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US 2001/0024606 A1Published application
Joining assembly for mounting a fastening element to a structural member
AssigneeBollhoff GmbH
InventorsMichael Stumpf, Detlef Schulz
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Abstract
A joining assembly for mounting a fastening element of thermoplastic material to an external surface of a structural member of thermoplastic material. The fastening element and the structural member are provided with a joining projection and, respectively, a joining extension have matingly shaped joining surfaces which are integrally joined to each other by melting.
Claims11
A joining assembly for mounting a fastening element of thermoplastic material to an external surface of a structural member of thermoplastic material, wherein
- said fastening element comprises a main body provided with functional means and a joining projection integral with said main body,
- said structural member has, at said external surface, a joining extension provided with a receiving opening for receiving said joining projection of said fastening element, and
- said joining projection and said joining extension have matingly shaped joining surfaces which are integrally joined to each other by melting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.