Patent ID: 6637095
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B29C,B29L,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a joining assembly, comprising the following steps:providing a fastening element having a main body with functional means and a joining flange which is integral with said main body, has upper and lower faces and is provided with at least one recess, providing a structural member of a deformable material, which is a thin-walled housing of a mobile telephone having a continuous planar external surface and at least one joining projection extending from said external surface, said at least one joining projection being in the shape of an annular wall segment and said at least one recess being a through-opening matingly shaped with respect to said annular wall segment, positioning said fastening element upon said external surface of said structural member such that said at least one joining projection is received in said at least one recess, with said at least one joining projection having a free end projecting from and above said upper face of said joining flange, and deforming said free end of said at least one projection into an upset bead so as to positively connect said at least one projection to said joining flange.