Fastening device and method for fastening an element in a keyhole-shaped cutout in a wall

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9746016-B2
Application number	US-200913061478-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2009
Priority date	Aug 27, 2008
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A fastening device for fastening an element in a keyhole-shaped cutout in a wall includes a retaining element which in the fastened state of the fastening device is designed to rest against a front side of the wall, and to at least partially cover an edge of a narrower opening of the key-shaped section in a wall. The fastening device also includes a support element which in the fastened state of the fastening device is designed to engage through a wider opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout in the wall, and to support the fastening device against a lateral edge of the wider opening during fastening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fastening device for fastening an element in a keyhole-shaped cutout in a wall, comprising:
a retaining device having a top surface adapted to rest against a front side of the wall and;
a connecting device protruding above the top surface of the retaining device, the connecting device being adapted to at least partially cover an edge of a narrower opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout in the wall in a fastened state and to engage through the narrower opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout in the wall in the fastened state of the fastening device, in order to fasten the fastening device to the wall at the narrower opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout in the wall; and
at least two support devices protruding above the top surface of the retaining device at respective two oppositely situated ends of the top surface of the retaining device, the at least two support devices are integrated into the top surface of the retaining device and are adapted to engage through a wider opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout in the wall in the fastened state of the fastening device and to support the fastening device against respective two oppositely situated lateral edges of the wider opening during fastening,
wherein the two support devices each have an angular shape,
wherein a partial section of each of the angular support devices in the fastened state projects substantially at a right angle from an edge of the wider opening into an inner region of the wider opening, the partial section being situated at the side of the support device facing away from the narrower opening.

2. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein the two support devices each have a straight supporting edge adapted for support on the lateral edge of the wider opening.

3. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein the two support devices each have a supporting edge, the supporting edges being situated at a mutual distance which corresponds to a width of the wider opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout in the wall.

4. The fastening device according to claim 1 , further comprising a locking device, in the fastened state of the fastening device, being adapted to engage through a wider opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout in the wall and to retain the fastening device from a back side of the wall.

5. The fastening device according to claim 4 , wherein the locking device includes a hook made of a flexible material.

6. The fastening device according to claim 4 , wherein the locking device is at least partially enclosed by a protective element.

7. A sensor element, comprising:
a fastening device as recited in claim 1 .

8. A method for fastening a fastening device to a wall which includes a keyhole-shaped cutout, the fastening device including a retaining device having a top surface and at least two support devices that are integrated into the top surface of the retaining device and are protruding above the top surface of the retaining device at respective two oppositely situated ends of the top surface of the retaining device, the keyhole-shaped cutout being formed by a wider opening in the wall and a narrower opening in the wall which is connected to the wider opening, the fastening device further including a connecting device protruding above the top surface of the retaining device, the method comprising:
inserting the at least two support devices of the fastening device through the wider opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout in the wall in a fastened state;
engaging the connecting device through the narrower opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout in the wall in the fastened state of the fastening device, in order to fasten the fastening device to the wall at the narrower opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout in the wall, the connecting device at least partially covering an edge of the narrower opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout in the wall;
supporting the fastening device against twisting by pressing the at least two support devices against respective two oppositely situated lateral edges of the wider opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout; and
pressing the retaining device against the wall,
wherein the two support devices each have an angular shape,
wherein a partial section of each of the angular support devices in the fastened state projects substantially at a right angle from an edge of the wider opening into an inner region of the wider opening, the partial section being situated at the side of the support device facing away from the narrower opening.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the method is for fastening the fastening device recited in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Vargha David
• Adam Boris
• Behnke Ulf
• Wegner Jeanine
• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Vargha David
• Adam Boris
• Behnke Ulf
• Wegner Jeanine

Classifications

• F16B21/09 Primary

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• H05K5/0073

  having specific features for mounting the housing on an external structure · CPC title

• H05K5/0204

  Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings · CPC title