US 11,701,840 B2
Connection method for chassis sealing elements
Volker Schumacher, Schmelz (DE); and Bernard Tessier, Moulon (FR)
Assigned to CQLT SAARGUMMI TECHNOLOGIES S.À.R.L., Remich (LU)
Appl. No. 16/976,929
Filed by CQLT SAARGUMMI TECHNOLOGIES S.À.R.L., Remich (LU)
PCT Filed May 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/061286
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/211395, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 110 496.0 (DE), filed on May 2, 2018; and application No. 10 2018 115 622.7 (DE), filed on Jun. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0008812 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B60J 10/23 (2016.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/26 (2006.01); B60R 13/06 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 65/4815 (2013.01) [B29C 66/1142 (2013.01); B29L 2031/26 (2013.01); B32B 2037/1238 (2013.01); B60J 10/2335 (2016.02); B60R 13/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for connecting a joint of two ends of at least one chassis sealing element, comprising the steps of: initially arranging the two ends spaced apart from one another; applying a shapeless bonding agent onto at least one of the ends; subsequently heating the bonding agent; and
simultaneously or subsequently bringing the two ends into mutual contact so that the two ends are connected in a firmly bonded manner at the joint by the heated bonding agent, wherein the step of applying the bonding agent includes applying the bonding agent via a subcarrier onto the at least one end by contacting the at least one end to the subcarrier, wherein the subcarrier is a rigid plate, wherein the step of applying the bonding agent further includes moving the subcarrier into a gap between the two ends spaced apart from one another, positioning the shapeless bonding agent with respect to the at least one end, pushing the at least one end against the shapeless bonding agent on the subcarrier, transferring the shapeless bonding agent to the at least one end and removing the subcarrier from the gap between the two ends.