PROFIL Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co., KG Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130294860 | FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT, A COMPONENT ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF A FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT AND A SHEET METAL PART AND ALSO A METHOD FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF THE FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT TO A SHEET METAL PART - A functional element having a functional portion, a generally tubular rivet portion and a ring-like sheet metal contact surface is characterised in that features of shape are provided at the rivet portion for co-movement of the sheet metal part during the formation of the rivet bead, in particular at the free end of the rivet portion and/or at the radially outer side of the rivet portion, at least in the region adjacent the free end of the rivet portion. A component assembly comprising a functional element and a sheet metal part as well as a method for the attachment of a functional element to the sheet metal part are also claimed. | 11-07-2013 |
20130223923 | PRESS-IN ELEMENT, PRE-INSTALLATION COMPONENT, COMPONENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - The present invention relates, amongst other things, to a punch-in element having a hollow head part of larger transverse dimension and a hollow shaft part of smaller transverse dimension which projects away from one side of the head part, wherein a ring-like sheet metal contact surface is formed at the said side of the head part and surrounds the shaft part, with a plurality of ribs at the outer periphery of the shaft part which extend in the axial direction along the shaft part from the sheet metal contact surface to close to the free end of the shaft part. A pre-installation component, a component assembly and a method is also claimed. | 08-29-2013 |
20130207298 | METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A HOLE IN A COMPONENT CONSISTING OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A method for the manufacture of a hole in a component consisting of a composite material, such as a fiber reinforced plastic part or a fabric reinforced plastic part, which is characterized in that the component having first and second oppositely disposed sides is placed with its first side on a support having an iris diaphragm, in that a tip which diverges in the axial direction is pressed coming from the second side of the component through the component, which optionally has a pre-piercing, for the formation of the hole or for the enlargement of the pre-piercing and in that the iris diaphragm has a smaller starting opening which receives a narrower region of the tip and opens into a larger opening with increasing penetration of the component by the tip, whereby the component is supported during the hole formation over an as large as possible area from the first side. A piercing aid in the form of an iris diaphragm or a corresponding die button is likewise claimed. | 08-15-2013 |
20130189051 | HOLLOW ELEMENT FOR ATTACHMENT TO A COMPONENT COMPRISING A COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A hollow element such as a hollow rivet or a nut element for attachment to a component consisting of a composite material such as a fiber reinforced plastic part or a fabric reinforced plastic part is presented. The element has a flange part and a shaft part extending away from the flange part and/or a rivet section, wherein the rivet section, is present, can also be formed at the free end of the shaft part, with the a hollow element furthermore having a central passage, which is optionally provided with a thread cylinder. The hollow element is used in combination with an auxiliary tip which is either inserted from the flange side of the element through the passage, or from the side of the free end of the shaft part of the rivet section into the passage, such that a conically converging region of the auxiliary tip projects from the free end of the shaft part or of the rivet section. | 07-25-2013 |
20130185921 | METHOD FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF A HOLLOW ELEMENT SUCH AS A HOLLOW RIVET OR A NUT ELEMENT TO A COMPONENT CONSISTING OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A method for the attachment of a hollow element such as a hollow rivet or a nut element to a component consisting of a composite material, with the element having a flange part and a shaft part or rivet section extending away from the flange part, wherein a rivet section can also be formed at the free end of a shaft part. The hollow element has a central passage which is optionally provided with a thread cylinder. In the method an auxiliary tip is either passed from the flange side of the element remote from the shaft part and/or the rivet section through the passage or is introduced from the side of the free end of the shaft part and/or of the rivet section into the passage such that a conically converging region of the auxiliary tip projects from the free end of the shaft part or of the rivet section. The hollow element is pressed with the tip to the fore against the component and the tip is pressed through the component until the component comes into engagement with the side of the flange part adjacent to it and the tip has produced a hole in the component. | 07-25-2013 |
20130185917 | BOLT ELEMENT AND A METHOD FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF A BOLT ELEMENT TO A COMPONENT OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A method for the attachment of a bolt element to a component is described. The bolt element has a head part having a contact surface and a shaft part extending away from the head part, the shaft part having a tip provided at its end remote from the head part, the tip merging into a thread cylinder, optionally via a cylindrical region. The bolt element is pressed with the tip to the fore against the component and the tip is pressed through the component until the side of the component adjacent the head part of the bolt element enters to contact the thread cylinder and the tip thereby generates a hole in the component. The bolt element is subsequently turned so that the thread of the thread cylinder forms an internal thread in the wall of the hole. A bolt element is also claimed. | 07-25-2013 |
20120308329 | FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT FOR THE ATTACHMENT TO A SHEET METAL PART, COMPONENT ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURED FROM THESE AND ALSO A METHOD FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF THE FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT TO A SHEET METAL PART - A functional element ( | 12-06-2012 |
20120240380 | FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT, A COMPONENT ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF A FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT AND A SHEET METAL PART AND ALSO A METHOD FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF THE FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT TO A SHEET METAL PART - A functional element having a functional portion, a generally tubular rivet portion and a ring-like sheet metal contact surface is characterised in that features of shape are provided at the rivet portion for co-movement of the sheet metal part during the formation of the rivet bead, in particular at the free end of the rivet portion and/or at the radially outer side of the rivet portion, at least in the region adjacent the free end of the rivet portion. A component assembly comprising a functional element and a sheet metal part as well as a method for the attachment of a functional element to the sheet metal part are also claimed. | 09-27-2012 |
20120216390 | COMPONENT ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF A FASTENER ELEMENT AND A SHEET METAL PART AND ALSO A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - A component assembly comprises a sheet metal and a fastener element. A flange has a larger diameter and a shaft of smaller diameter extends away from the flange and merges at its end remote from the flange into a cylindrical rivet section. The fastener element is used with sheet metals with thicknesses in the range of 3 mm and larger. With thin sheet metal parts the sheet metal has a smooth pierced cylindrical opening with a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the shaft. The cylindrical rivet section is reshaped to a rivet bead contacting the sheet metal underside. Medium thickness sheet metal parts have a stepped hole with the hole region of larger diameter receiving the rivet bead. For thick sheet metal parts the sheet metal has a conical pierced hole and the cylindrical rivet section is reshaped to a conical rivet bead wedged in the conically diverging hole. | 08-30-2012 |
20120199420 | COMPONENT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SHEET METAL PART AND A NUT ELEMENT ATTACHED THERETO AND ALSO A METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCH A COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - A component assembly comprising a sheet metal part and a nut element attached thereto, the nut element being arranged in an opening of the sheet metal part and being adapted to receive a bolt element having a shaft part with a thread and a head part of larger radial dimensions is wherein the sheet metal part has at least one hole adjacent to the nut element which is not covered over by the nut element but can be covered over by the head part of the screwed-in bolt element. A component assembly of this kind is in particular suitable for an oil pan since the oil can flow through the holes. A method is also claimed. | 08-09-2012 |
20120148370 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS, HOLLOW BODY ELEMENT, COMPONENT, FOLLOW-ON COMPOSITE TOOL FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a method for producing hollow body elements ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120148367 | ELEMENT ATTACHABLE BY RIVETING TO A SHEET METAL PART AND ALSO A COMPONENT ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - An element attachable to a sheet metal part by riveting, having a shaft part and a head part. The head part has at its side con-fronting the sheet metal part a ring recess which merges at the radially inner side into a cylinder section of the head part which merges into the shaft part and into a tubular rivet section which surrounds the shaft part in the region of the head part. The head part is disposed within a contact surface arranged radially outside of the ring recess and merges at the radially outer side via an at least approximately conical wall into the ring-like contact surface. At least one local recess and preferably a plurality of in particular uniformly distributed local recesses is or are provided in the conical wall of the ring recess and/or in an optionally present base surface of the ring recess. | 06-14-2012 |
20120148366 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS, HOLLOW BODY ELEMENT, COMPONENT, FOLLOW-ON COMPOSITE TOOL FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a method for producing hollow body elements ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120142440 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS, HOLLOW BODY ELEMENT, COMPONENT, FOLLOW-ON COMPOSITE TOOL FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a method for producing hollow body elements ( | 06-07-2012 |
20120141224 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS, HOLLOW BODY ELEMENT, COMPONENT, FOLLOW-ON COMPOSITE TOOL FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a method for producing hollow body elements ( | 06-07-2012 |
20120118632 | HOLLOW FASTENER ELEMENT, ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS AND COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - A method for providing an electrically conductive connection between an electric terminal device having a cavity and a sheet metal part. A hollow fixing element is riveted to the sheet metal part to prevent torsion producing an electrically conductive connection between the fixing element and the sheet metal part. The assembled component is then provided with an electrically non-conductive or poorly conductive protective coating. A receptacle for the electric terminal device is configured near the front face of the fixing element, to which the electrical terminal device is attached. The receptacle prevents the torsion of the terminal device in relation to the fixing element. The sheet metal part and a thread forming or cutting screw is screwed through the cavity of the electric terminal device into the hollow fixing element to form or cut a thread. The invention also relates to a corresponding fixing element and an assembled component. | 05-17-2012 |
20120102712 | Press-in element for pressing into a non-pierced or pierced component and also method for the manufacture of the press-in element - Described is a press-in element for pressing into a non-pierced or pre-pierced component. The press-in element has a head part having a ring surface confronting the component and a neck part which projects away from the ring surface, i.e. from the component contact side. The head part further has a ring-like projection surrounding the neck part with a radial spacing and projecting away from the ring surface. The neck part has a radially outwardly projecting ring bead, which can be formed as a continuous ring bead or as a ring bead interrupted at points. The apex of the ring bead has an axial spacing from the ring surface which is larger than the axial spacing of the apex of the ring-like projection from the ring surface, which lies radially within this projection and together with it and the ring bead forms a pocket which receives material of the component. | 05-03-2012 |
20110097173 | FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT, COMPONENT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT IN COMBINATION WITH A SHEET METAL PART, METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A COMPONENT ASSEMBLY AND ALSO METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THE FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT - The invention relates to a functional element comprising a longitudinal axis, a body part, a hollow pressed part, an annular supporting surface which is arranged on the body part, substantially extended in a perpendicular direction with respect to the longitudinal axis and is radially displaced away from the pressed part and an annular groove which axially extends and is embodied in the body part radially inside the supporting surface. Locking ribs are preferably provided and at least partly cross the annular groove and the free end of the pressed part is provided with an annular cutting edge. The invention functional element is characterized in that an annular bulge is embodied on the pressed part between the annular supporting surface and the free end of the pressed part and an annular cavity is embodied around said pressed part between the bulge and the front free end thereof. An assembly component consisting of the functional element combined with a metal sheet, a method for producing the assembling component and a method for producing the functional element are also disclosed. | 04-28-2011 |
20110010921 | FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT FOR THE ATTACHMENT TO A SHEET METAL PART, COMPONENT ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURED FROM THESE AND ALSO A METHOD FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF THE FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT TO A SHEET METAL PART - A functional element ( | 01-20-2011 |
20100325867 | ELEMENT ATTACHABLE BY RIVETING TO A SHEET METAL PART AND ALSO A COMPONENT ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - An element attachable to a sheet metal part by riveting, in particular an element in the form of a centering bolt, having a shaft part and a head part, wherein the head part has at its side confronting the sheet metal part an at least approximately ring-like ring recess which merges at the radially inner side into a cylinder section of the head part which in turn merges into the shaft part and into a tubular rivet section which surrounds the shaft part in the region of the head part, is disposed within a ring-like contact surface arranged radially outside of the ring recess and merges at the radially outer side via an at least approximately conical wall into the ring-like contact surface, is characterized in that at least one local recess and preferably a plurality of in particular uniformly distributed local recesses is or are provided in the conical wall of the ring recess and/or in an optionally present ring-like base surface of the ring recess. A component assembly comprising the element and a sheet metal part and also a method for the manufacture of such a component assembly are also described. | 12-30-2010 |
20100303579 | FASTENER DEVICE FOR FASTENING TWO COMPONENTS - A first and second component joint includes using a fastener having a first end, and a flange having a diameter greater than a tubular barrel portion. A second end having a second tubular barrel portion merges into a shoulder of a flange part having a greater diameter than the barrel portion. The first tubular barrel portion is deformed radially outwardly sandwiching the first component between the flange and the first barrel portion. The second end of the fastener is introduced through a hole in the second component by applying the second component to the first component so the shoulder of the flanged part abuts the second component spacing the second component from the first component. The fastener device is fastened to the second component by deforming the second tubular barrel portion radially outwardly sandwiching the second component between the shoulder and the tubular barrel portion. | 12-02-2010 |
20100275433 | Method and apparatus for the attachment of a fastener element to a component, in particular to a sheet metal part - A method and an apparatus for the attachment of a fastener element to a component, for example a sheet metal part, wherein the fastener element is a nut element and has an axis of symmetry, a head part having a contact surface which enters into contact with the component, a threaded bore and also at least one undercut which receives the material of the component, and wherein the material of the component is pressed against the contact surface and into the undercut by means of a first tool having a die button shape matching the design of the nut element. A local force is exerted on the head part of the nut element or onto the tool to the side of the axis of symmetry and is moved circularly around the axis of symmetry while simultaneously carrying out a relative feed movement between the tool and the nut element between which the component is arranged in order to press the material of the component into the undercut. | 11-04-2010 |
20100209211 | SECTION FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS, HOLLOW BODY ELEMENT AND COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - A section ( | 08-19-2010 |
20100135744 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HOLLOW ELEMENTS, HOLLOW ELEMENT, ASSEMBLY PIECE, AND FOLLOW-ON COMPOSITE TOOL FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - Disclosed is a method for producing hollow elements ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100135718 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HOLLOW ELEMENTS, HOLLOW ELEMENT, ASSEMBLY PIECE, AND FOLLOW-ON COMPOSITE TOOL FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - A method for the manufacture of a component assembly comprising a sheet metal part and a functional element attached to it by a riveting process or by a riveting and piercing process or by a press-in process, wherein the sheet metal part is provided with an imprint, is wherein the imprint is produced prior to attachment of the functional element and consists of a sequence of regions which are raised and recessed relative to one another and wherein, during the attachment of the functional element this is pressed against the sheet metal part in such a way that the imprint of the sheet metal part leads to a complementary shaping of the functional element in the region of the functional element which comes into contact with the imprint. A sheet metal part and a functional element are also claimed. | 06-03-2010 |
20090218168 | COMPONENT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SHEET METAL PART AND A NUT ELEMENT ATTACHED THERETO AND ALSO A METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCH A COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - A component assembly comprising a sheet metal part and a nut element attached thereto, the nut element being arranged in an opening of the sheet metal part and being adapted to receive a bolt element having a shaft part with a thread and a head part of larger radial dimensions is wherein the sheet metal part has at least one hole adjacent to the nut element which is not covered over by the nut element but can be covered over by the head part of the screwed-in bolt element. A component assembly of this kind is in particular suitable for an oil pan since the oil can flow through the holes. A method is also claimed. | 09-03-2009 |
20090196678 | RIVET NUT AND RIVET BOLT AND COMBINATION OF A RIVET NUT OR A RIVET BOLT WITH A SHEET METAL PART - The invention relates to a rivet nut ( | 08-06-2009 |
20090028662 | Press-in element for pressing into a non-pierced or pierced component and also method for the manufacture of the press-in element - A press-in element for pressing into a non-pierced or pre-pierced component, in particular a sheet metal part is described. The press-in element has a head part having a ring surface confronting the component and a neck part which projects away from the ring surface, i.e. from the component contact side. The head part further has a ring-like projection surrounding the neck part with a radial spacing and projecting away from the ring surface and the neck part has a radially outwardly projecting ring bead, which can be formed as a continuous ring bead or as a ring bead interrupted at points, with the apex of the ring bead having an axial spacing from the ring surface which is larger than the axial spacing of the apex of the ring-like projection from the ring surface, which lies radially within this projection and together with it and the ring bead forms a pocket which receives material of the component. | 01-29-2009 |
20080213064 | METHOD FOR CHEATING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN AN ELECTRIC TERMINAL DEVICE SUCH AS A CABLE SHOE AND A SHEET METAL PART, FASTENER ELEMENT AND COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a method for creating an electrically conductive connection between an electric terminal device having a cavity, such as a cable shoe, and a sheet metal part. According to said method, a hollow fixing element is riveted to the sheet metal part to prevent torsion, thus producing an electrically conductive connection between the fixing element and the sheet metal part and the assembled component is then provided with an electrically non-conductive or poorly conductive protective coating, such as for example a lacquer coating or powder coating. Said method is characterized in that a receptacle for the electric terminal device is configured in the vicinity of the front face of the fixing element, to which the electric terminal device is attached, said receptacle preventing the torsion of the terminal device in relation to the fixing element and the sheet metal part and that a thread forming or cutting screw is screwed through the cavity of the electric terminal device into the hollow fixing element, said screwing action forming or cutting a thread. The invention also relates to a corresponding fixing element and an assembled component that is produced in this manner. | 09-04-2008 |