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AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsJan-Oliver BRASSEL, Jochen RINTELMANN, Jörg SPINDLER
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A functional component which is designed to be secured to a holding component by pressing a connecting element into a depression of the holding component. In a non-deformed state, the connecting element protrudes in a press-in direction from a base body of the functional component and is designed to be deformed by applying a force to the base body, so that the connecting element is widened in an end area and the end area is introduced into a wall of the depression. The base body includes a contact surface surrounding the connecting element which abuts a support surface of the holding component in a coupled state of the functional component. A functional module of the functional component is provided by a partial area of the base body facing away from the contact surface.
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A composite component having at least one functional component for a motor vehicle, and having a holding component, wherein the functional component is secured to the holding component by pressing a connecting element of the functional component into a depression provided in the holding component and designed like a blind hole, wherein the connecting element protrudes from a base body of the functional component in a press-in direction in a non-deformed state and is designed to be converted into a deformed state by applying a force acting in the press-in direction to the base body, in which the connecting element is widened in a free end area and the free end area of the connecting element is introduced into a wall of the holding component delimiting the depression of the holding component in the circumferential direction, wherein the base body of the functional component includes a contact surface extending around the connecting element which, in a coupled state of the functional component, in which the functional component is secured to the holding component by pressing the connecting element into the depression, abuts a support surface of the holding component, wherein a functional module of the functional component is provided by a partial area of the base body facing away from the contact surface.
A method for securing a functional component for a motor vehicle, to a holding component by pressing a connecting element of the functional component into a depression provided in the holding component and designed like a blind hole, wherein the connecting element protrudes from a base body of the functional component in a press-in direction in a non-deformed state, wherein the connecting element is converted into a deformed state by applying a force acting in the press-in direction to the base body, in which the connecting element is widened in a free end area, wherein the free end area of the connecting element is introduced into a wall of the holding component delimiting the depression of the holding component in the circumferential direction, wherein the base body of the functional component includes a contact surface extending around the connecting element which, to effectuate a coupled state of the functional component, in which the functional component is secured to the holding component by pressing the connecting element into the depression, is brought into contact with a support surface of the holding component, wherein a functional module of the functional component is provided by a partial area of the base body facing away from the contact surface.
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