公开(公告)号：US10427359B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US15517005

申请日：2015-10-02

申请人： Woodwelding AG ,  Inter IKEA Systems B.V.

发明人： Nihat Dizdar ,  Håkan Käll ,  Pontus Håkansson ,  Muthumariappan Sankaran ,  Mario Lehmann ,  Jörg Mayer ,  Laurent Torriani ,  Marcel Aeschlimann

IPC分类号： B32B37/00 ,  B29C65/00 ,  B29C65/08 ,  B29C65/60 ,  B29C65/64 ,  B29C65/78 ,  B29C65/56 ,  B29K101/12

摘要： A joining element has an anchoring portion for in-depth anchoring in the object and a head portion arranged proximally of the anchoring portion with respect to an insertion axis. The head portion has a lateral outer surface that has a structure that is well-defined, especially within tight tolerances. The joining element is positioned relative to an object of a non-liquefiable material such that the anchoring portion reaches into an opening of the object or is placed adjacent a mouth thereof. Then, the joining element is pressed towards a distal direction, to press the anchoring portion into the opening, while mechanical vibration energy is coupled into the joining element by a tool, in an amount and for a time sufficient for liquefaction of a portion of the thermoplastic material to cause interpenetration of the thermoplastic material into structures of the object.

公开(公告)号：US20170297271A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-19

申请号：US15517005

申请日：2015-10-02

申请人： Woodwelding AG ,  Inter IKEA Systems B.V.

发明人： Nihat Dizdar ,  Håkan Käll ,  Pontus Håkansson ,  Muthumariappan Sankaran ,  Mario Lehmann ,  Jörg Mayer ,  Laurent Torriani ,  Marcel Aeschlimann

IPC分类号： B29C65/64 ,  B29C65/00 ,  B29C65/56 ,  B29C65/08 ,  B29K101/12

摘要： A joining element has an anchoring portion for in-depth anchoring in the object and a head portion arranged proximally of the anchoring portion with respect to an insertion axis. The head portion has a lateral outer surface that has a structure that is well-defined, especially within tight tolerances. The joining element is positioned relative to an object of a non-liquefiable material such that the anchoring portion reaches into an opening of the object or is placed adjacent a mouth thereof. Then, the joining element is pressed towards a distal direction, to press the anchoring portion into the opening, while mechanical vibration energy is coupled into the joining element by a tool, in an amount and for a time sufficient for liquefaction of a portion of the thermoplastic material to cause interpenetration of the thermoplastic material into structures of the object.