Retainer element, specifically for motor vehicle bodies

• US 5,460,342 A
• Filed: 03/31/1994
• Issued: 10/24/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Trw Carr France Snc
• Original Assignee: Trw Carr France Snc
• Inventors: Holtzmann, Jean-Paul, Dore, Pascal
• Primary Examiner(s): Foss, J. Franklin
• Application Number:
  US08/221,023
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• Field of Search: 248/74.3, 248/65, 248/68.1, 248/74.2, 411/913, 411/437, 24/16 PB, 24/17 AP
• US Class Current: 248/74.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 37/0842 fastened to the threaded bolt with snap-on-action, e.g. push-on nuts for stud bolts F16B37/0857 takes precedence; snap-on-action of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it F16B21/06
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/223 each support having one transverse base for supporting the pipes F16L3/23, F16L3/237 take precedence

Abstract

A retainer element 1 for mounting and supporting various tubular components from a structural element such as a motor vehicle frame or body comprises at least one retainer region 2, 2'"'"', 2" and a mounting region 3 connected thereto. The mounting region 3 includes an orifice equipped with holding components that function to engage and retain on a fixation piece such as a threaded stud carried on a vehicle body. The orifice of the mounting region 3 traverses completely through the mounting region and can be threaded on the fixation piece from either of the two extreme end surfaces 6, 7 of the orifice.

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