Patent ID: 6250657
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B21D,B60G,Y10T

Abstract:
Method of jointing two tubular parts (11, 12), of the kind in which at least one of the tubular parts, referred to herein as the carrying part (11), is locally crushed to move two opposite wall areas (15.sub.1, 15.sub.2) thereof toward each other, the carrying part (11) is crushed until the two wall areas (15.sub.1, 15.sub.2 ) thereof concerned are at least locally in contact with each other in a mutual facing area (17), a housing (13) adapted to receive the other tubular part, referred to herein as the carried part (12), is formed by cutting in the crushed portion of the carrying part (11), and the carried part (12) is assembled to the carrying part (11) by means of the housing (13), characterized in that, the carried part (12) being at the end of the carrying part (11), the mutual facing area (17) of the two wall areas (15.sub.1, 15.sub.2) concerned of the carrying part (11) extends from one to the other of two parallel planes (P.sub.1, P.sub.2) which are offset relative to each other in the direction (D) of crushing of the two wall areas (15.sub.1, 15.sub.2).