IP Library Granted Patent US 12679042
Granted Patent B2
US 12679042 · App. 18/067,778 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Additively manufactured component out of metal or plastic material with a standard thread

Inventors: Torsten Draht (Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, DE); Michael Brand (Bad Driburg, DE); Jörg Moehring (Paderborn, DE); Franz Ferdinand Menne (Bad Lippspringe, DE); Thorben Schiemann (Nienstädt, DE); Rami Hasso (Gütersloh, DE)
Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
B29C65/608B29C64/10B33Y80/00F16B19/1072F16B2019/1009
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12679042
App. No.
18/067,778
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A component bond out of an additively manufactured component out of metal or plastic material having an inner receiving space that is open on at least one side on a component opening, which is accessible from a component side and is configured fungiform in an axial cross section. The receiving space includes at least one widened molding section facing the component opening and at least one cylinder shaped support section facing away from the component opening, wherein a blind rivet nut or a blind rivet bolt are fastened in the receiving space by a compression bead of the blind rivet nut or of the blind rivet bolt extending into the molding section.

Claims (15)

1 . An additively manufactured component made of metal or plastic material, comprising:

a) an inner receiving space that is open on at least one side at a component opening, wherein

b) the inner receiving space is accessible from a component side, wherein

c) the inner receiving space includes

c1) a widened molding section facing the component opening and

c2) a cylinder shaped support section facing away from the component opening, wherein an inner diameter of the widened molding section is larger than an inner diameter of the cylinder shaped support section, and wherein

d1) an axial step of the component is arranged between a surface of the component and the widened molding section and the cylinder shaped support section comprises an inner thread, or

d2) the widened molding section comprises a circumferential inner wall which is circumferentially structured by a diameter variation of the widened molding section such that the inner diameter of the widened molding section is varied in terms of its size with a rotation of 360° within a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the widened molding section and a thread element is fixedly retainable against a rotation about a longitudinal axis thereof in the additively manufactured component by a rotation-inhibitive form fit that is achieved by radial steps, angular or web protrusions at a radial inner side of the widened molding section, or by projecting blocking webs or blocking knobs, or

d3) the cylinder shaped support section includes a circumferential inner wall which is circumferentially structured by a diameter variation of the cylinder shaped support section and the widened molding section comprises a circumferential inner wall which is circumferentially structured by a diameter variation of the widened molding section such that the inner diameter of the support section is varied in terms of its size with a rotation of 360° within a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the support section, the inner diameter of the widened molding section is varied in terms of its size with a rotation of 360° within a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the widened molding section and a thread element is fixedly retainable against a rotation about a longitudinal axis thereof in the additively manufactured component by a rotation-inhibitive form fit that is achieved by radial steps, angular or web protrusions at a radial inner side of the cylinder shaped support section and the widened molding section, or by projecting blocking webs or blocking knobs.

2 . The additively manufactured component according to claim 1 , wherein the inner diameter D 1 of widened molding section has a relation to the inner diameter D 2 of the cylinder shaped support section according to 0.6≤D 2 /D 1 ≤0.95.

3 . The additively manufactured component according to claim 1 , wherein the widened molding section has an axial extension h E in a range 0.5 mm≤h E ≤10 mm.

4 . The additively manufactured component according to claim 1 , alternatives d2) or d3), wherein a circumferential retaining collar which projects radially inwardly is arranged between the component opening and the widened molding section, the collar serving as an axial clamping portion with an axial thickness h K in a range from 0.5 mm≤h K ≤5 mm.

5 . A component bond consisting of an additively manufactured component according to claim 1 , alternatives d2) or d3), and a blind rivet nut or a blind rivet bolt, wherein the blind rivet nut or the blind rivet bolt is fastened in the inner receiving space and a compression bead of the blind rivet nut or of the blind rivet bolt extends into the widened molding section.

6 . A component bond consisting of an additively manufactured component according to claim 1 , alternative d1), and a thread sleeve with a radially outer fastening thread and a radially inner true-to-gauge thread, the thread sleeve being fastened in the inner receiving space, wherein a compression bead of the thread sleeve extends into the widened molding section.

7 . The component bond according to claim 6 , wherein an end collar of the thread sleeve is arranged in the axial step of the component and forms a form-fit connection with the component.