Screw connection system for a plastic component and a metal component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10907574-B2
Application number	US-201916506401-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2019
Priority date	Jul 9, 2018
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

A screw connection system connecting a plastic component with a metal component has a bushing and a screw with a screw shank and an external thread arranged on the screw shank. The screw is captively guided in the bushing. The bushing, in a screw-connected state of the screw connection system, extends with a first section in a bore of the plastic component and with a second section in an aligned bore of the metal component aligned with the bore of the plastic component. The bore of the plastic component and the aligned bore of the metal component are positioned at an angle relative to a vertical line on joining surfaces of the plastic component and of the metal component adjoining each other in the screw-connected state. The bushing is movable out of the plastic component when screwing the screw into the metal component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A screw connection system for connecting a plastic component with a metal component, the screw connection system comprising:
the plastic component having a bore having an internal diameter;
the metal component having an aligned bore, aligned with the bore of the plastic component;
a bushing having an upper axial end face, a lower axial end face, and a constant outer diameter from the upper axial end face, a lower axial end face, the outer diameter corresponding to the internal diameter of the bore of the plastic component in which the bushing is received, such that the bushing is completely received into an interior of the bore of the plastic component;
the bushing further having an inner thread arranged at the upper axial end face of the bushing;
a screw comprising a screw head, screw shank and an external thread arranged on the screw shank, the screw captively guided in the bushing;
wherein the bushing, in a screw-connected state of the screw connection system, extends with a first section thereof in a bore of the plastic component and with a second section thereof in an aligned bore of the metal component aligned with the bore of the plastic component,
wherein the bore of the plastic component and the aligned bore of the metal component are positioned at an angle relative to a vertical line on joining surfaces of the plastic component and of the metal component adjoining each other in the screw-connected state of the screw connection system;
wherein the bushing is configured to be movable out of the plastic component when screwing the screw into the metal component.

2. The screw connection system according to claim 1 , wherein
the bushing, in a not yet screw-connected state of the screw connection system, is retracted into the plastic component relative to the joining surface of the plastic component.

3. The screw connection system according to claim 2 , wherein,
in the not yet screw-connected state of the screw connection system, the screw is loosely arranged in the bushing and a segment of the screw projects at the joining surface of the plastic component from the bushing,
wherein the screw is configured to be insertable substantially without force into the plastic component in an axial direction of the bushing.

4. The screw connection system according to claim 1 , comprising
a centering device configured to position the plastic component on the metal component.

5. The screw connection system according to claim 4 , wherein
the centering device comprises a centering element and a centering receptacle,
wherein the centering element engages the centering receptacle.

6. The screw connection system according to claim 1 , wherein
the the inner thread of the bushing is arranged at a side of the bushing facing away from the joining surface of the plastic component.

7. The screw connection system according to claim 1 , wherein,
for releasing the screw-connected state of the screw connection system, the bushing is configured to be pulled out of the aligned bore of the metal component.

8. The screw connection system according to claim 7 , wherein
the bushing is configured to be pulled out by the screw screwed into the inner thread of the bushing.

9. The screw connection system according to claim 1 , wherein
the aligned bore of the metal component is a stepped bore having a first internal diameter sized to receive the lower axial end face of the bushing, the aligned bore of the metal component having a second diameter smaller than the diameter than the first internal diameter forming a step surface inside of the aligned bore at a transition between the first diameter and the second diameter in the metal component, the step surface forming an axial stop contacting against the lower axial end face of the bushing, when in the screw-connected state of the screw connection system.

10. The screw connection system according to claim 9 , wherein
the bushing, in the screw-connected state of the screw connection system, is clamped between the step surface of the stepped bore and the screw head of the screw, the screw head contacting against an axial end of the bore of the plastic component.

11. The screw connection system according to claim 1 , wherein
two or more of said bore of the plastic component are provided and at least two of said bores of the plastic component are oppositely arranged relative to each other and extend toward each other, and
wherein two or more of said aligned bore of the metal component are provided and at least two of said bores of the metal component are oppositely arranged relative to each other and extend toward each other.

12. The screw connection system according to claim 1 , wherein
the external thread of the screw has a length that is at most as long as an inner free length of the bushing.

13. The screw connection system according to claim 1 , wherein
the plastic component is a suction module and the metal component is cylinder head of an internal combustion engine.

14. The screw connection system according to claim 1 , wherein
the plastic component is a suction module for an internal combustion engine, the suction module comprising:
a joining surface,
wherein the joining surface, in a screw-connected state of the plastic component, abuts against a joining surface of the metal component;
wherein the bore of the plastic component extending at an oblique angle relative to a vertical line on the joining surface of the suction module;
wherein the bushing is arranged in the bore of the plastic component;
wherein the screw is guided captively in the bushing;
wherein the lower axial end face of the bushing is movable out of the bore of the plastic component and into the stepped bore of the metal component by the screw head contacting the upper axial end of the bushing and urging the bushing into the stepped bore when screwing the screw into the metal component.

15. The screw connection system according to claim 14 , further comprising:
wherein the metal component is a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine;
wherein the suction module is connected by the screw connection system with the cylinder head.

16. The screw connection system according to claim 15 , wherein the suction module comprises a fluid connection to the cylinder head.

17. A method for connecting a plastic component to a metal component, the method comprising the step of
using a screw connection system according to claim 1 for producing a screw connection of the plastic component with the metal component.

18. A method for connecting a suction module to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising the step of
using a screw connection system according to claim 1 for producing a screw connection of the suction head with the cylinder head,
wherein the suction module comprises a fluid connection to the cylinder head.

Assignees

• Mann & Hummel Gmbh

Inventors

• Korn Alexander
• Battezzati Marco

Classifications

• F16B37/122

  Threaded inserts, e.g. "rampa bolts" · CPC title

• F16B2200/406

  Clamping parts being collars, bushings or wedges · CPC title

• F02M35/104

  Intake manifolds · CPC title

• F02F1/24

  Cylinder heads · CPC title

• F16B41/002 Primary

  Measures against loss of bolts, nuts or pins (devices for fastening nuts to surfaces F16B37/04) · CPC title