Method for connecting two objects and panel using said method
AssigneeInalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.
InventorCarolus Theodorus Wilhelmus Petrus Jansen
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Abstract
In a method for connecting two objects, comprising applying to at least one of said objects a volume of an adhesive of the type which, when cured, is flexible and thereafter a step of bringing the other of said objects in contact with said volume of adhesive, there is the additional step of, before applying said volume of adhesive, providing a stiffening device extending from and attached to the object to which said volume is to be applied and with a height which is less than the height of the completed volume of adhesive, after which additional step the volume of adhesive is applied around said stiffening device.
Claims18
(canceled)
A method for connecting two objects, comprising:
- providing a first object and a second object, wherein the first object includes a stiffening device attached to or formed integral therewith as a single unitary body so as to extend away from a surface of the first object;
- applying to the first object and around the stiffening device a volume of an adhesive of a type which, when cured, is flexible;
- and thereafter
- bringing the second object in contact with said volume of adhesive so that the stiffening device extends into the volume of adhesive and thereafter allowing the volume of adhesive to cure, wherein a height of the stiffening device extending from the surface of the first object is less than a height of the volume of adhesive from the surface of the first object.
A panel assembly configured for use in an open roof construction for a vehicle, the panel assembly comprising:
- a panel;
- an object;
- a volume of cured adhesive joining the panel to the object, the volume of adhesive of a type which, when cured, is flexible;
- and
- a stiffening device attached to the panel and disposed in the volume of cured adhesive where the volume of cured adhesive is disposed around the stiffening device, the stiffening device having a height from the panel that is less than a height of the volume of cured adhesive from the panel.
An assembly comprising:
- a first object;
- a second object;
- a volume of cured adhesive joining the first object to the second object, the volume of adhesive of a type which, when cured, is flexible;
- and
- a stiffening device joined to one disposed in the volume of cured adhesive where the volume of cured adhesive is disposed around the stiffening device, the stiffening device having a height from the first object that is less than a height of the volume of cured adhesive from the first object.
A method for connecting two objects, comprising:
- providing a first object and a second object, wherein the first object includes a stiffening device attached to or formed integral therewith as a single unitary body so as to extend away from a surface of the first object;
- applying to one of the objects so as to be disposed around the stiffening device a volume of an adhesive of a type which, when cured, is flexible;
- and thereafter
- bringing the objects together for bringing the other of the objects in contact with said volume of adhesive so that the stiffening device extends into the volume of adhesive and thereafter allowing the volume of adhesive to cure wherein a portion of the volume of adhesive is disposed between a remote end of the stiffening device and a surface of the second object to separate the remote end of the stiffening device from the surface of the second object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.