Fastening device, a component comprising the fastening device, and method for pre-assembling the fastening device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11280361-B2
Application number	US-202016846267-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2020
Priority date	Apr 12, 2019
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

Abstract

A fastening device for securing a component to a counter piece may include a collar screw having a thread, a screw head, and a circumferential collar formed therebetween, and a fastening section in which a through hole is formed, a radial stop projection and a radial clamping projection being located inside the through hole, the clamping projection being located radially opposite and radially offset to the stop projection in an insertion direction. The collar screw may be inserted into the through hole in the insertion direction, and, in a pre-assembly state, the collar may be axially supported on the stop projection in a pull-out direction. In the pre-assembly state, the collar may be axially supported on the clamping projection in the insertion direction, and the collar screw may be clamped between the stop projection and the clamping projection.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fastening device for securing a component to a counter piece, comprising:
a collar screw having a thread, a screw head, and a circumferential collar formed therebetween; and
a fastening section in which a through hole is formed, a radial stop projection and a radial clamping projection being located inside the through hole, the radial clamping projection being located radially opposite and radially offset to the radial stop projection in an insertion direction;
wherein the collar screw is inserted into the through hole in the insertion direction, and, in a pre-assembly state, the collar of the collar screw is axially supported on the stop projection of the through hole in a pull-out direction;
wherein the clamping projection has a slope, which is formed on the clamping projection so as to face away from the stop projection and is directed radially to the inside in the pull-out direction, and the collar of the collar screw is able to be guided on the slope in the pull-out direction and is able to be clamped between the stop projection and the clamping projection; and
wherein, in the pre-assembly state, the collar of the collar screw is axially supported on the clamping projection in the insertion direction, and the collar screw is clamped between the stop projection and the clamping projection.

2. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the collar is smaller than a diameter of the through hole in a region of the stop projection, so that the collar is able to be axially guided past the stop projection, and to be clamped between the stop projection and the clamping projection in response to the radial offsetting of the collar screw.

3. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the collar has a circumferential slope rounding, which is directed radially to the inside; and
the collar is able to be clamped between the stop projection and the clamping projection with varying force in response to the radial offsetting of the collar screw.

4. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of:
the stop projection is horseshoe-shaped and the clamping projection is a stop lug, which are formed radially opposite one another in the through hole;
the stop projection is horseshoe-shaped and the clamping projection is formed by several support lugs, which are spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction;
the stop projection is horseshoe-shaped and the clamping projection is a mounting bridge, which are formed radially opposite one another one another in the through hole; and
the stop projection is horseshoe-shaped and the clamping projection is a resilient clamping lug, which are formed radially opposite one another in the through hole.

5. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of:
the thread is received completely in the through hole in the pre-assembly state and does not axially protrude from the through hole; and
the screw head is received completely in the through hole in the pre-assembly state and does not axially protrude from the through hole.

6. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the pre-assembly state, a longitudinal central axis of the collar screw, which is clamped in the through hole, is axially offset to a longitudinal central axis of the through hole.

7. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein the stop projection and the clamping projection are formed integrally on the fastening section.

8. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening section is formed of plastic.

9. A component comprising at least one fastening device having:
a collar screw having a thread, a screw head, and a circumferential collar formed therebetween; and
a fastening section in which a through hole is formed, a radial stop projection and a radial clamping projection being located inside the through hole, the clamping projection being located radially opposite and radially offset to the stop projection in an insertion direction;
wherein the collar screw is inserted into the through hole in the insertion direction, and, in a pre-assembly state, the collar is axially supported on the stop projection in a pull-out direction;
wherein, in the pre-assembly state, the collar is axially supported on the clamping projection in the insertion direction, and the collar screw is clamped between the stop projection and the clamping projection; and
wherein the fastening section of the respective fastening device forms a region of the component, which cannot be separated from the component.

10. A method for pre-assembling a fastening device, comprising:
providing a collar screw having a thread, a screw head, and a circumferential collar formed therebetween;
inserting the collar screw into a through hole formed in a fastening section in an insertion direction, until the collar of the collar screw is axially supported on a clamping projection of the through hole in the insertion direction;
radially offsetting the collar screw in the through hole, until the collar is axially supported on a stop projection in a pull-out direction, the stop projection being located radially opposite and radially offset to the clamping projection in the insertion direction, and the clamping projection having a slope that faces away from the stop projection and is directed radially to the inside in the pull-out direction; and
guiding the collar on the slope in the pull-out direction, until the collar is clamped between the stop projection and the clamping projection, and the collar screw is axially secured in the through hole in a pre-assembly state.

11. The fastening device according to claim 9 , wherein
a diameter of the collar is smaller than a diameter of the through hole in a region of the stop projection, so that the collar is able to be axially guided past the stop projection, and to be clamped between the stop projection and the clamping projection in response to the radial offsetting of the collar screw.

12. The fastening device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the collar has a circumferential slope rounding, which is directed radially to the inside; and
the collar is able to be clamped between the stop projection and the clamping projection with varying force in response to the radial offsetting of the collar screw.

13. The fastening device according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of:
the stop projection is horseshoe-shaped and the clamping projection is a stop lug, which are formed radially opposite one another in the through hole;
the stop projection is horseshoe-shaped and the clamping projection is formed by several support lugs, which are spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction;
the stop projection is horseshoe-shaped and the clamping projection is a mounting bridge, which are formed radially opposite one another one another in the through hole; and
the stop projection is horseshoe-shaped and the clamping projection is a resilient clamping lug, which are formed radially opposite one another in the through hole.

14. The component according to claim 9 , wherein the component is a cylinder head cover, a suction module, a fresh air distributor, or a filter housing.

15. The component according to claim 9 , wherein a diameter of the collar is smaller than a diameter of the through hole in a region of the stop projection, so that the collar is able to be axially guided past the stop projection, and to be clamped between the stop projection and the clamping projection in response to the radial offsetting of the collar screw.

Assignees

• Mahle Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Baumgart Tobias
• Geffert-Fischer Oliver

Classifications

• F16B21/073 Primary

  the socket having a resilient part on its inside · CPC title

• F16B5/02 Primary

  by means of fastening members using screw-thread ({F16B5/0004 takes precedence}; construction of screw-threaded connections F16B25/00 - F16B39/00) · CPC title

• F16B17/00

  Connecting constructional elements or machine parts by a part of or on one member entering a hole in the other {and involving plastic deformation}(riveting F16B19/04) · CPC title

• F16B39/22 Primary

  in which the locking takes place during screwing down or tightening (F16B39/01 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16B5/0291 Primary

  the threaded element being driven through the edge of a sheet plate with its axis in the plane of the plate · CPC title