Direct connection between a tube and a flat element
AssigneeEuropea De Construcciones Metalicas, S.A.
InventorsEduardo Muñoz Fernandez, Maximiliano Carrasco Gimena, José Ignacio Parra Fernández-Mota, Luis Garrido Delgado
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Abstract
Direct connection between a tube and a flat element by means of a connector preferably formed by stamping on the tube itself, which enables joining the latter to the flat element, without auxiliary elements, by nest-like insertion of same into the flat element and subsequent attachment by means of screws, rivets, bolts, pins or other elements.
Claims15
A directly connecting tube comprising a monolithic tube configured to receive and directly connect to a flat element, wherein an end of the tube is configured as comprising four hollow extensions in the form of semi-planes arranged as a star-shaped connector and each of the hollow extensions includes two substantially parallel walls, wherein the hollow extensions are deformations of the monolithic tube, and two of the hollow extensions are provided with open slots at their outer edges for reception of the flat element into the interior of the slots for direct connection to the flat element.
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