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Snap-lock connection for two parts which can rotate in relation to each other

US5956822A · kind A · utility

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2Claims

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Assignee

Knecht Filterwerke GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Brieden · Waiblingen, DE
Rolf Mohle · Bretzfeld, DE
Abdul-Bashir Sarwar · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 23, 1998
Grant date	Sep 28, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 23, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T24/4578
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A snap-lock connection for two parts (1, 2) which canrotate in relation to each other has radially resilient locking hooks (3) arranged in a ring, supported on the ring-shaped edge of a matching body and secured against unlocking in the radial direction by a fixing ring (6). The fixing ring (6) and/or the body that form the ring-shaped edge (5) are designed as a ring which is secured to one of the parts (1, 2) exclusively by individual webs (7) spaced apart around its circumference.

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