Patent ID: 7789055

Claim:
A connection between an elastomer part and a component, the component possessing a U-shaped groove that opens at an opening, the connection formed by: positioning the component in a molding tool to compress the component in the area of the opening of the groove so that the groove possesses an undercut configuration; heating the component at least in an area of the groove to a vicinity of a melting point of the component; and injection molding elastomer material into the groove of the component positioned in the molding tool, the elastomer material forming the elastomer part, wherein the component is made of a plastic material, the U-shaped groove possesses the undercut as viewed into the opening of the U-shaped groove so that a portion of the U-shaped groove closer to the opening is smaller in dimension than a portion of the groove farther from said opening, a portion of the elastomer part filling the U-shaped groove in the plastic component so that the elastomer part is positively engaged in the undercut of the U-shaped groove, the elastomer part comprising the injection molded elastomer material which is connected with the plastic component, and the plastic component comprising a deformed structure at least in the area of the opening, the deformed structure having been pressed in the direction of the groove which tapers towards the opening and having been deformed by the heating of the plastic material of the component to about the melting point of the plastic material.