Patent ID: 9050690
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B23K,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A component connection, comprising: a first vehicle connection component having a male fixing element protruding from a major surface of the first vehicle connection component, the male fixing element having a partial or complete sphere shape; a second vehicle connection component having a female fixing element formed as a passage hole in a major surface of the second vehicle connection component, the passage hole operatively configured to receive the male fixing element, the male fixing element being insertable into and through the passage hole in one insertion direction; wherein the male fixing element has an oversized dimension in relation to the passage hole substantially transverse to the one insertion direction such that the major surfaces of the first and second vehicle connection components abut one another and are clamped together at the fixing elements; and wherein the second vehicle connection component comprises at least one preformed flexible clamping element projecting, before the first and second vehicle connection components are clamped together, out of the major surface at an edge of the passage hole, the flexible clamping element exerting, after the first and second vehicle connections components are clamped together, a clamping force exteriorly onto an exterior of the male fixing element, which clamping force acts substantially transverse to the one insertion direction.