Releasable closure
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsKonrad Eipper, Wolfgang Fussnegger, Elke Hombergsmeier, Heinz Voggenreiter, Martin Weller
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Abstract
A detachable closure includes separable burr-type elements which, at surfaces to be joined, have interlocking elements which mutually interlock during joining of the burr-type elements and hold the burr-type elements together. The interlocking elements are made of a material which carries out a deformation under the influence of heat, electromagnetic radiation, and/or a magnetic field.
Claims13
A detachable closure comprising:
- a first burr-type element including a plurality of first interlock elements;
- and
- a second burr-type element including a plurality of second interlock elements;
- wherein
- the plurality of first and second interlock elements are configured for mutually interlocking during a joining of the first and second burr-type elements so as to separably hold the burr-type elements together;
- and
- each of the plurality of first and second interlock elements includes a respective material which deforms in response to as least one of heat, electromagnetic radiation, and an electromagnetic field so as to disestablish the interlocking of the plurality of first and second interlock elements.
A method for detachably connecting a first component to a second component, the method comprising:
- undetachably disposing a first burr-type element on the first component, the first burr-type element including a plurality of first interlock elements;
- undetachably disposing a second burr-type element on the second component, the second burr-type element including a plurality of second interlock elements;
- and
- joining the first and second burr-type elements so as to interlock the plurality of first and second interlock elements and separably hold the burr-type elements together, each of the plurality of first and second interlock elements including a respective material which deforms in response to as least one of heat, electromagnetic radiation, and an electromagnetic field so as to disestablish the interlocking of the plurality of first and second interlock elements.
A method for detachably connecting a first component to a second component, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of first interlock elements on a first surface of the first component;
- providing a plurality of second interlock elements on a second surface of the second component;
- and
- joining the first and second components so as to interlock the plurality of first and second interlock elements and separably hold the first and second components together, each of the plurality of first and second interlock elements including a respective material which deforms in response to as least one of heat, electromagnetic radiation, and an electromagnetic field so as to disestablish the interlocking of the plurality of first and second interlock elements.
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