Clip connection and clip element

US10072688B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Maik Hammer · Bruckberg, DE
• Johann Van Niekerk · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 8, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 11, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16B21/073
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A clip connection includes a first component, a male fixing element protruding from the first component, the male fixing element having a first portion connected directly to the first component and a second spherical portion adjoining the first portion, and a clip element that is clipped onto the male fixing element. The clip element has a plurality of clamping jaws spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction of the clip element. The plurality of clamping jaws bear against the spherical portion from below beneath an equatorial plane of the second spherical portion.