Tube fastening unit and method for fastening a tube to a fastening clip
AssigneeTI Automotive (Fuldabrück) GmbH
InventorAndre HÄCKEL
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Abstract
Tube fastening unit of at least one fastening clip and at least one motor vehicle tube fastened to the fastening clip. The motor vehicle tube has an outer surface made of plastic, which is welded with the fastening clip. The fastening clip has at least one welding element, which at least partially consists of a weldable plastic which is welded with the outer surface of the tube. The welding element is positively and/or non-positively fastened to the fastening clip.
Claims18
Tube fastening assembly comprising at least one fastening clip and at least one motor vehicle tube configured to be fastened to the fastening clip, the motor vehicle tube having an outer surface made of plastic which is weldable to the fastening clip, wherein the fastening clip has at least one welding element, which consists at least regionally of a weldable plastic, and which is weldable with the outer surface of the tube, and wherein the welding element can be positively, non-positively and/or materially fastened to the mounting clip.
Method for fastening a motor vehicle tube to at least one fastening clip, wherein the motor vehicle tube has an outer surface or an outer layer made of plastic, which is welded to the fastening clip, wherein a fastening clip is used, which has at least one welding element, which consists at least partially of a plastic which is weldable to the outer surface or to the outer layer of the tube, comprising the step of fastening the welding element, positively and/or non-positively, to the fastening clip, by welding to the outer surface or to the outer layer of the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.