Plate holder for holding a license plate, in particular comprising a radio frequency transponder

• US 10,417,940 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2016
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Probach, Nicole, Oster, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Shin H
• Application Number:
  US15/555,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20180047312A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,306 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2007/1843 Frames or housings to hold signs
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2007/1895 Licence number plates
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/10 and slideably mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/18 Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure

Abstract

A plate holder for holding a license plate includes: a holder base having, on a first side, a contact surface, which extends along a contact plane and on which a license plate is rests in a position arranged on the plate holder; and two guide rails, which are arranged on the holder base and extend parallel to each other and between which the license plate can be slid in an insertion direction for arrangement on the contact surface, the license plate being held between the guide rails in the position arranged on the plate holder, wherein the holder base has, on a second side facing away from the contact surface, a placement surface, which extends parallel to the contact plane, is spaced apart from the contact surface in a vertical direction pointing perpendicularly to the contact plane, and can be placed on an object to arrange the plate holder.

Claims

1. A plate holder for holding a license plate, comprising:

a holder base having, on a first side, a contact surface, which extends along a contact plane and on which a license plate is configured to rest in a position arranged on the plate holder; and

two guide rails, which are arranged on the holder base and extend parallel to each other and between which the license plate is configured to be slid in an insertion direction for arrangement on the contact surface, the license plate being configured to be held between the guide rails in the position arranged on the plate holder,

wherein the holder base has, on a second side facing away from the contact surface, a placement surface, which extends parallel to the contact plane, is spaced apart from the contact surface in a vertical direction pointing perpendicularly to the contact plane, and is configured to be placed on an object in order to arrange the plate holder on the object, the holder base tapering from the second side to the first side.

2. The plate holder according to claim 1, wherein the holder base, on the second side, has a greater length, measured in the insertion direction, and/or a greater width, measured transversely to the insertion direction, than on the first side.

3. The plate holder according to claim 1, wherein the holder base has at least one side surface, which connects the first side and the second side to each other and is placed obliquely to the contact plane.

4. The plate holder according to claim 1, wherein the holder base, in cross section

along a first cross-sectional plane, which is spanned by the insertion direction and the vertical direction, and/or

along a second cross-sectional plane, which is spanned by the vertical direction and a transverse direction pointing transversely to the insertion direction and to the vertical direction,

has the shape of an isosceles trapezium.

5. The plate holder according to claim 1, wherein the placement surface has at least one fastening point configured to fasten the plate holder on the object, the contact surface having at least one opening, by which the at least one fastening point on the placement surface is configured to be accessed.

6. An assembly comprising a plate holder according to claim 1 and a license plate, on which a radio frequency transponder is arranged.

7. A plate holder for holding a license plate, comprising:

a holder base having, on a first side, a contact surface, which extends along a contact plane and on which a license plate is configured to rest in a position arranged on the plate holder;

two guide rails, which are arranged on the holder base and extend parallel to each other and between which the license plate is configured to be slid in an insertion direction for arrangement on the contact surface, the license plate being configured to be held between the guide rails in the position arranged on the plate holder; and

at least one resilient latching element, which is arranged on the holder base and is elastically deformable when the license plate is arranged on the plate holder and, in the position arranged on the plate holder, is configured to fix the license plate on the holder base against a movement in the insertion direction,

wherein the holder base has, on a second side facing away from the contact surface, a placement surface, which extends parallel to the contact plane, is spaced apart from the contact surface in a vertical direction pointing perpendicularly to the contact plane, and is configured to be placed on an object in order to arrange the plate holder on the object, the holder base tapering from the second side to the first side.

8. The plate holder according to claim 7, wherein the at least one resilient latching element comprises two latching elements, which are arranged on the holder base so as to be offset from one another in the insertion direction.

9. The plate holder according to claim 8, wherein the two latching elements are configured to receive the license plate between them in the position arranged on the plate holder.

10. The plate holder according to claim 7, wherein the at least one latching element is connected by a web to the contact surface of the holder base.

11. The plate holder according to claim 7, wherein the at least one latching element has a latching projection, which projects from the contact surface transversely to the contact plane and is configured, in the position of the license plate arranged on the plate holder, to come into abutment with an edge of the license plate.

12. The plate holder according to claim 7, wherein the at least one latching element has an elevation, which projects from the contact surface and is configured, in the position of the license plate arranged on the plate holder, to come into abutment with a lower side of the license plate facing the contact surface.

13. The plate holder according to claim 7, wherein the at least one latching element has a fastening point configured to fasten the license plate on the holder base.

14. The plate holder according to claim 7, wherein the placement surface has at least one opening, by which the at least one latching element on the contact surface is configured to be accessed.

15. A plate holder for holding a license plate, comprising:

a holder base having, on a first side, a contact surface, which extends along a contact plane and on which a license plate is configured to rest in a position arranged on the plate holder; and

two guide rails, which are arranged on the holder base and extend parallel to each other and between which the license plate is configured to be slid in an insertion direction for arrangement on the contact surface, the license plate being configured to be held between the guide rails in the position arranged on the plate holder,

wherein the holder base has, on a second side facing away from the contact surface, a placement surface, which extends parallel to the contact plane, is spaced apart from the contact surface in a vertical direction pointing perpendicularly to the contact plane, and is configured to be placed on an object in order to arrange the plate holder on the object, the holder base tapering from the second side to the first side, and

wherein the placement surface has an adhesive layer comprising a removable protective film, the protective film, in order to fasten the plate holder on the object, being configured to be removable in order to bring the adhesive layer into adhesive contact with the object.