EP1590573A2 - Connection element and method for the production of composite constructions from metallic support structures and plastic plankings, comprising tolerance compensation on two planes - Google Patents
Connection element and method for the production of composite constructions from metallic support structures and plastic plankings, comprising tolerance compensation on two planesInfo
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- EP1590573A2 EP1590573A2 EP04706130A EP04706130A EP1590573A2 EP 1590573 A2 EP1590573 A2 EP 1590573A2 EP 04706130 A EP04706130 A EP 04706130A EP 04706130 A EP04706130 A EP 04706130A EP 1590573 A2 EP1590573 A2 EP 1590573A2
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- component
- receiving element
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- displacement
- spatial direction
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
- F16B21/00—Means for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings
- F16B21/06—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action
- F16B21/07—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action in which the socket has a resilient part
- F16B21/071—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action in which the socket has a resilient part the socket being integrally formed with a component to be fasted, e.g. a sheet, plate or strip
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
- F16B21/00—Means for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings
- F16B21/06—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action
- F16B21/07—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action in which the socket has a resilient part
- F16B21/073—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action in which the socket has a resilient part the socket having a resilient part on its inside
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
- F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
- F16B5/02—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of fastening members using screw-thread
- F16B5/0216—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of fastening members using screw-thread the position of the plates to be connected being adjustable
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
- F16B5/00—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
- F16B5/06—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips
- F16B5/0607—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other
- F16B5/0621—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship
- F16B5/0628—Joining sheets or plates, e.g. panels, to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them by means of clamps or clips joining sheets or plates to each other in parallel relationship allowing for adjustment parallel or perpendicular to the plane of the sheets or plates
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a connecting element and a method for realizing mixed construction methods from preferably metallic L0 supporting structures and cladding, preferably from plastics, with tolerance compensation in two planes or in two directions.
- retaining clips are used for the manually producible and releasable mounting of a first part on a second part by positive engagement of the clip carrying the first part into a hole in the second part (patent specification DE 100 26 972 AI).
- a disadvantage of this method and of the use of a retaining clip of the proposed form is the need to make a hole in the second part and a very limited possibility of tolerance compensation.
- a connecting element has a holding element as the first element and is characterized in that it also has a displacement element which can be at least partially inserted and / or latched into the holding element and can be displaced in the holding element with respect to this in a first spatial direction, as well as a receiving element has, into which the sliding element can be partially inserted and / or latched in such a way that in the receiving element the sliding element can be displaced and / or movably fixed in a second spatial direction with respect to the receiving element (ie can be fixed in such a way that by an elastic or inelastic compensating movement tolerance compensation in the direction of the second spatial direction ' remains possible).
- the displacement element has a displacement body which can be inserted and / or latched into the holding element and an insertion body which is connected to the displacement body and which can be inserted or latched into the receiving element.
- the displacement element or sen sliding body at least partially so that it can be inserted or latched into the holding element fixed to a first component in such a way that the sliding element essentially only remains movable in the first spatial direction with respect to the holding element.
- the displacement element is preferably at least partially insertable or latchable in the receiving element fixed to a second component such that the distance of the first component relative to the second component can be adjusted in the direction of the second spatial direction or can be fixed to a specific desired value and that the position of the tolerance of the first component relative to the position of the second component in the direction of the second spatial direction through the displaceability and / or movable fixability of the displacement element with respect to the receiving element.
- the connecting element according to the invention is particularly preferably designed such that the second spatial direction is essentially perpendicular to the first spatial direction.
- the connecting element according to the invention is particularly preferably used so that it is to be connected to first component is a support structure which preferably contains metal or consists thereof and / or that the second component kung a Beplan- and / or an outer panel element is, either of which preferably Contains or consists of plastic.
- the holding element is a holding clip and / or the receiving element is a bolt receptacle.
- the displacement body is essentially cylindrical and / or the insertion body is a bolt, preferably a cylindrical bolt provided with a thread.
- the holding clip is particularly preferably on the two cover surfaces Hollow cylinder opened perpendicular to its axis, the lateral surface of which has an opening over a circumferential area of ⁇ 180 °, and the bolt receptacle is a hollow cylinder which is closed on one side on its cover surface and has latching structures, such as barbs, on the inner lateral surface; which serve to fix the relative position of the insertion body in relation to the position of the receiving element.
- the sliding body and the holding element receiving it can not only be cylindrical, but can have any configuration that allows the sliding body to be inserted or locked into the holding element in such a way that the sliding element essentially only in relation to the holding element the first spatial direction remains movable.
- the holding element and / or the displacement element consists of a metallic material, such as steel, stainless steel or light metal.
- the displacement element and / or the receiving element consists of plastic.
- the plastic particularly preferably contains or consists of unreinforced and / or reinforced thermoplastics.
- the object according to the invention is thus achieved by a connecting element with tolerance compensation in two planes, which consists of the following individual parts: a holding element (preferably a holding clamp), a sliding element, which preferably consists of a sliding body and an insertion body connected to this sliding body (preferably an Bolt or a coarse thread bolt), and a receiving element (preferably in the form of a bolt receptacle).
- the connecting element according to the invention enables via the insertion body or the bolt and the mounting element or the bolt receptacle the fixing of the components to one another and the tolerance compensation in a first spatial direction (z direction), for example the direction normal to a first surface of the support structure, by variable joining paths.
- the combination of holding element and displacement element or displacement body enables displacement in a second spatial direction (y-direction), for example perpendicular to the first spatial direction, which is suitable for absorbing component expansions that occur due to temperature and thus represents a floating bearing.
- y-direction for example perpendicular to the first spatial direction
- the components are fixed in a defined manner, for example a conventional coarse thread bolt welded firmly onto the supporting structure.
- the connecting element according to the invention can be used particularly advantageously, for example, when realizing new vehicle concepts in a mixed construction consisting of metallic support structures and components made of other materials, for example plastics.
- the connecting element according to the invention has a number of advantages:
- connection elements according to the invention can be designed or used as described in one of the examples below. In the figures associated with the examples, identical reference numerals are used below for the same or corresponding components of the connecting element or spatial directions.
- Figure 1 shows the basic structure of a connecting element according to the invention, here designed as a cylinder.
- FIG. 2 shows a method of how two components are connected to one another using the connecting element from FIG.
- Figure 3 shows components of a second embodiment of the connecting element according to the invention.
- FIG. 4 shows a method of how two components are connected to one another with the connecting element from FIG. 3.
- FIG. 1 shows, as the first component of a connecting element, a holding clip 1 in the form of a hollow cylinder, which is open on both cover surfaces perpendicular to its axis and whose outer surface has an opening over a circumferential area of approximately 120 °.
- the figure also shows a displacement element 2, which in the illustrated case consists of a cylindrical displacement body 2a and a coarse-threaded bolt 2b.
- the coarse threaded bolt 2b which is also cylindrical in the case shown, is in this case over the outer surface of the sliding body cylinder introduced into the sliding body in such a way that the cylinder axis of the coarse threaded bolt is perpendicular to the cylinder axis of the sliding body cylinder and perpendicular to the tangent to the lateral surface.
- the figure also shows a bolt receptacle 3 in the form of a hollow cylinder which is closed on the upper side with a cover and is open on the lower side.
- the bolt receptacle 3 On the inner wall, the bolt receptacle 3 has barbs 3a, which serve to enable the coarse thread bolt 2b to snap into place and thus to enable the coarse thread bolt 2b to be fixed in the bolt receptacle 3 in a movable manner.
- the axis of the retaining clip hollow cylinder and of the displacement body cylinder is oriented in the direction of a first spatial axis (y direction 4a).
- the axis of the coarse-thread bolt cylinder and of the bolt-receiving cylinder is directed in a direction perpendicular to the first spatial direction or y direction (z direction 4b).
- FIG. 2 shows a possible assembly sequence using the connecting element according to the invention for connecting a first component in the form of a metallic support structure 5 and a second component in the form of a planking or an outer skin element made of plastic 6.
- FIG. 2A first shows how the retaining clip 1 in With respect to the component 5 is positioned in the desired position.
- FIG. 2B the holding clip 1 is fixed or attached to the component 5. This mechanical fastening or joining is done by welding, soldering, gluing, riveting and / or screwing.
- FIG. 2C the displacement element 2 is mounted.
- the displacement body 2a is inserted into the holding clamp 1 in the vertical direction (z direction, arrow) introduced or latched and the coarse threaded bolt 2b perpendicular to the surface of the component 5 (in the drawing, the vertical direction or the z direction) aligned.
- the outer skin element 6 is pressed and aligned in the z direction with the bolt receptacle 3 fastened to it, ie the desired distance between the two components 5 and 6 is set.
- the bolt receptacle 3 is attached to the outer skin element 6 by ultrasonic welding or heating element welding or by the bolt receptacle being produced directly during manufacture, for example in an injection molding process, together with the plastic outer skin element as an integrated component.
- the pin receptacle 3 can also be glued to the outer skin element 6.
- the outer skin element 6 is aligned with the bolt receptacle 3 with the help of the coarse thread of the coarse thread bolt 2b and the barbs 3a attached to the inside of the bolt receptacle cylinder: the bolt receptacle 2b is pressed into the bolt receptacle 3 so deep that the desired distance from component 5 And sets component 6 in the z direction.
- the barbs 3 together with the thread of the coarse thread bolt 2b prevent the set target distance between the two
- the displacement element 2 can also be preassembled in the bolt receptacle 3 of the outer skin element 6.
- the displacement element 2 is then snapped into the retaining clamp 1. Then the target outer contour is set by pressing or moving the coarse threaded bolt 2b in the bolt receptacle 3.
- several corresponding connecting elements are generally used here.
- FIG. 3 shows the holding clip 1 and the displacement element 2 of a connecting element, the principle of construction and use of which corresponds to that shown in FIG. -1.
- the displacement body 2a is in the form of a stem with upper side surfaces 2c, 2d angled with respect to the x-y plane and lower side surfaces 2e, 2f angled with respect to the x-y plane.
- the retaining clip 1 is accordingly designed so that a positive reception of the sliding body 2a is possible.
- the coarse threaded bolt 2b is snapped into the bolt receptacle 3 (not shown) as in the sliding element shown in FIG. 1.
- Figure 4 shows the assembly process shown in Figure 2 using the sliding element shown in Figure 3.
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