Bonded assembly and bonding method
AssigneeCold Pad
InventorJean-Philippe COURT
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Abstract
A bonded assembly that includes a substrate (102), a connector (101, 201) including a bonding surface arranged with a gap to the substrate (102), a support zone surrounding the bonding surface, at least one gasket (202) compressed between the substrate and the support zone, the gasket (202), the connector (101, 201) and the substrate (102) delimiting a sealed volume (209), a recessed overflow groove (208) formed between the bonding surface and the support zone and forming part of the sealed volume (209) and a hardened adhesive (107) at least partially occupying the sealed volume, the adhesive holding the connector on the substrate via the bonding surface.
Claims16
A bonded assembly, said assembly comprising:
- a substrate (102);
- a connector (101, 201) comprising:
- a bonding surface arranged with a gap to the substrate (102);
- a support zone surrounding said bonding surface;
- at least one gasket (202) compressed between the substrate and the support zone, said gasket (202), the connector (101, 201) and the substrate (102) delimiting a sealed volume (209);
- a recessed overflow groove (208) formed between the bonding surface and the support zone and forming part of the sealed volume (209);
- and
- a hardened adhesive (107) at least partially occupying said sealed volume, the adhesive holding the connector on the substrate via the bonding surface.
A method for bonding a connector (101, 201) to a substrate (102), comprising:
- bringing an installation device (103a, 103b, 103c) into contact with the substrate (102) in such a way that the installation device and the substrate delimit a hermetic space (104), said connector (101, 201) being installed in said hermetic space and arranged with a gap (105) to the substrate;
- reducing the pressure (106a, 106b) within said hermetic space;
- and
- moving the connector (101) toward the substrate (102) to compress an adhesive (107) between the substrate and the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.