Support for a motor vehicle attachment part and device for supporting a motor vehicle attachment part

• US 8,622,356 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2009
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blaupunkt Antenna Systems GmbH & Co. KG (Kathrein SE)
• Original Assignee: Blaupunkt Antenna Systems GmbH & Co. KG (Kathrein SE)
• Inventors: Lerchner, Henry
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Tan
• Application Number:
  US13/058,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20110133047A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,614 Days
• Field of Search: 248/154, 248/313, 248/346.06, 248/346.07, 248/346.5, 248/231.81, 248/231.9, 248/231.21, 248/67.7, 248/539, 248/226.11, 248/681, 248/475.1, 343/711, 343/713, 343/715, 343/878, 343/882, 343/888, 343/906, 403/197, 359/838, 359/841, 359/842, 359/871
• US Class Current: 248/231.21
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1214 through a wall
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3275 mounted on a horizontal surface of the vehicle, e.g. on roof, hood, trunk

Abstract

A support for a motor vehicle attachment part for installation at a chassis section of a motor vehicle provided with a receptacle opening. Two support elements that can be associated with opposite cables of the chassis section, are able to be tensioned toward one another by way of a clamping device. One of the support elements comprises a plurality of support arms. The support arms are mounted rotatably relative to one another in relation to an axis of rotation. A device for adhering a vehicle attachment part.

Claims

1. Holder for a motor vehicle add-on part for assembly on a motor vehicle body part providing opposing sides including one side and an opposing side the motor vehicle body part defining a receiving opening therein, the holder comprising:

two support elements, which are allocated to the two opposing sides of the body part and are clampable toward one another by means of a clamping mechanism comprising a screw mechanism, the first support element being allocated to the one side of the vehicle body part and the second support element being allocated to the opposing side of the vehicle body part, wherein one of the support elements has a plurality of support arms, the support arms being rotatably mounted with respect to one another in relation to a rotational axis, the support arms having support faces which, viewed in a longitudinal direction of the support arms, are arranged laterally offset with respect to one another, point-symmetrically with respect to an intersection point of the rotational axis, which is orientated substantially vertically to the body part, with the support arms;

the second support element comprising two portion elements, the first portion element in contact with the support arms, the second portion element comprising a preliminary latching mechanism having at least one latching spring nose structured to secure the holder against unintentional movement out of the receiving opening.

2. Holder according to claim 1, wherein the support arms each have at least two opposing support faces.

3. Holder according to claim 1, wherein one support element forms a first support element and the other support element forms a second support element which has at least one bearing face.

4. Holder according to claim 3 wherein the preliminary latching mechanism is structured to hold on the receiving opening allocated to the second support element.

5. Holder according to claim 3, wherein the second support element has a centering device for centering the holder in the receiving opening.

6. Holder according to claim 1, wherein the support arms adopt a first angular position before an assembly process and adopt a second angular position, which is different from the first angular position, after the assembly process.

7. Holder according to claim 6, wherein in the second angular position, the first support element forms a support claw with a plurality of claw arms formed by the support arms.

8. Holder according to claim 1, wherein the support arms can be rotated by the clamping mechanism into the second angular position.

10. Holder according to claim 1, further comprising attachment elements, for plug connections, which are covered by the support arms in the first angular position and can be connected to connecting elements in the second angular position.

9. Holder for a motor vehicle add-on part for assembly on a motor vehicle body part providing opposing sides including one side and an opposing side, the motor vehicle body part defining a receiving opening, therein, the holder comprising:

two support elements, which are allocated to the two opposing sides of the body part and are clampable toward one another by means of a clamping mechanism comprising a screw mechanism, the first support element being allocated to the one side of the vehicle body part and the second support element being allocated to the opposing side of the vehicle body part, wherein one of the support elements has a plurality of support arms, the support arms being rotatably mounted with respect to one another in relation to a rotational axis, the support arms having support faces which, viewed in a longitudinal direction of the support arms, are arranged laterally offset with respect to one another, point-symmetrically with respect to an intersection point of the rotational axis, which is orientated substantially vertically to the body part, with the support arms;

the second support element comprising two portion elements, the first portion element in contact with the support arms, the second portion element comprising a preliminary latching mechanism having at least one latching spring nose structured to secure the holder against unintentional movement out of the receiving opening; and

a spring element exerting a force in the direction of the first angular position on the support arms.

11. Device for holding a motor vehicle add-on part, with a holder for a motor vehicle add-on part for assembly on a motor vehicle body part providing opposing sides including one side and an opposing side, the holder comprising:

a receiving opening, having a first side and a side opposed thereto, with two support elements, which are allocated to the two opposing sides of the body part and are clampable toward one another by means of a clamping mechanism comprising a screw mechanism, the first support element being allocated to the one side of the vehicle body part and the second support element being allocated to the opposing side of the vehicle body part, wherein one of the support elements has a plurality of support arms, the support arms being rotatably mounted with respect to one another in relation to a rotational axis, the support arms having support faces which, viewed in a longitudinal direction of the support arms, are arranged laterally offset with respect to one another, point-symmetrically with respect to an intersection point of the rotational axis, which is orientated substantially vertically to the body part, with the support arms;

the second support element comprising two portion elements, the first portion element in contact with the support arms, the second portion element comprising a preliminary latching mechanism having at least one latching spring nose structured to secure the holder against unintentional movement out of the receiving opening; and

a body part of the motor vehicle, wherein the body part has a substantially rectangular receiving opening and the holder has support arms which are rotatably mounted with respect to one another and, in a first angular position, can pass through the receiving opening and, in a second angular position, are supported on an edge region of the receiving opening.