Connection method for chassis sealing elements
AssigneeCqlt Saargummi Technologies S.à.R.L.
InventorsVolker Schumacher, Bernard Tessier
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Abstract
A method for connecting the joint of two ends of at least one chassis sealing element. In order to allow a secure and quick connection of the ends and allow an additional unhindered passage of air and moisture between hollow chambers within the chassis sealing element via the joint when using a profiled hollow chamber, the ends are first arranged at a distance to each other, and a shapeless bonding agent is applied to at least one end. The bonding agent is then heated, and the ends are brought into mutual contact, whereby the ends are bonded at the joint by way of the heated bonding agent.
Claims19
A method for connecting a joint of two ends of at least one chassis sealing element, comprising the steps of:
- initially arranging the two ends spaced apart from one another;
- applying a shapeless bonding agent onto at least one of the ends;
- subsequently heating the bonding agent;
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- simultaneously or subsequently bringing the two ends into mutual contact so that the two ends are connected in a firmly bonded manner at the joint by the heated bonding agent, wherein the step of applying the bonding agent includes applying the bonding agent via a subcarrier onto the at least one end by contacting the at least one end to the subcarrier, wherein the subcarrier is a rigid plate, wherein the step of applying the bonding agent further includes moving the subcarrier into a gap between the two ends spaced apart from one another, positioning the shapeless bonding agent with respect to the at least one end, pushing the at least one end against the shapeless bonding agent on the subcarrier, transferring the shapeless bonding agent to the at least one end and removing the subcarrier from the gap between the two ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.