Patent ID: 11904551
Assignee: WOODWELDING AG
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 12:
13. The method according to claim 1,
wherein the proximally facing support face is a proximal face of a collar of the connector element,
wherein the sleeve has at least one distally protruding feature,
wherein the connector element is shaped for the distally protruding feature to be allowed to reach distally beyond a distal end of the collar when the sleeve encloses the connector element, and
wherein the method comprises the step of pressing, prior to pressing the liquefaction face against the support face, the distally protruding feature of the sleeve against a support structure of the receiving object until a portion of the thermoplastic material of the sleeve element liquefies and is pressed into structures of the receiving object.