Fastening arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12560192-B2
Application number	US-202218082030-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2022
Priority date	Dec 21, 2021
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

A fastening arrangement having a fastening element for elastically connecting a bolt-on part to a support part. The fastening element has a head section ( 7 ) that transitions into an element shank. An elastomer profile part with a retaining groove which is open radially to the outside, into which a retaining foot of the bolt-on part can engage, is arranged on the underside of the head section. The retaining groove is designed with a groove wall on the head side and a groove wall on the shank side. The elastomer profile part is constructed in at least two parts from an elastomer body arranged on the head section of the fastening element and from a disk element that has at least the shank-side groove wall of the retaining groove. The disk element is also composed of two components, namely the elastomer profile part and the hard component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A fastening arrangement comprising:
a fastening element to elastically connect a bolt-on part to a support part or a panel, the fastening element having a head section that transitions into an element shank; and an elastomer profile part with a retaining groove that is open radially to an outside, into which a retaining foot of the bolt-on part is adapted to engage, is arranged on an underside of the head section, wherein the retaining groove has a groove wall on the head side and a groove wall on a shank side with a groove bottom located therebetween, wherein the elastomer profile part is constructed in at least two parts from that include an elastomer body and a disk element, wherein the elastomer body is arranged on the head section of the fastening element and includes the head side groove wall and the groove bottom, the groove bottom protruding from a surface of the head side groove wall in a direction towards the shank side groove wall, and wherein the disk element includes the shank side groove wall.

2 . The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein in a final assembly position, the head section presses the elastomer profile part against the panel with elastic preloading so that the retaining foot of the bolt-on part is elastically preloaded.

3 . The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the disk element is supported on the element shank so as to be axially movable through a motion clearance.

4 . The fastening arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein at least one axial rib projects axially from an inner perimeter of the disk element, the at least one axial rib being guided in an axial groove located in the groove bottom of the retaining groove so as to be axially movable but rotationally fixed, and wherein the axial groove is designed as a discontinuity in an elastomer material of the elastomer body.

5 . The fastening arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the axial groove located in the groove bottom of the retaining groove terminates on the head side with an axial stop that limits an axial movement of the disk element toward the head section.

6 . The fastening arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein, in a final assembly position, the axial rib of the disk element is guided into pressure contact with the axial stop of the fastening element on which the disk element is supported, utilizing the motion clearance in order to press the support part against an upper side of a mounting boss of the element shank with a predefined clamping force, and wherein the motion clearance is greater than 0.

7 . The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the disk element is secured on the fastening element by a retaining device, and wherein the retaining device includes a latching rib formed on an inner perimeter of the disk element and an axial groove formed on an outer perimeter of the element shank, wherein the latching rib projects into the axial groove.

8 . The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the disk element is designed as a two-component part that includes the shank-side groove wall that is made of an elastomer material, and a second component that faces a shank tip and is supported on the support part in a final assembly position, wherein the second component is formed of a harder material than the shank-side groove wall.

9 . The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening element has, on the shank tip of the element shank, at least one mounting boss that projects radially outward from the element shank and engages with an opening of the support part, and wherein an edge region of the opening of the support part is clamped between the disk element and an upper side of the at least one mounting boss in a final assembly position by the axial preloading.

10 . The fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the head side groove wall and the groove bottom are formed as a single, monolithic element.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Junggebauer Jens
• Gwiasda Nils

Classifications

• F16B5/0258

  using resiliently deformable sleeves, grommets or inserts (F16B43/001 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60S1/0447

  non-screw fixation, (e.g. snap-in, bayonnet-type..) · CPC title

• F16B5/10

  by means of bayonet connections ({F16B5/0092 takes precedence}; fastening devices locking by rotation F16B21/02) · CPC title

• Y10T403/7007

  Bayonet joint · CPC title

• B60S1/0444

  comprising vibration or noise absorbing means · CPC title