Method for connecting a metal housing and a plastic cover, and metal housing comprising a plastic cover

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for connecting a metal housing and a plastic cover. A metal ring having a shoulder that extends in a peripheral direction is at least partly overmolded with a plastic material to form the plastic cover. The plastic cover is pushed axially with the metal ring into the metal housing so that the metal ring is located on a periphery of the metal housing. The metal housing is plastically deformed by the application of force so that the metal housing penetrates a recess formed by the shoulder on the metal ring. The disclosure also relates to a metal housing having a plastic cover, and a metal ring is at least in part located between the metal housing and the plastic cover and the metal ring has a shoulder extending peripherally and forms a recess for receiving a plastically deformed region of the metal housing.

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