Housing for use in motor vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11239601-B2
Application number	US-201916702638-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2019
Priority date	Dec 4, 2019
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

A housing for use in motor vehicles, in particular a motor vehicle latch housing. The basic structure of said housing comprises a connecting region and a seal that surrounds the connecting region, and a connecting element that is connected to the housing interior by means of the connecting region. According to the invention, the seal is formed as a sealing grommet that engages over the connecting region and can connect to the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A housing for a motor vehicle, the housing comprising:
a connecting region formed as an opening in the housing;
a seal that seals the connecting region; and
a flexible connecting element that is connected to an interior of the housing by the connecting region, wherein the seal is formed as a sealing grommet that engages over the connecting region and is removably connected to the housing, and wherein the flexible connecting element passes through a wall of the sealing grommet and into the opening of the housing when the sealing grommet is connected to the housing;
wherein a sealing flange that surrounds the connecting region is provided for connecting the sealing grommet; and
wherein the opening is formed to open along a first side of the housing and a second side of the housing, wherein the sealing flange extends along both the first side and the second side.

2. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing flange and the sealing grommet comprise a three-dimensional extension.

3. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing grommet comprises a cover region and a connecting region that protrudes therefrom at an angle.

4. The housing according to claim 3 , wherein the connecting region comprises a tube extension.

5. The housing according to claim 4 , wherein the tube extension comprises concertina-like bulges for sealing the flexible connecting element that passes through said tube extension over a variable length.

6. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing flange comprises a cover flange and a connecting flange that is connected thereto at an angle.

7. The housing according to claim 6 , wherein the connecting flange comprises a plug receptacle on the sealing grommet for a plug plate.

8. The housing according to claim 3 , wherein the cover region of the sealing grommet engages over a cover flange and the connecting region engages over a connecting flange.

9. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing grommet comprises at least one handling lug.

10. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the first side and the second side extend perpendicular to each other.

11. The housing according to claim 3 , wherein the cover region is arranged coplanar to an upper side of the housing and the connecting region is arranged coplanar to a lateral face of the housing.

12. The housing according to claim 11 , wherein the flexible connecting element extends from the lateral face of the housing.

13. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the opening extends inwardly into the housing from an outer planar surface of the housing.

Assignees

• Kiekert Ag

Inventors

• Bishop Bryan
• Dey John
• Endicott Michael
• Svoboda James A
• Taylor Dave

Classifications

• E05B79/00

  Mounting or connecting vehicle locks or parts thereof · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• E05B79/20

  using flexible connections, e.g. Bowden cables · CPC title

• E05B85/02 Primary

  Lock casings · CPC title

• H01R13/5219 Primary

  Sealing means between coupling parts, e.g. interfacial seal · CPC title