Fastening arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9738135-B2
Application number	US-201615135508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2016
Priority date	Apr 22, 2015
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

A motor vehicle may have a cylindrical component having two grooves aligned orthogonally to a cylinder axis, recessed into local areas of a lateral surface, and running parallel to each other, and a blind hole in an end of the cylindrical component. A fastening component for the cylindrical component may include a holding device having a U-shaped socket and a head portion having a through opening. The holding device may be matched to the cylindrical component in such a way that the cylindrical component is positively insertable via the two grooves into the U-shaped socket until the blind hole in the end is in alignment with the through opening in the head portion of the holding device. The fastening arrangement may also have a fastening element that is insertable and screwable through the through opening in the head portion into the blind hole in the cylindrical component.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fastening arrangement for a cylindrical component on a body of a motor vehicle, the cylindrical component having two grooves aligned orthogonally to a cylinder axis, recessed into local areas of a lateral surface, and running parallel to each other, and a blind hole in an end of the cylindrical component, the fastening arrangement comprising:
a holding device having a U-shaped socket and a head portion having a through opening,
the holding device being matched to the cylindrical component in such a way that the cylindrical component is positively insertable via the two grooves into the U-shaped socket until the blind hole in the end is in alignment with the through opening in the head portion of the holding device, and
a fastening element that is at least one of insertable and screwable through the through opening in the head portion into the blind hole in the cylindrical component.

2. A fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the head portion of the holding device includes a wedging surface facing the end of the cylindrical component and extending obliquely to the end.

3. A fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the U-shaped socket includes two U-legs between which the cylindrical component is grippable.

4. A fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the U-shaped socket includes an internal contour by which the U-shaped socket rests in surface contact on an external contour of the cylindrical component or of the grooves.

5. A fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the holding device has a first lug having a through opening.

6. A fastening arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the holding device has a second lug having a through opening, which is aligned orthogonally to the through opening in the first lug.

7. A fastening arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the holding device has a third lug having a through opening, which is aligned orthogonally to the through openings in the first and second lugs.

8. A fastening arrangement according claim 5 , further comprising at least one vibration-damping decoupling element having an external annular groove, which passes through the first lug, and wherein an edge of the through opening engages in the annular groove.

9. A fastening arrangement according to claim 8 , further comprising at least two decoupling elements having at least one of different damping properties and different sizes.

10. A fastening arrangement according claim 8 , further comprising:
a threaded bolt, which passes through the through opening in the at least one decoupling element,
a flanged sleeve between the threaded bolt and the at least one decoupling element in an assembled state, the flanged sleeve matching the at least one decoupling element and being arranged in the through opening in the at least one decoupling element, and
a nut, which preloads the at least one decoupling element against the body via the flanged sleeve in a state in which the nut has been screwed onto the threaded bolt.

11. A fastening arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein the nut rests on an end flange of the flanged sleeve.

12. A holding device of a fastening arrangement, comprising a U-shaped socket and a head portion having a through opening,
wherein the U-shaped socket is configured to receive a cylindrical component via at least two grooves in the cylindrical portion until the through opening is in alignment with a blind hole in an end of the cylindrical component, the two grooves being aligned orthogonally to a cylinder axis, recessed into local areas of a lateral surface of the cylindrical component, and running parallel to each other, and
wherein the through opening is configured to receive a fastening element to fasten the cylindrical component and the holding device when the through opening and the blind hole are aligned.

Assignees

• Mahle Int Gmbh

Inventors

• Gonzalez Rechea Pedro
• Pfeifer Eugen

Classifications

• B60H2001/006

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