Patent ID: 6039502
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B62D,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A formlocking connection of two telescopic tubes axially displaceable relative to each other upon being subjected to an action of an axial force exceeding a predetermined value, comprising:two elongate cut-outs formed at two diametrically opposite locations in one of the two tubes, respectively, each of the two cut-outs being separated by at least one web dividing the cut-out in two sections; andleast two strips formed in another of the two tubes at two diametrically opposite locations and rolled over the cut-out dividing webs as a result of a telescopic connection of the two tubes effected by pushing the two tubes toward each other, with the strips of the another of the two tubes being pressed against a forming tool inserted into the elongate cut-outs of the one of the two tubes.