Connecting apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12064015-B2
Application number	US-202118012559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2021
Priority date	Nov 30, 2021
Publication date	Aug 20, 2024
Grant date	Aug 20, 2024

Abstract

A connecting apparatus includes a first connecting part, which has a first basic body and at least one engagement protrusion arranged rigidly on the first basic body, and a second connecting part, which is attachable to the first connecting part in a closing direction and which has a second basic body with an engagement portion arranged rigidly on the second basic body. The first connecting part has a first magnetic device and the second connecting part has a second magnetic device. The first magnetic device and the second magnetic device interact in a magnetically attracting manner along the closing direction to assist the attachment of the first connecting part and the second connecting part to each other. The first connecting part has a blocking portion which is designed, in the connected position, to interact with the second connecting part in order to block the engagement of the engagement portion with the at least one engagement protrusion counter to an engagement direction. In the connected position, the second connecting part is rotatable about the closing direction with respect to the first connecting part. In the event of rotation, the engagement of the engagement portion with the at least one engagement protrusion and the blocking of the engagement by the blocking portion remains.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connecting apparatus, comprising
a first connecting part, which has a first basic body and at least one engagement protrusion arranged rigidly on the first basic body, and
a second connecting part, which is attachable to the first connecting part in a closing direction and which has a second basic body with an engagement portion arranged rigidly on the second basic body, wherein the engagement portion can be brought along an engagement direction which is different from the closing direction into engagement with the at least one engagement protrusion of the first connecting part such that, in a connected position of the first connecting part and the second connecting part, the engagement portion is in engagement with the at least one engagement protrusion of the first connecting part,
wherein the first connecting part has a first magnetic device and the second connecting part has a second magnetic device, wherein the first magnetic device and the second magnetic device interact in a magnetically attracting manner along the closing direction to assist attachment of the first connecting part and the second connecting part to each other,
wherein the first connecting part has a blocking portion which is arranged rigidly on the first basic body and which is designed, in the connected position, to interact with the second connecting part in order to block the engagement of the engagement portion with the at least one engagement protrusion counter to the engagement direction,
wherein, in the connected position, the second connecting part is rotatable about the closing direction with respect to the first connecting part and, in an event of rotation, the engagement of the engagement portion with the at least one engagement protrusion and blocking of the engagement by the blocking portion remain, and
wherein the second connecting part is tiltable with respect to the first connecting part in order, for separating the first connecting part and the second connecting part from each other, to remove the blocking counter to the engagement direction and to permit disengagement of the engagement portion and the at least one engagement protrusion.

2. The connecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second connecting part, for tilting relative to the first connecting part, can be lifted off the first connecting part counter to the closing direction on a side facing away from the at least one engagement protrusion.

3. The connecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second connecting part has an actuating portion which is actuable for tilting the second connecting part relative to the first connecting part.

4. The connecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the engagement portion extends circumferentially about the closing direction.

5. The connecting apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the engagement portion is formed rotationally symmetrically with respect to the closing direction.

6. The connecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second basic body of the second connecting part has a base portion which forms the engagement portion or with respect to which the engagement portion is spaced apart along the closing direction.

7. The connecting apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the base portion has an edge portion and the first connecting part has a support portion formed rigidly on the first basic body, wherein, in the connected position, the edge portion of the base portion is supported on the support portion for load absorption along the engagement direction in addition to the engagement of the engagement portion and the at least one engagement protrusion.

8. The connecting apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the support portion, as viewed along the closing direction, is spaced apart from the at least one engagement protrusion.

9. The connecting apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the support portion, as viewed along the engagement direction, is spaced apart from the at least one engagement protrusion.

10. The connecting apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the support portion is formed by a surface portion which is directed parallel or obliquely to the closing direction.

11. The connecting apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first basic body has a positive locking portion on which the base portion lies in the connected position of the first connecting part and the second connecting part in order to counteract tilting of the second connecting part relative to the first connecting part.

12. The connecting apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein, for tilting the second connecting part relative to the first connecting part, the base portion can be tilted with respect to the first connecting part about a tilting axis perpendicular to the closing direction and to the engagement direction.

13. The connecting apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first basic body has an entry opening in which a portion of the base portion enters when the second connecting part is tilted in the closing direction relative to the first connecting part.

14. The connecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second connecting part has a blocking element, which is arranged rigidly on the second basic body, for interaction with the blocking portion of the first connecting part.

15. The connecting apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein, in the connected position, the blocking element is rotatable about the closing direction relative to the blocking portion of the first connecting part, wherein, in the event of rotation, the blocking of the engagement of the engagement portion with the at least one engagement protrusion remains.

16. The connecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one engagement protrusion has a sliding slope which extends obliquely to the closing direction and is designed to guide the second connecting part, during attachment to the first connecting part, along the closing direction on the at least one engagement protrusion in such a manner that the second connecting part is offset with respect to the first connecting part counter to the engagement direction and, as a result, is guided past the at least one engagement protrusion and, after it moves past, the engagement portion can be brought in the engagement direction into engagement with the at least one engagement protrusion.

17. A webbing fastener comprising the connecting apparatus according to claim 1 .

18. The webbing fastener according to claim 17 , further comprising a strap or belt which is connected to the second connecting part, wherein the strap or belt is connected fixedly and nonadjustably to the second connecting part.

19. The webbing fastener according to claim 18 , wherein the first connecting part has two engagement protrusions which are spaced apart from each other in such a manner that, in the connected position of the first connecting part and the second connecting part, the belt or strap can be guided through between the engagement protrusions.

20. An object fastening device for fastening an object to an assembly, comprising the connecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the object is arranged on one of the connecting parts and the other of the connecting parts is arranged on the assembly.

Assignees

• Fidlock Gmbh

Inventors

• Richter David
• Fiedler Joachim
• Botkus Breido

Classifications

• A44D2203/00

  Fastening by use of magnets · CPC title

• A41F9/00

  Belts, girdles, or waistbands for trousers or skirts · CPC title

• A44B1/08 Primary

  Constructional characteristics · CPC title

• A44B11/2588 Primary

  combined with one buckle element rotating or pivoting · CPC title