Plate holder for holding a license plate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10410545-B2
Application number	US-201615555521-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2016
Priority date	Mar 6, 2015
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A plate carrier for carrying a license plate includes: a carrier body; two guide rails that are arranged on the carrier body and extend so as to be mutually parallel, and between which the license plate can be pushed in an insertion direction in order to be arranged on the plate carrier, the license plate being held between the guide rails when arranged on the plate carrier; and at least one resilient latching element that is arranged on the carrier body and that can be deformed elastically when the license plate is being arranged on the plate carrier, and that secures the license plate on the carrier body against movement in the insertion direction when the license plate is arranged on the plate carrier.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A plate carrier for carrying a license plate, comprising:
a carrier body;
two guide rails that are arranged on the carrier body and extend so as to be mutually parallel, and between which the license plate is configured be pushed in an insertion direction in order to be arranged on the plate carrier, the license plate being held between the guide rails when arranged on the plate carrier; and
at least one resilient latching element that is arranged on the carrier body and that is configured to be deformed elastically when the license plate is being arranged on the plate carrier, and that secures the license plate on the carrier body against movement in the insertion direction when the license plate is arranged on the plate carrier.

2. The plate carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one resilient latching element comprises two latching elements that are arranged on the carrier body so as to be offset from one another in the insertion direction.

3. The plate carrier according to claim 2 , wherein the two latching elements are configured to receive the license plate therebetween when the license plate is arranged on the plate carrier.

4. The plate carrier according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier body comprises a support surface that extends in a support plane and on which the license plate rests when arranged on the plate carrier.

5. The plate carrier according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one latching element is connected to the support surface of the carrier body by a web.

6. The plate carrier according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one latching element comprises a latching projection that projects from the support surface transversely to the support plane and is configured such that an edge thereof comes into contact with the license plate when the license plate is arranged on the plate carrier.

7. The plate carrier according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one latching element comprises an elevation that projects from the support surface and that is configured to come into contact, when the license plate is arranged on the plate carrier, with an underside of the license plate that faces the support surface.

8. A plate carrier for carrying a license plate, comprising:
a carrier body;
two guide rails that are arranged on the carrier body and extend so as to be mutually parallel, and between which the license plate is configured be pushed in an insertion direction in order to be arranged on the plate carrier, the license plate being held between the guide rails when arranged on the plate carrier;
at least one resilient latching element that is arranged on the carrier body and that is configured to be deformed elastically when the license plate is being arranged on the plate carrier, and that secures the license plate on the carrier body against movement in the insertion direction when the license plate is arranged on the plate carrier; and
a positioning apparatus, by which the plate carrier is configured to be placed in position on a lead, the positioning apparatus comprising at least two positioning elements that project from the carrier body and the ends of which remote from the carrier body are configured to be placed in position on the lead.

9. The plate carrier according to claim 8 , wherein the at least two positioning elements each comprise a chamfer at the ends thereof remote from the carrier body, which chamfers are configured to be brought into contact with the lead during positioning on the lead.

10. The plate carrier according to claim 8 , wherein the positioning apparatus comprises four peg-shaped positioning elements that extend so as to be mutually parallel and that project from the carrier body.

11. The plate carrier according to claim 10 , wherein the positioning elements define two positions, rotated by 90° with respect to one another, in which the plate carrier is configured to be placed in position on the lead.

12. The plate carrier according to claim 10 , wherein the four peg-shaped positioning elements are arranged relative to one another on the carrier body such that the positioning elements span a rectangle.

13. The plate carrier according to claim 10 , wherein the four peg-shaped positioning elements each comprise two mutually offset chamfers at the ends thereof remote from the carrier body configured to place the plate carrier in position on the lead in different positions.

14. The plate carrier according to claim 10 , wherein the four peg-shaped positioning elements are arranged relative to one another on the carrier body such that the positioning elements span a square.

15. A plate carrier for carrying a license plate, comprising:
a carrier body;
two guide rails that are arranged on the carrier body and extend so as to be mutually parallel, and between which the license plate is configured be pushed in an insertion direction in order to be arranged on the plate carrier, the license plate being held between the guide rails when arranged on the plate carrier; and
at least one resilient latching element that is arranged on the carrier body and that is configured to be deformed elastically when the license plate is being arranged on the plate carrier, and that secures the license plate on the carrier body against movement in the insertion direction when the license plate is arranged on the plate carrier,
wherein the at least one latching element comprises a fastening point configured to fasten the license plate to the carrier body.

16. A plate carrier for carrying a license plate, comprising:
a carrier body;
two guide rails that are arranged on the carrier body and extend so as to be mutually parallel, and between which the license plate is configured be pushed in an insertion direction in order to be arranged on the plate carrier, the license plate being held between the guide rails when arranged on the plate carrier;
at least one resilient latching element that is arranged on the carrier body and that is configured to be deformed elastically when the license plate is being arranged on the plate carrier, and that secures the license plate on the carrier body against movement in the insertion direction when the license plate is arranged on the plate carrier; and
a fastening apparatus comprising at least one web, around which a fastening element configured to fasten the plate carrier to a lead is configured to be laid, the at least one web comprising at least one chamfer as a contact surface for the fastening element.

Assignees

• Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co

Inventors

• Probach Nicole
• Poelker Thomas
• Oster Patrick
• Klages Kilian

Classifications

• G09F7/18

  Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure · CPC title

• G09F3/20 Primary

  for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels · CPC title

• G09F2007/1843

  Frames or housings to hold signs · CPC title

• G09F2007/007

  Signs without covering windows · CPC title

• G09F7/10

  and slideably mounted · CPC title