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Method for connecting two intermediate products for forming a fiber composite product, wherein the two intermediate products respectively are composite fiber material with a layer of matrix material and reinforcing fibers extending therein by connecting areas that adjoin one another in an overlappin

Method for connecting two intermediate products for forming a fiber composite product, wherein the two intermediate products respectively are composite fiber material with a layer of matrix material and reinforcing fibers extending therein by connecting areas that adjoin one another in an overlapping region of the interconnected intermediate products, with the method including applying an adhesive layer with an adhesive film with connecting particles onto the connecting areas of the intermediate products, arranging the second intermediate product on the first intermediate product or vice versa so the connecting areas at least partially overlap one another, and connecting the two intermediate products. A structural component is also disclosed with at least a first and a second fiber-reinforced intermediate product.

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1. A method for connecting two intermediate products that respectively comprise composite fiber material with a layer of matrix material and reinforcing fibers extending therein, wherein the matrix material is respectively in a cured and/or plastic state, wherein the first intermediate product compr

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A method for connecting two intermediate products that respectively comprise composite fiber material with a layer of matrix material and reinforcing fibers extending therein, wherein the matrix material is respectively in a cured and/or plastic state, wherein the first intermediate product comprises a first connecting area and the second intermediate product comprises a second connecting area that adjoin one another in an overlapping region of the interconnected intermediate products, with the method comprising:applying an adhesive layer that comprises an adhesive film of a material that can be plastically deformed in a first state and cured in a second state, as well as a plurality of elongate connecting particles that are accommodated by the adhesive film, onto the first connecting area of the first intermediate product or the second connecting area of the second intermediate product such that at least a portion of the plurality of connecting particles comes in contact with reinforcing fibers of the first connecting area or the second connecting area, wherein the adhesive film is in the first, plastically deformable state during the application of the adhesive layer,arranging the second intermediate product on the first intermediate product or vice versa such that the connecting area of the second intermediate product at least partially overlaps the connecting area of the first intermediate product,connecting the two intermediate products by exerting pressure upon the adhesive layer and/or by generating heat in the adhesive layer, andwherein the respective matrix material of at least the connecting area of one of the intermediate products is initially in a cured state and reinforcing fibers are sectionally exposed in order to make available a respective connecting area such that at least a portion of the plurality of connecting particles comes in contact with reinforcing fibers of the first connecting area or the second connecting area when the adhesive layer with the adhesive film and the plurality of elongate connecting particles contained in the adhesive film is applied. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the connecting particles has a tubular shape or pin shape that extends in a principal longitudinal direction, wherein the maximum diameter of cross-sectional areas, to which the principal longitudinal direction respectively extends perpendicular, amounts to up to 1000 nm and the length of the connecting particles amounts to 0.5 mm to 5 mm. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein an adhesive layer with a thickness direction extending transverse to the planar extent thereof is applied, in which at least a portion of the connecting particles is situated within the adhesive film and/or in which at least a portion of the connecting particles penetrates the adhesive film in such a way that these connecting particles extend along the thickness direction of the adhesive layer and at least one of two end sections that lie opposite of one another referred to the principal longitudinal direction of the connecting particles protrudes from one of the oppositely arranged surfaces of the adhesive film. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein matrix material is removed in the respective connecting area until reinforcing fibers are sectionally exposed in order to realize the sectional exposure of reinforcing fibers in a surface area of the first and/or second connecting area of the respective intermediate product, wherein the removal of matrix material is realized by exposing the surface of the first and/or second connecting area of the respective intermediate product to the radiation of a laser. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the respective matrix material of at least the connecting area of one of the intermediate products is initially in a plastic or free-flowing state such that at least a portion of the plurality of connecting particles comes in contact with reinforcing fibers of the first connecting area or the second connecting area when the adhesive layer with the adhesive film and the plurality of elongate connecting particles contained in the adhesive film is applied. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the intermediate product, the matrix material of which is in a plastic state, comprises a ductile prepreg material. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the following step precedes the application of the adhesive layer onto the respective connecting area of the first and/or the second intermediate product: removing connecting particles from a substrate layer, on which a plurality of connecting particles is made available, by the adhesive film in a plastic state and absorbing connecting particles by sectionally pressing the adhesive film onto the substrate layer featuring the connecting particles. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the connecting particles and the reinforcing fibers consist of an electrically conductive material, and in that electric connecting devices for connecting electrically conductive measuring lines to a contacting device for realizing the electric contacting thereof are connected to surfaces of the respective connecting area of each of the intermediate products that in their cured state face away from the surfaces of the respective connecting area that adjoin the adhesive layer, wherein the connecting devices are respectively realized such that each connecting device comprises an electrically conductive connecting element that is in electric contact with at least one reinforcing fiber on the one hand and electrically connected to the respective contacting device on the other hand.