Apparatus having a fixing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9970995-B2
Application number	US-201414483815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2014
Priority date	Sep 11, 2013
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

An apparatus includes at least one first component, at least one second component and a fixing device that, in order to secure the at least one second component to the at least one first component, is arranged between the at least one first component and the at least one second component. The fixing device includes an adjusting unit. The adjusting unit includes at least one adjusting element for setting a fixing force.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a first component;
a second component; and
a fixing device that, in order to secure the second component to the first component, is arranged between the first component and the second component, wherein the fixing device comprises:
an adjusting unit, the adjusting unit comprising an adjusting element for setting a fixing force;
a vibration decoupling unit that is arranged on the adjusting unit; and
a fixing element for fixing the second component in relation to the first component, the fixing element being arranged on the vibration decoupling unit.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting element comprises a spring element.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the adjusting element comprises a polyurethane material.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the adjusting unit is arranged on the first component.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the adjusting unit comprises a sliding element that is arranged between the adjusting element and the first component.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the fixing device has a decoupling unit that is arranged on the adjusting unit.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the adjusting element has a color that is different from a color of a component arranged on the adjusting element.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the adjusting unit comprises a limiting element that limits a maximum fixing force on the adjusting element.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting element comprises a polyurethane material.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting unit is arranged on the first component.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting unit comprises a sliding element that is arranged between the adjusting element and the first component.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting element has a color that is different from a color of a component arranged on the adjusting element.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting unit comprises a limiting element that limits a maximum fixing force on the adjusting element.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the limiting element is arranged on a side of the vibration decoupling unit facing toward the adjusting element.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the limiting element has a length that is less than a thickness of the adjusting element.

16. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fixing element is arranged on the adjusting unit, or the adjusting unit and the vibration decoupling unit.

17. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting unit is configured as magnetic resonance compatible.

18. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first component comprises a magnet unit of a magnetic resonance apparatus.

19. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second component comprises a housing unit of a magnetic resonance apparatus.

20. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vibration decoupling unit has a cross-sectional area that is greater than a cross-sectional area of the adjusting element.

Assignees

• Maciejewski Bernd
• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Maciejewski Bernd

Classifications

• Y10T403/16

  with adjunctive protector, broken parts retainer, repair, assembly or disassembly feature · CPC title

• F16B5/065

  the plates being one on top of the other and distanced from each other, e.g. by using protrusions to keep contact and distance · CPC title

• G01R33/0047 Primary

  Housings or packaging of magnetic sensors (packaging of semiconductor devices H10W99/00); Holders · CPC title

• G01R33/28

  Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64 · CPC title

• F16B2/065

  using screw-thread elements (F16B2/08 - F16B2/12 take precedence) · CPC title