Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
  • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
  • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
  • B60Q1/0408—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body
  • B60Q1/045—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body with provision for adjusting the alignment of the headlamp housing with respect to the vehicle body
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
  • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
  • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
  • B60Q1/0408—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body
  • B60Q1/0441—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body the housing being fastened onto the vehicle body using means other than screws
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
  • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
  • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
  • B60Q1/0408—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body
  • B60Q1/0475—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body with provisions for pre-mounting, for temporary holding the headlamp before or during final mounting
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
  • B62D27/00—Connections between superstructure or understructure sub-units
  • B62D27/02—Connections between superstructure or understructure sub-units rigid
  • B62D27/026—Connections by glue bonding
• • 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
  • F16B11/00—Connecting constructional elements or machine parts by sticking or pressing them together, e.g. cold pressure welding
  • F16B11/006—Connecting constructional elements or machine parts by sticking or pressing them together, e.g. cold pressure welding by gluing
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
  • Y10T24/33—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc. having adhesive fastener
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T403/00—Joints and connections
  • Y10T403/47—Molded joint

Definitions

• Joining arrangement for joining a first joining partner with a second joining partner of a vehicle
• the invention relates to a joining arrangement for joining joining partners of a vehicle with a first joining partner and at least one second joining partner, wherein a holding device is provided, via which the joining partners are connectable to form the joining arrangement. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for joining joining partners of a vehicle having a first joining partner and at least one second joining partner, wherein a holding device is provided, via which the joining partners are connected to form the joining arrangement.
• a front end module for vehicles which has a mounting bracket which is fastened to a body part of the vehicle. Furthermore, a light unit is arranged on the mounting bracket, wherein the attachment of the lighting unit via a holding device, in particular a holding arm takes place.
• the mounting bracket forms the first joining partner and the lighting unit the second joint partner.
• the holding arm which forms the holding device can be brought between a pre-assembly position and a final assembly position.
• a corresponding adjustment of the light unit is necessary on the mounting bracket.
• Object of the present invention is to provide a joining arrangement for joining joining partners of a vehicle, in which the assembly effort, in particular the cost of adjusting two joining partners to each other on a vehicle, is reduced.
• the holding device has a receiving structure on which at least one adhesive element is arranged, which can be brought into at least two states, wherein in a first state, the adhesive element allows an adjustment of the second joining partner on the first joining partner, and via means the change from the first state can be activated in a second state, wherein in the second state, the adhesive element is cured, whereby a fixing of the joining partners to each other can be achieved.
• the essence of the invention is that the joining partners can be fastened to one another or to a vehicle, wherein at the same time it is ensured that the joining partners have a predetermined contouring relative to one another, in particular relative to the vehicle and thus to an adjacent body part of the vehicle.
• the adhesive element which is arranged on the receiving structure and in its first state allows an adjustment of at least one of the joining partners, a reliable and secure positioning of the joining partner can be ensured on the vehicle.
• the first state of the Adhesive element is the receiving structure in a pre-assembly, in which the joining partner according to the adjacent body parts of the vehicle, such as fenders, hood, etc., can be aligned.
• the change from the first state to the second state is activated via means.
• the adhesive element hardens.
• the receiving structure is already in its final assembly position.
• a joining partner has reached a final position on the motor vehicle, which corresponds to the desired position. A final fixation of the joining partner is thus achieved in a simple manner.
• the external means may be energy that activates the change from the first state to the second state via a change of the environmental conditions. This can be done for example by access of light, sound, humidity or exclusion of atmospheric oxygen.
• the external means may be chemical means, in particular a liquid, and / or electrical means and / or mechanical means and / or air contact and / or means in the form of energy supply, in particular thermal energy to increase the temperature of the adhesive element, preferably introduced from external heat transfer and / or by means of electromagnetic radiation, in particular light energy, and / or by means of sound energy, in particular ultrasound and / or by means of microwaves and / or by means of induction.
• adhesives are known which can be converted by energy input from the first state to the second state. If energy is introduced into the mass of the adhesive, curing of the adhesive can take place, and the two joining partners are fixed to one another.
• the holding device can be arranged on the mounting carrier and / or on the lighting unit.
• the receiving structure is constructed in several parts, wherein a first receiving structure on the mounting bracket and a second receiving structure is arranged on the lighting unit.
• the adhesive element of the geometry of the receiving structure is adjusted accordingly. If the front-end module is installed in the vehicle, the multi-part receiving structure, in which the adhesive element is also located, favors a particularly reliable and simple adjustment of the lighting unit until the final assembly position of the receiving structure in which the lighting unit is correspondingly adjusted in the first state of the adhesive element Change to the second state of the adhesive element takes place.
• the receiving structure can form a cavity in which the adhesive element adapted to the cavity is received, wherein the adhesive element is preferably viscous in the first state.
• the adhesive element can be formed from a hotmelt, in particular the adhesive element can be formed from a reactive hotmelt and / or from an encapsulated polyurethane and / or from an epoxy adhesive and / or from an acrylate adhesive.
• the receiving structure may be constructed in several parts, wherein at least one first receiving structure on the first joining partner and a second receiving structure on the second joining partner is arranged and / or formed on this and / or formed by itself.
• the first receiving structure is formed as an opening and / or the second receiving structure as a rod-shaped element, wherein in particular the opening receives the preferably embodied as a cylindrical body adhesive element and / or the adhesive member comprises the rod-shaped element, so that the rod-shaped element preferably extends into the opening.
• the adhesive element may be embodied as a cylindrical body which can be inserted correspondingly into the opening of the first receiving structure. Other geometric shapes are also conceivable, which means that the opening and the rod-shaped element in addition to a circular cross-sectional geometry, for example, rectangular, square, etc. may be performed.
• the adhesive element is adapted according to the geometry of the opening and the rod-shaped element of the receiving structure.
• the second receiving structure can be T-shaped, wherein the rod-shaped element has two mutually opposite ends, wherein at both ends in each case a first receiving structure is arranged, and wherein the holding device is preferably form-fitting and / or non-positively attachable to the mounting bracket and wherein the rod-shaped element has in particular only to one side a free end to which the first receiving structure can be arranged. It is likewise conceivable for the first receiving structure and / or the second receiving structure to form a common component with the mounting carrier and / or the lighting unit.
• the first receiving structure and the second receiving structure are structurally designed such that translational and rotational movements of the joining partners to their mutual preferred edges or the preferred edges on the adjacent body parts of the vehicle are possible.
• the adhesive element can be made viscous in the first state.
• the adhesive element is preferably plastically deformable. If the desired final assembly position is reached after the adjustment of the lighting unit, the subsequent activation of the state change of the adhesive element takes place. Due to the high manufacturing tolerances the viscous adhesive element favors that on a corresponding adjustment of the lighting unit a clean joint pattern to the adjacent body parts such as fenders, bumper outer edge, hood, etc. arises.
• the adhesive element may have at least two chambers or the two chambers form a cavity, wherein in the first chamber, a first component of an adhesive and in the second chamber is a second component of an adhesive.
• a wall element is provided which separates the chambers from each other in the non-activated state of the adhesive element and is movable for activation of the adhesive element, that a mixing of the first and the second component of the adhesive is possible, wherein the wall element is movably mounted in particular on the adhesive element and at a defined attack area can be activated from the outside.
• the wall element can, for. B.
• monomers are present in both components, these are basic building blocks of the polymer formed during the mixing.
• One of the two components may, for example, resin monomers or a so-called binder, while the other component may contain hardeners.
• the components stabilizers, thixotropic agents, accelerators, other additives, and / or dyes or fillers may be used.
• the wall element can also be designed as a membrane which permits a mixing of the two components after the final assembly.
• the joining arrangement for joining prefabricated assemblies of a vehicle in particular a front end module, a rear end module, a tailgate, a door module and / or a bumper, in particular a bumper cover to a body part of a vehicle, a light unit with or on a mounting bracket and / or or a cockpit unit in the vehicle to be trained.
• the joining assembly according to the invention for joining prefabricated assemblies of a vehicle is basically advantageous if the assembly has components that must maintain an exact position to each other or the assembly must have an exact location to the body part of the vehicle, for example, to comply with gap dimensions.
• a lighting unit for example a headlight
• a front-end module if the front-end module is fastened to a body part of the vehicle via its mounting bracket, the headlight forms with others Body parts Gaps or other interfaces that must be complied with great accuracy.
• a unique adjustment position of the assembly can be "frozen.”
• the external means for activating the state change of the adhesive element can be designed such that For example, a worker may not simultaneously have to maintain an adjustment position to simultaneously initiate activation of the change of state of the adhesive element
• the external means may include, for example, time-bound activation, activation by mechanical action, or by the introduction of energy controlling operating element can be controlled.
• the first receiving structure may be formed as a sleeve and / or the second receiving structure as a cylindrical member, wherein the cylinder member extends into the sleeve and wherein the adhesive member is preferably formed like a hollow cylinder and is disposed between the sleeve and the cylinder member.
• the sleeve can be clipped by means of a clip connection with the first joining partner, wherein the adhesive member is preferably such between the sleeve and the cylinder element can be arranged that the adhesive element is inserted into the sleeve before making the clip connection and after making the clip connection in the sleeve in particular is arranged captive in the first state of the adhesive element.
• the first receiving structure may be formed as a flange with a counterpart and / or the second receiving structure as a mushroom-shaped inner part, wherein the counterpart has a half-shell-shaped receiving space in which the mushroom-shaped inner part is receivable.
• one or more locking means are provided by which the counterpart is latched to the flange and wherein the adhesive member is received in the half-shell-shaped receiving space and wherein in particular a sealing element is provided which surrounds the mushroom-shaped inner part in the region of the outlet from the counterpart.
• the first receiving structure is designed as a mounting tab which extends in a tab plane
• the second receiving structure is preferably designed as a mounting sleeve which réellerecht in a sleeve axis through the mounting tab and into which preferably a connecting element can be introduced wherein in particular the sleeve axis forms a surface normal to the tab plane.
• the mounting bracket has a tab upper part and a tab bottom, which can be arranged to form the cavity against each other, so that an adhesive element is receivable in the cavity, wherein further in the tab upper part, a sealing element and in Laschenunterteil a sealing element is added and wherein the Mounting tab in particular on the first joint partner is clipped.
• the first receiving structure as a cup-shaped body with a counterpart and / or the second receiving structure may be formed as a cylindrical inner part which extends into the cup-like body and wherein the adhesive member between the cup-shaped body and the cylindrical inner part is arranged wherein the counterpart in particular has a sealing structure.
• a heating element can be provided, which is arranged in and / or on the adhesive element or at least in the cavity and which is designed for heating the adhesive element, such that the heating element or the means forms to the change of the adhesive element from the first To activate state to a second state.
• the heating element can be introduced into the adhesive element, whereby a change from the first state to the second state of the adhesive element can be activated.
• the heating element may be in the form of a resistive element which heats up by applying a voltage and thereby generating a current flow. Is the heating element bordered or adjacent to the adhesive element Heating element on the adhesive element by this is also included in the cavity, the heat is introduced into the adhesive element by heat transfer from the heating element in the adhesive element.
• the first joining partner may form a mounting bracket for a light unit of a vehicle and the second joining partner the light unit itself, wherein the holding device has a receiving structure on which at least one adhesive element is arranged, which can be brought into at least two states, wherein in one first state, the adhesive element allows adjustment of the light unit on the mounting bracket and via means the change from the first state to a second state can be activated, in the second state, the adhesive element is cured, whereby a fixation of the light unit can be achieved on the mounting bracket.
• a method for joining joining partners of a vehicle with a first joining partner and at least one second joining partner is proposed, wherein a holding device is provided, via which the joining partners are connected to form the joining arrangement.
• the holding device has a receiving structure, on which at least one adhesive element is arranged, which can be brought into at least two states, wherein in a first state, an adjustment of the first joining partner relative to the second joining partner is made, and via means a change from the first state is activated in a second state, wherein in the second state, the adhesive element is cured, whereby a fixation of the joining partners to each other is achieved.
• a method for mounting a front end module to a body part of a vehicle with a mounting bracket is proposed on which a light unit is arranged via a holding device, wherein the mounting bracket is mounted together with the light unit to a structural part of the body part.
• the Holding device on a receiving structure on which at least one adhesive element is arranged which can be brought into at least two states, wherein in a first state of the adhesive element, an adjustment of the light unit on the body part is possible, and the use of means the change from the first state into one second state is activated and starts a curing process of the adhesive element, wherein in the second state, the adhesive element is cured, whereby a fixing of the lighting unit on the mounting bracket and on the body part is achieved.
• the particular advantage of the method according to the invention is that the assembly costs can be reduced.
• a speedy adjustment of the lighting unit in the first state of the adhesive element on the body part can be achieved.
• a secure fixation of the light unit on the mounting bracket and the body part can be achieved if, after the adjustment of the light unit, the final assembly position of the light unit is achieved on the body part of the vehicle. The final fixation takes place only via means which trigger a change from the first state to the second state of the adhesive element.
• the inventive method can be used in particular when the first joining partner is designed as a mounting bracket and the second joining partner as the body part of a vehicle, the mounting bracket, the basic structure of a front end module, a rear end module, a tailgate, a door module and / or a bumper, in particular a Bump cover and / or a cockpit unit forms and / or the second joining partner forms a lighting unit, which is arranged on the mounting bracket.
• the means are designed as external means.
• the external agent may preferably be energy, in particular heat, light, in particular UV radiation, sound and / or induction.
• the external means may be embodied as a fluid which is added to the adhesive element after the adjustment of the light unit, in particular via channels which are arranged on the holding device, on the mounting carrier and / or on the body part.
• the change from the first state to the second state of the adhesive element (hardening process) lasts less than 60 seconds, preferably less than 10 seconds.
• a suction device for adjusting the lighting unit and / or during the change from the first to the second state of the adhesive element which contacts the lighting unit.
• the worker can make a corresponding adjustment of the light unit via the suction device.
• the lighting unit can be held in its desired final assembly position during the curing process of the adhesive element.
• the adhesive element serves in the first state for adjusting the lighting unit as a kind of hinge means and in the second state as a pure fixing means for the lighting unit.
• the holding device can advantageously be designed such that a translatory and a rotational movement of the lighting unit in the first state of the adhesive element is possible.
• the lighting unit may be, for example, a separate daytime running light, a fog light or a headlight of a motor vehicle.
• the lighting unit is movable in all directions of movement for adjustment, wherein expediently the adhesive element is compressed in some areas in its first state.
• a second receiving structure which is arranged on the lighting unit, a movement path relative to a first receiving structure, which is arranged on the mounting bracket, performs for adjustment, wherein the movement path preferably up to 3 mm, especially preferably up to 10 mm.
• Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a joining arrangement using the example of a
• Frontendmoduls wherein a first joining partner is formed by a mounting bracket and a second joining partner by a lighting unit, wherein the lighting unit is not attached to the mounting bracket,
• Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a
• Holding device with a first receiving structure in the form of an opening, wherein in the opening an adhesive element is inserted,
• FIG 3 is a partial view of the lighting unit, on which a second receiving structure of the holding device is arranged, on which the first receiving structure of the mounting support is attached,
• FIG. 4 is a partial view of the lighting unit of FIG. 1,
• FIG. 5 is a further partial view of the lighting unit of FIG. 1,
• FIG. 6 is a side view of the lighting unit of FIG. 1,
• Fig. 7 is a further perspective view of the lighting unit, the am
• Fig. 8 is a further perspective view of the lighting unit without
• FIG. 9 is a schematic side view of the first and second receiving structure, 10 a, b is a schematic representation of a further embodiment of an adhesive element to be used for the holding device,
• Fig. 1 another embodiment of the holding device in which the first
• Receiving structure is formed as a sleeve and the second receiving structure as a cylindrical element
• Fig. 12a shows another embodiment of the holding device in which the first
• Receiving structure as a flange with a counterpart and the second receiving structure is formed as a mushroom-shaped inner part
• FIG. 13 shows a further embodiment of the holding device in a perspective view, in which the first receiving structure as
• Mounting tab and the second receiving structure is designed as a mounting sleeve
• FIG. 14 shows the embodiment according to FIG. 13 in a cut, two-dimensional view, FIG.
• Fig. 16 shows another embodiment of the holding device in which the first
• Receiving structure is formed as a cup-shaped body and the second receiving structure as a cylindrical inner part and
• Fig. 17 shows the embodiment of the holding device according to FIG. 16 in a non-assembled, perspective view.
• 1 shows a perspective view of a joining arrangement using the example of a front-end module, wherein a first joining partner 10 is formed by a mounting bracket 10 and a second joining partner 20 by a lighting unit 20.
• the illustrated embodiment of the holding device 30 can also be used for other joining arrangements, for example, the first joining partner 10 as mounting bracket 10 and the second joint partner 20 may be designed as a body part of a vehicle, wherein the mounting bracket 10, the basic structure of a front end module, a rear end module, a tailgate, a door module and / or a bumper, in particular a bumper cover forms.
• a front end module for vehicles extends substantially over the entire width of the motor vehicle and is mounted in the front region thereof.
• the front-end module which is not shown in its entirety according to FIG. 1, has an elongated mounting bracket 10, which is only partially shown.
• the mounting bracket 10 has in addition to the inclusion of, for example, a cooling unit and a bumper at opposite end portions of each recordings for mounting lamp units 20.
• the lighting unit 20 is formed as a headlight and has a housing which is fastened via a holding device 30 on the mounting bracket 10, which is shown as shown in accordance with a first embodiment.
• the receiving structure 31, 32 is constructed in several parts.
• the receiving structure 31, 32 has a first receiving structure 31, which can be attached to the mounting bracket 10.
• the first receiving structure 31 is designed with an opening 31 a, which is explicitly shown in Fig. 2.
• an adhesive member 40 is used, which is designed in the present embodiment as a cylindrical body.
• the second receiving structure 31 has a T-shaped foot portion 31 b, which during insertion of the lighting unit 20 to the mounting bracket 10 of FIG. 1 in a corresponding receiving opening 1 1, which is adapted to the foot portion 31 b is inserted.
• Various positive and / or non-positive fastening alternatives are also conceivable.
• the first receiving structure 31 is fastened together with the adhesive element 40 to the second receiving structure 32 of the lighting unit 20 (see FIG. 3).
• the second receiving structure 32 is formed as a rod-shaped element 32a.
• the second receiving structure 32 is T-shaped, wherein the rod-shaped element 32a has two mutually opposite ends, and wherein at both ends in each case the first receiving structure 31 is arranged with the respective adhesive member 40.
• the lighting unit 20 has a receiving structure 31, 32 in the lower area, the upper area of the lighting unit 20 being equipped with two receiving structures 31, 32, which are illustrated in FIG. 4 as follows.
• the first receiving structure 31 is designed with an opening 31 a, in which the cylindrical adhesive member 40 is already inserted.
• the second receiving structure 32 has a free end only on one side, to which the first receiving structure 31 with the adhesive element 40 can be fastened.
• the first receiving structure 31 has an opening 31 c, which serves for fastening the receiving structure 31, 32 on the mounting bracket 10, which is shown schematically in Fig. 5.
• the mounting bracket 10 is also designed with a corresponding opening 12, which is shown in Fig. 1. About a shown in Fig. 5 screw member 33 which is guided through the openings 12, 31 c, an attachment of the receiving structure 31, 32 of the upper portion of the lighting unit 20 on the mounting bracket 10 can be realized.
• the adhesive element 40 can be brought into two states. In a first state, an adjustment of the lighting unit 20 due to the existing manufacturing tolerances. This is indicated schematically in FIGS. 6 and 9.
• the adjustment of the lighting unit 20 can be done in all directions of movement, which are shown with the coordinate shown in Fig. 6, done. in this connection
• the adhesive element 20 can be compressed in regions in its first state, which is indicated in FIG. 9.
• the second receiving structure 32 of the lighting unit 20 may perform a movement path relative to the first receiving structure 31 of the mounting bracket 10 for adjustment, wherein the movement path in the present embodiment may be +/- 3 mm.
• the change from the first state to the second state of the adhesive element 40 takes place via external means.
• the adhesive element 40 hardens.
• the external means is energy externally supplied to the adhesive member 40, thereby activating the change from the first state to the second state.
• This z. B. UV light can be used. Heat and / or sound can alternatively be used as energy resources. This depends on the material used of the adhesive element 40. Also, the use of a 2-component adhesive is conceivable. A fluid constituting the second component is added to the adhesive member 40 after the adjustment of the lighting unit 20. Subsequently, the already described change of the adhesive element 20 in its second state.
• a suction device may be provided, which is contacted with the lighting unit 20.
• an adjustment of the lighting unit 20 is thus conceivable in a simple manner.
• the adhesive member 40 has a first 41 and a second chamber 42.
• a first component of an adhesive and in the second chamber 42, a second component of an adhesive is included.
• the chambers 41, 42 are separated from each other in Fig. 10a by a movable wall 43, which is in its rest position.
• the lighting unit is in its final assembly position, the worker can attack on an externally accessible area 44 of the wall 43 and thus convert the wall 43 in an activation position.
• the chambers 41, 42 can thus communicate with each other, whereby a mixing of the two adhesive components takes place and a curing process the glue mixture starts. As a result, a fixation of the light unit to the mounting bracket is also reliably achieved.
• FIG. 1 shows a further embodiment of the holding device 30.
• the first receiving structure 31 is designed as a sleeve 31b 'and the second receiving structure is designed as a cylindrical element 32b, wherein the cylindrical element 32b extends into the sleeve 31b'.
• the adhesive member 40 is formed like a hollow cylinder and arranged between the sleeve 31 b 'and the cylinder member 32 b.
• the sleeve 31 b ' is clipped by means of a clip connection 50 with the first joining partner 10, wherein the adhesive member 40 is disposed between the sleeve 31 b' and the cylinder member 32 b, that the adhesive member 40 before making the clip connection 50 in the sleeve 31 b ' can be used and after making the clip connection 50 in the sleeve 31 b 'in particular in the first state of the adhesive member 40 is arranged captive.
• FIG. 12a shows in a cutaway, two-dimensional view and FIG. 12b in a singular, perspective view another embodiment of the holding device 30, in which the first receiving structure 31 as a flange 31f with a counterpart 31f and the second receiving structure 32 as a mushroom-shaped inner part 32f is.
• the counterpart 31 f has a half-shell-shaped receiving space 61, in which the mushroom-shaped inner part 32f is receivable.
• latching means 62 are shown, which are peripherally mounted on the flange 31f, wherein the counterpart 31f can be latched by the latching means 62 with the flange 31 f.
• the adhesive member 40 is received in the half-shell-shaped receiving space 61 by this is adapted to the half-shell shape.
• a sealing element 60 is provided which encloses the mushroom-shaped inner part 32f in the region of the exit from the counterpart 31f.
• Figures 13, 14 and 15 show a further embodiment of the embodiment of the holding device 30.
• the first receiving structure 31 is designed as a mounting tab 31 d, which extends in a tab plane.
• the second receiving structure 32 is formed as a mounting sleeve 32d, the right in a sleeve axis 70 by the mounting tab 31 d therethrough.
• a connecting element 75 in the form of a screw in the mounting sleeve 32d can be introduced.
• the sleeve axis 70 forms a surface normal to the tab plane, wherein the sleeve axis 70 pierces an inner part 83, which enters into a firm connection with the mounting sleeve 70 when the connecting element 75 is inserted into the mounting sleeve 32d.
• the mounting sleeve 32d may be embodied, for example, as an expansion sleeve which forms both a firm bond with the inner part 83 and with the second joining partner 20 by spreading.
• the first joining partner 10 has a clip arrangement 84, so that the mounting tab 31 d can latch in the clip arrangement 84 by means of a latching arrangement 85.
• the latching arrangement 85 has two cylindrical elements and two latching hooks, via which the mounting sleeve 32d with the clip assembly 84 in the first joining partner 10 can enter into a rigid connection.
• the mounting tab 31d is formed from a tab top 71 and a tab bottom 72, so that the formation of a cavity is created by arranging tab top 71 and tab bottom 72 against each other.
• An adhesive element 40 can now be accommodated in this cavity, with a sealing element 73 also being arranged in the upper flap part 71 and a sealing element 74 in the lower flap part 72.
• the mounting tab 31 d forms together with the inner part 83 and the sealing elements 73 and 74 a closed cavity in which the preferably viscous adhesive element 40 is used captive and in particular leak-proof can be.
• the upper flap part 71 and the lower flap part 72 can be latched, clipped, welded or glued together, for example, after the adhesive element 40 has been introduced into the cavity formed on the inside.
• a heating element 76 is provided which is arranged, for example, in the adhesive element 40 or accommodated therein.
• the heating element 76 is configured to heat the adhesive member 40 such that the heating element 76 forms the means or means for transferring the adhesive member 40 from the first condition to the second condition.
• the heating element 76 is designed as an electric heating element 76, and there is shown an electrical connection 86, by means of which an electric current can flow through the heating element 76 and after heating of the heating element 76 via a handle member 87 from Heating element 76 can be removed.
• the heating element 76 can be designed as a resistance wire or of a flat material with an electrical resistance, which heats up when a current is applied via the electrical connection 86. By the heat thus released, the adhesive member 40 is heated, whereby according to the invention the means for activating the change from the first to the second state of the adhesive member 40 is formed.
• the heating element 76 shown can be used in any embodiment of the adhesive element 40 according to each further illustrated embodiment of the present invention, so that the arrangement of the heating element 76 in the illustrated embodiment of the holding device 30 according to the figures 13, 14 and 15 is only an example and in each other possible embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in the same or similar manner.
• the cavity, in which the adhesive member 40 is received at the same time receive the heating element 76, so that this is arranged only adjacent to the adhesive member 40, wherein based on heat conduction in the same manner heat can be introduced into the adhesive member 40.
• Figures 16 and 17 show a final embodiment of the embodiment of the holding device 30.
• the first receiving structure forms
• the adhesive member 40 is designed like a hollow cylinder and arranged between the cup-shaped body 31 e and the cylindrical inner part 32e. To mount the holding device 30, the adhesive element 40 is first inserted into the cup-shaped body 31 e, then the cylindrical inner part 32 e is inserted into the adhesive element 40 on the inside.
• the counterpart 31 e ' is attached to the cup-like body 31 e, for example via a clip connection or a bayonet closure, the counterpart 31 e' having a sealing structure 80 which seals the cavity formed between the cup-shaped body 31 e and the cylindrical inner part 32 e, for sealingly receiving the adhesive member 40 between the cup-shaped body 31e and the cylindrical inner member 32e.
• the cylindrical inner part 32e shows a head section with a knurling 88 in order to create a positive connection of the cylindrical inner part 32e in the adhesive element 40.
• Holding device first receiving structure a opening b foot area b 'sleeve c opening d mounting lug e cup-shaped body e' counterpart f flange f counterpart
• second receiving structure a rod-shaped element b cylindrical element d mounting sleeve e cylindrical inner part f mushroom-shaped inner part

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