Interconnecting construction between mounting plate and bolt

Claim 2

An interconnecting construction between a mounting plate and a bolt in which a bolt shank is formed with a serration having several cusps at its one end, which serration is passed through an opening formed in a mounting plate, and an end face of a bolt head is disposed in abutment against one side of the mounting plate while the serration is subjected to a plastic deformation from the other side of the mounting plate, the mounting plate is held sandwiched between a portion of the bolt shank which passes through the opening and is subjected to the plastic deformation and the end face of the bolt head so as to secure the bolt to the mounting plate, with the serration biting into the mounting plate; characterized by a sealing, annular projection formed in the end face of the bolt head so as to surround the bolt shank, the annular projection and the serration being caused to bite into the mounting plate, and an annular recess formed in the end face of the bolt head, said annular projection being located in said annular recess.

Claim 3

An interconnecting construction according to claim 1 in which the mounting plate is formed with a raised portion on its side facing the annular recess and having a height which is substantially equal to the depth of the annular recess.

Claim 4

An interconnecting construction according to claim 1 in which the bolt shank has an increased diameter at its one end where the serration is formed.

Claim 5

An interconnecting construction according to claim 1 in which the mounting plate comprises a shell of a brake booster.

Claim 6

An interconnecting construction according to claim 1, wherein said end face of said bolt head and said mounting plate contact each other in the region of said annular projection along respective distinct but snugly abutting contact surfaces to form a seal.

Claim 7

An interconnecting construction according to claim 2, wherein said raised portion has an annular structure and is received in said annular recess, said annular projection having a height which is less than the depth of said annular recess.

Claim 8

An interconnecting construction according to claim 6, wherein said bolt defines a central, longitudinal axis, and said annular projection bites into said raised portion of said mounting plate, wherein the deformed portion of said bolt shank has a part which extends radially outwardly from said bolt shank, axially abuts said raised portion of said mounting plate, and terminates in a radially outer edge, said radially outer edge and said annular projection being substantially equidistant from the central axis of said bolt, wherein said mounting plate and said radially outwardly extending part of said deformed portion have respective surfaces which face axially opposite said bolt head and are substantially co-planar with one another, wherein said serration defines a radially inner edge of said annular recess, said annular projection being spaced radially outwardly from said inner edge by an amount approximately equal to a thickness of said radially outwardly extending part of said deformed portion, said annular projection being substantially radially centrally located in said annular recess, wherein said deformed portion includes a radially outwardly facing surface adjoining said axially facing surface of said radially outwardly extending part, said radially inner edge of said annular recess being located substantially midway radially between said radially outwardly facing surface and said radially outer edge of said deformed portion, and wherein said end face of said bolt head and said mounting plate contact each other in the region of said annular projection along respective distinct but snugly abutting contact surfaces to form a seal.