Arrangement of a separate functional element of a washer water reservoir on a fixing portion of a structural component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12522181-B2
Application number	US-201917297054-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2019
Priority date	Nov 26, 2018
Publication date	Jan 13, 2026
Grant date	Jan 13, 2026

Abstract

An arrangement of a separate functional element of a washing fluid reservoir on a corresponding a fixing portion of a structural component of a motor vehicle, wherein the fixing portion is at least partially formed from a plastics material, and wherein an opening is formed in the fixing portion in such a manner that an insertion portion of the functional element can be brought into a final installation position by insertion and sliding and/or rotation in a direction transverse to the depth direction of the opening, wherein, in the final installation position, the functional element is positively fixed in relation to the structural component, as viewed in the depth direction of the opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An arrangement of a separate functional element of a washing fluid reservoir on a fixing portion of a structural component of a motor vehicle, wherein:
the functional element has side surfaces that extend substantially in a vertical direction of the motor vehicle; the structural component has a side surface that extends at an oblique angle relative to the vertical direction of the motor vehicle, and the fixing portion thereof has an installation surface that is substantially parallel to the side surface of the structural component and also extends at the oblique angle relative to the vertical direction of the motor vehicle; the functional element has an attachment member that extends from a side surface thereof at the oblique angle and that comprises an insertion portion; the fixing portion is at least partially made of a plastics material, and an opening is formed in the fixing portion in such a way that the attachment member of the functional element is configured to be brought into a final installation position by inserting and sliding and/or rotating the insertion portion in a direction transverse to the depth direction of the opening, wherein the functional element in the final installation position, viewed in the depth direction of the opening, is fixed positively with respect to the structural component; and further comprising a resilient locking tab on the attachment member of the functional element which, in the final installation position, causes the functional element to be positively fixed relative to the structural component in such a way that the functional element is blocked positively from sliding back and/or rotating back out of the final installation position.

2 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion portion and the fixing portion are designed in such a way that the insertion portion in the final installation position is configured to protrude through the opening in such a way that the insertion portion engages behind a clamping portion of the fixing portion and, due to the engagement from behind, a positive fixation is realized between the insertion portion and the fixing portion.

3 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment member of the functional element further comprises at least one support rib extending in a vertical direction, with an engaging portion which in the final installation position is configured to engage into a recess in the fixing portion of the structural component.

4 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment member of the functional element has at least one transverse rib on an outer surface thereof which is arranged in the final installation position such that the functional element is supported on the structural component by the at least one transverse rib.

5 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the structural component has at least one longitudinal rib in the fixing portion.

6 . The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the functional element of the washing fluid reservoir is a filler neck.

7 . A motor vehicle having an arrangement according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fixing portion in the installation position extends at the oblique angle relative to the vertical direction of the vehicle, and wherein the insertion portion is designed in such a way that a downward movement at least partially in the vertical direction of the vehicle is necessary to install the functional element.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Ippoliti Mario
• Merz Thorsten Tobias
• Krüger Stefan

Classifications

• F16B5/0036

  and using hook and slot or keyhole-type connections · CPC title

• B62D25/12

  Parts or details thereof (locks E05B, {E05B83/16; devices for holding open E05C17/00, e.g. while carrying oversize objects E05C17/042}; hinges E05D; counterbalancing means E05F; {checks, stops, buffers E05F5/00; } springs, {e.g. pneumatic springs} F16F) · CPC title

• B60S1/50 Primary

  Arrangement of reservoir · CPC title