Securing element for joining two components together
AssigneeBenteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
InventorElmar Reineke
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Abstract
A securing element for interposition between two components to be joined, includes a double-stick bonding substrate, and plural anchoring bodies adhesively held on the substrate and projecting toward the components. A detachable film is deposited on a bottom side of the substrate whereas a protective film is applied on the topside of the substrate to captivate the anchoring bodies. After removal of the detachable film, the securing element can be adhered to one of the components to be joined, and the two components can then be joined together by pressing them together, whereby the anchoring bodies penetrate into the surface of the components to establish a non-slip connection.
Claims12
A securing element for interposition between two components to be joined, comprising a bonding substrate;
- and plural anchoring bodies adhesively held on the substrate and constructed to project toward the components.
A securing element for joining two components, comprising a substrate having opposite bonding faces;
- and an anchoring body adhesively held on the substrate and constructed to project from the bonding faces toward the components.
A securing element for joining two components, comprising:
- a substrate having opposite bonding faces;
- an anchoring body;
- a detachable film provided on one of the bonding faces of the substrate;
- and
- a protective film applied on the other one of the bonding faces and placed over the anchoring body to so adhesively captivate the anchoring body to the substrate as to project from the bonding faces toward the components.
A method of making a securing element useful for joining two components, comprising the steps of:
- intermittently moving a tape-like substrate, having two adhesive bonding faces, along a transport path;
- depositing a detachable film on one bonding face of the adhesive tape;
- placing at least one steel ball on the other bonding face at each cycle;
- applying a protective film onto the other bonding face to captivate the steel ball on the substrate.
A method of joining two components, comprising the steps of:
- attaching an adhesive bonding face of a securing element to a first component;
- placing a second component over the securing element in confronting relationship to the first component;
- and
- moving the first and second components against one another to thereby force anchoring balls of the securing element into confronting surfaces of the first and second components to realize a non-slip connection of the components in fixed rotative engagement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.