Patent ID: 6291792
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
A welded joint between a sheet-steel component and a light sheet metal component, the two components being welded together with at least one steel clip part having a hat-like shape defined by a central portion having a bottom region which projects to the sheet-steel component through an opening arranged in the light sheet metal component, a flange configured with a free rim resting on a free flat side of the light sheet metal component and portions between the central portion and the flange raised relative to the central portion and the free rim such that opposite sides of the light sheet metal component directly contact the free rim and the sheet-steel component and a gap is defined directly underneath an area of the raised portions which face the light sheet metal component such that an outer edge of the free rim is prestressed directly against the light sheet metal component in a state when the bottom region has been joined to the sheet steel component with the gap remaining, and an adhesive arranged in the gap to adhesively bond the sheet steel component and the light sheet metal component together.