive layer.

5. The connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first and intermediate components include plug-connected ends forming the non-detachable plug-in connection, and the plug-connected ends of the first and intermediate components are separated by an electrical insulating element over a length of the plug-in connection.

6. The connection structure according to claim 5 , wherein the electrical insulating element is an adhesive layer, a winding of glass, or aramide fiber-reinforced plastic.

7. The connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first component consists of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic with a unidirectional fiber orientation.

Assignees

• Haegele Klaus
• Heise Wilfried
• Salkic Asmir
• Seidel Joachim
• Daimler Ag

Inventors

• Haegele Klaus
• Heise Wilfried
• Salkic Asmir
• Seidel Joachim

Classifications

• B62D27/02 Primary

  rigid · CPC title

• B62D27/026

  Connections by glue bonding (in general F16B11/00; processes C09J5/00) · CPC title

• B62D29/005

  preformed metal and synthetic material elements being joined together, e.g. by adhesives · CPC title

• Y10T403/70

  Interfitted members · CPC title