Profiled clamp

A profiled clamp having a first profiled clamp section and having a second profiled clamp section, by means of which two flange parts can be connected to one another with the application of an axial force,

• wherein a first tightening head is formed at one end of the first profiled clamp section and a second tightening head is formed at one end of the second profiled clamp section in order to form a tightening device,
• wherein the ends of the first and second profiled clamp sections which are located opposite the tightening heads are connected to one another via an articulated connection,
• wherein the articulated connection is formed via a mechanically machined or formed flat strip section which is connected in one piece to the first and second clamp sections and has a defined flexibility,
• wherein the flat strip section has a reduced material thickness in a sheet thickness direction, when compared with the first and second clamp sections,
• wherein the flat strip section has at least one notch with a U-shaped or V-shaped cross section, by means of which the reduced material thickness was produced, wherein the at least one notch is embodied as a transverse groove;
• wherein the at least one notch extends transversely to the circumferential direction of the clamp over an entire material width of the flat strip section,
• wherein the flat strip section has an upper side directed toward a center of the profiled clamp and an underside directed away from the center of the profiled clamp,
• wherein the at least one notch does not penetrate the sheet thickness but takes material from the upper side of the flat strip section and thereby thins it additionally, such that the underside of the flat strip section remains unchanged and has no notches.