Attachment arrangement and a tool for locking an attachment arrangement

US8474107B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TAKATA CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Peter Baumgartner · Munich, DE
• Bernd Schumacher · Niederalteich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 2, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53909
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An attachment arrangement is provided. The attachment arrangement includes a mounting structure having an opening, an attachment element to be inserted into the opening for attaching a part to the mounting structure, and a locking element of the attachment element for locking the attachment element to the mounting structure. The locking element is inserted as a part of the attachment element along an insertion direction into the opening in the mounting structure up to an end position and engages behind the opening in the end position such that it prevents removal of the attachment element from the opening and thus locks the attachment element to the mounting structure. The locking element has at least a first section and a second section that rest against the edge of the opening in succession when the attachment element is inserted through the opening.