MXPA98001931A - Article to fix to blind and vehicle that carries my - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fastener article adapted to be fixed invisible on a support provided with an opening of a predetermined contour comprising: a) a first part having: i) two flexible tabs each structure, in the absence of any force that act on this, over a predetermined length as measured from a free end thereof, which will be effortlessly inserted into the opening in the holder, each of the tabs being movable within the opening in a locking position in the holder, ii) a stop for leaning against the support when the predetermined length of the flexible tabs has been inserted in the opening, and iii) a body to which the flexible tabs are connected, where the body includes an opening in the body of a predetermined outline which opens outwardly between the flexible tabs, and b) a second piece having: i) a fixing leg adapted to cooperate with the first workpiece part; was that the fixing leg can be inserted, from a free end thereof, through the opening of the body, where the article to be fixed is locked in the opening within the support as a result of the fixing leg expanding the flexible tabs in a position blocking with the support opening, ii) a snap-in arrangement located on the fixing leg to make contact with the tabs and thereby hold the second part in the first part when the article to be fixed is in the configuration of the blocking position in the support, and iii) an element in which the fixing leg is connected through a second end, where each of the flexible tongues has, an external end thereof, a surface inclined towards the outside and toward its free end which will latch with the periphery of the opening in the holder when the flexible tabs are separated from each other after having been inserted into the opening in or of the support over the predetermined length

Description

ARTICLE FOR FIXING BLIND AND VEHICLE THAT CARRY THE SAME The invention relates to articles that are fixed blindly. It aims to allow an operator to fix the article, especially in a vehicle assembly line, without tools and with moderate effort, that is to say with an effort that does not entail any muscular fatigue in particular. The invention proposes for this purpose an article that can be fixed blindly on a support provided with a predetermined contour opening, characterized in that it comprises: a) a first piece that bears: i) 2 flexible legs which, in the absence of stress, occupy a rest position in which they can be introduced without effort in the opening of the support, by a predetermined section from its free end, and to occupy due to the distance from the rest position, a position interlocking or securing in the support, ii ) a stop element for leaning against the support when the flexible legs have been introduced into the opening of the support over said predetermined section, and iii) a body to which the flexible legs are joined by a second end, provided with a contour opening predetermined that flows between the flexible legs; and b) a second piece carrying: i) a fixing foot adapted to cooperate with the first piece so that the fixing foot can be introduced, from its free end, through the opening of the body of the first piece and in such a way that the article to be fixed admits an interlocking configuration on the support in which the fixing foot keeps the flexible legs of the first part separated, in said locking position, ii) under pressure connection element for maintaining the second piece in the first piece when the article to be fixed is in the interlocking configuration on the support and iii) an element to which the fixing foot is attached by a second end. In practice, the useful portion of the article to be fixed is this element that is part of the second piece, which may be for example a sunshade hook or in sunscreen, of the vehicle. To fix the article, the operator introduces the flexible legs of the first piece in the opening of the support until the stop element of the first piece comes to rest on the support and then sinks the foot of the fixation of the second piece in the opening of the body of the first piece until reaching the interlocking configuration in which the first piece is retained in the support thanks to the fact that its flexible legs are kept in separate condition and in which the second piece remains in the first piece thanks to the elements of union under pressure. It is seen that the correct positioning of the article on the support is effected by a simple movement of sinking the first piece in the support and then the second piece of the first piece and that only the introducer operation of the fixing foot of the second piece in the first, it requires a certain effort. Due to the fact that the first part does not come under pressure in the support before sinking the second part in the first, the effort required to carry out this introduction may be particularly moderate. According to the preferred characteristics for practical implementation issues, the following is indicated: - each flexible leg carries on the external side a face inclined to the outside and towards its free end to communicate with the contour of the opening of the support when the flexible legs are next intersected of having been introduced into the opening of the support over said predetermined section; and - the aforementioned joining elements under pressure, which carry the second part, to be connected to the first part when the article to be fixed remains in the configuration of interlocks on the support, have teeth disposed at the end of the foot and fastening, on the outer side, adapted to be beyond the fixing legs when the article is in the interlocking configuration, and which each carry a stop face which opposes to the free end of a copy respectively of the flexible legs. According to other preferred features, the first and the second part have elements to be held against each other in a waiting configuration in which the fixing foot of the second part is inserted partially through the opening of the first part and in that the flexible legs of the first piece are in rest position. In this way the assembly of the article on the support is particularly simple, since it suffices for the operator to take it as an element of the second piece and after performing a global sinking movement in which the first piece is first placed in front of the support, causes the second piece to sink into the first piece until the interlocking configuration. Preferably, for reasons of convenience of embodiment, the elements for holding the article in its waiting configuration, comprise: - on the first piece, flexible sheets that extend from the body on the same side as the flexible legs, respectively to both sides of the opening, and each flexible sheet is provided internally with a tooth located in the vicinity of the body; - on the second piece, two notches disposed on both sides of the fixing foot, in the vicinity of its free end, to receive the teeth of the flexible sheets. According to other preferred features, the first and the second part are adapted to cooperate so that from the locking configuration, the second part can pivot coaxially in relation to the first part, up to an unlocking or unlocking configuration in which the fixing foot of the second piece allows the flexible legs to approach each other in a clearly visible manner, to the resting position. Thus when it is useful for the operator to disassemble the article, it can be done in conditions similar to its assembly, that is, without tools and without effort. Preferably, for practical reasons of realization: the first part carries on each flexible leg, on the internal side, a cam that extends over a predetermined section from the free end; - the second part has a fixing foot which presents, in a predetermined section from its free end, a part which overall has an H section carrying a core and two wings, the external surfaces of the wings being adapted to cooperate with the cams to keep the flexible legs separated in the locking configuration, each space delimited by said core and wings being adapted to receive a cam in said unlocking configuration. The invention also contemplates, under a second aspect, a vehicle equipped with the article that we have just described, mounted on a support in which the vehicle carries. Now the disclosure of the invention is followed by a description of an exemplary embodiment, given in what follows, by way of illustration and not limitation, and with reference to the accompanying drawings. In these drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of the support in which the article according to the invention must be fixed; this view shows the area of the support where the opening of the article assembly is located. Figures 2 and 3 are perspective views showing respectively each of the pieces that together form the article to be fixed; Figure 4 is a partial perspective view of the piece illustrated in Figure 2, taken at an angle that allows to see the inner side of the flexible sheets located just on the side of the opening of this piece; Figure 5 is an elevation view of the article in which the two pieces are assembled in a waiting configuration, the first piece being in place on the support and in which a cut according to a plane of longitudinal symmetry is shown; Figure 6 is a similar view of the article in wait configuration, but taken in section according to a plane of transverse symmetry; Figures 7 and 8 are sectional views, respectively identified with the references VII-VII and VIII-VIII in Figure 5; Figures 9 and 10 are elevational and sectional views, respectively according to a plane of longitudinal symmetry and following a plane of transverse symmetry, showing the article in interlocking configuration; - Figure 11 is a perspective view of the article in this configuration; and - Figure 12 is a view similar to Figure 9 but with the second part in a condition pivoted 90 ° with respect to the first part. The support 1 partially shown in FIG. 1 is a profile that forms part of the bodywork of an automobile located above the windshield. It has a virtually flat surface 2 which joins a cup 3 having its inclined flanks 4 and a virtually flat bottom 5, parallel to the surface 1, and in which a rectangular opening 6 is made (see also FIGS. 9 and 12). The piece 7 shown specifically in FIG. 2 is made of plastic material molded in one piece. It carries a body 8, 2 flexible legs 9A and 9B and 2 flexible sheets 10A and 10B. The body 8 is flat. It has an outer contour which is oval in shape and large enough to completely cover the cup 3. At its center, the body 8 has a square-shaped opening 11, which opens between the legs 9A and 9B and between the sheets 10A and 10A. 10B. The flexible legs 9A and 9B extend as protrusions from the body 8 and are generally oriented in the transverse direction of the piece 7. They are symmetrical (mirror image) with respect to each other. On the outer side, each of the legs 9A and 9B has a surface 12 inclined towards its free end and outside. After the surface 12, towards the free end, there is no surface facing outwards. The edge 13 limits the surface 12 on the side of the free end and constitutes the site that is located to a greater extent outside the part of the external surface of the leg 9A or the leg 9B located between its free end and the latch. which limits the surface 12 on the side of the body 8.

In the absence of stress, the legs 9A and 9B occupy the rest position shown in figures 2, 4 and 5, in which the distance between the respective latches 13 corresponds almost to the length of the opening 6 of the support 1. The width of the legs 9A and 9B is constant over almost its entire height and corresponds substantially to the width of the opening 6. As seen more particularly in Figure 5, the legs 9A and 9B, when in the rest position, they can be introduced into the opening 6 to the level of the surface 12 without there being any need or almost need to make them fold so that such introduction is effected without effort. The distance between the latch 14 of each of the legs 9A and 9B and the surface 15 of the body 8 located on the periphery thereof on the same side of the legs 9A and 9B, corresponds practically to the depth of the cup 3 so that when the surface 15 of the piece 7 comes to rest on the surface 2 of the support 1, the surface 12 is almost at the level of the opening 6, as shown in figure 5. Now when the legs 9A and 9B between them (see Figure 9), the surface 12 comes to rest on the contour of the opening 6 so that the removal of the piece 7 opposite the support 1 becomes impossible.

It will be noted that the operation between the contour of the opening 6 and the legs 9A and 9B by means of the surface 12 enables the body 8 to be perfectly clamped above the surface 2 and to accept the relatively large three-dimensional tolerances., for the depth of the cup 3 and for the length of the opening 6. The orientation of the external surfaces located between the surface 12 and the free end of the legs 9A and 9B facilitates the introduction of the latter into the opening 6. With its horizontally V-shaped section horizontally with the tip turned outwards, which have the legs 9A and 9B between the surface 12 and the body 8, it facilitates the manufacture of the mold in which the piece 7 is obtained. The joining area between the leg 9A or the leg 9B the body 8 is of a thickness less than the rest of these legs in order to facilitate the flexing of them around this area. On the inner side, each of the legs 9A and 9b carries a cam 16 that extends for a certain length from the free end, in a centered condition and with a constant width smaller than the width of the opening 6 of the support 1. The surfaces 17, 18 and 19 of the cams 16 that face one another in relation to each other, are all oriented towards the inside and towards the free end. A surface 20 in retracted condition with respect to the surfaces 17, 18 and 19, delimits the free end of the cams 16. The flexible sheets 10A and 10B extend as projecting parts from the body 8, on the same side as the legs 9A and 9B and they are oriented globally according to the longitudinal direction of the piece 7. They are symmetrical (mirror image) with respect to each other. The height of the sheets 10A and 10B is less than the depth of the cup 3 in which they are housed when the piece 7 is placed on the support 1 as shown particularly in figures 5 and 9. The sheets 10A and 10B have globally a constant thickness and each carry on the inner side a tooth 21 centered and narrower than the sheets 10A and 10B. Each tooth 21 has a surface 22 facing the body 8 that is inclined to the inside and towards the opposite area of the body, and a surface 23 in a retracted condition relative to the surface 22. The piece 30 that constitutes the second piece of the article to be fixed, shown especially in figure 3, is also made of plastic material molded in one piece. It has a parasol hook 31 and a fixing foot 32. The hook 31 carries on the side seen from above on the drawings, a recess 33 intended to receive in a well-known manner an articulation turret for the sun protector , vehicle. The base of the hook 31 is flat and has an oval external contour that corresponds overall to that of the body 8 of the piece 7. On the side facing the foot 32, the hook 31 carries an annular cavity 34 to limit the thickness of the material . A cylindrical tambo is at the center of the cavity 34, and it is at the base of this tambo or shank where the foot 32 joins. The latter carries a part 36 of a shape generally with a section in H and a part 37 in a general cylindrical The general space occupied by the part 36 is smaller than that of the part 37. The diameter of the latter corresponds to the length of one side of the square-shaped opening 11 of the piece 7. The part 36 extends over a certain length of starting from the free end of foot 32 (lower end in figure 3). As seen more particularly in FIG. 8, the part 36 has a core 38 oriented in the longitudinal direction of the piece 30 and carries at each end of the core 38 a flange 39 oriented in the transverse direction of the piece 30. ' The distance separating the surfaces from 40 of the wings 39 is greater than the width of the teeth 21 of the sheets 10A and 10B and corresponds almost to the width of the cams 16 of the parts 9A and 9B. The outer surfaces 41 of the wings 39 are parallel to the surfaces 40 and are separated by a distance as if the surfaces 19 of the sheets 16 of the legs 9A and 9B were separated by that distance, while the legs 9A and 9B are separated sufficiently so that its surface 12 covers the contour of the opening 6 (see figure 9). Each of the junctions between a surface 40 and a surface 41 is established by a rounded surface 42, which has a section that constitutes a quarter of a circle. The core 38 carries, from its free end and over a certain distance, an inter-axis 43 and part 37 of the foot 32 corresponds almost to the distance separating the surfaces 19 of the cams 16 in the resting position (see the figure 12). Each external surface of inter-axis 42 bears almost half the height a notch 44 having a profile similar to that of the free end of the teeth 21 of the sheets 10A and 10B (see more particularly Figures 6 and 10). On the outer side of each of the wings 39, the foot 32 carries a tooth 45 which extends from the free end over the same distance as the inter-axis 43. As seen more particularly in figure 8, the teeth 45 have a constant thickness corresponding to that of the inter-axis 43. The teeth 45 each carry a surface 46 oriented parallel to and in front of the surface 29 delimiting the base of the hook 31, with an outer surface 47 oriented transversely to the surface 46 and a ramp 48 facing the free end and the interior, the base of the ramp 48 being almost on the extension of the external surface 41 of the corresponding wing 39. The distance separating the surfaces 47 from the respective teeth 45 is almost equal to the length of one side of the square-shaped opening 11 of the part 7. The part 37 of the foot 32 carries from the hook 31, a section 47 with a section clearly cylindrically and between this section 49 and the part 36 has a section 50 which has a channel 51 in the extension of each cavity located between the core 38 and the wings 39 of the part 36. Each channel 51 has a U-shaped section with a width corresponding to that of the teeth 21, and with a depth such that the bottom of the channel 51 is not located at the same level as the external surfaces of the core 38, but slightly more towards the outside, almost at the level of the bottom of the notches 44 of the inter-axis 43 Just below the section 49, the part 37 has 2 recesses 52, oriented transversely to the channels 51, that is to say with a general orientation parallel to the base of the hook 31. The distance that separates the recesses 52 from the base surface 29 of the hook 31, corresponds to the distance that separates the teeth 21 from the surface 28 of the body 8 from the surface 7 that is opposite the surface 15 (see more particularly FIGS. 6 and 10). As seen in Figure 7, each of the recesses 52 carries a bottom having a rounded surface 53 and a straight surface 54, oriented at 90 ° with respect to the bottom surface 55 of the channel 51, and located thereto. distance from the axis 56 of the piece 30. The rounded surface 53 has a quarter-circle section whose diameter corresponds to the distance between the axis 56 and the surface 54 or the surface 55. Thus, when each of the teeth 21 of the piece 7 is in a respective recess 52 of piece 30, with the free end of each tooth 21 resting on one of surfaces 55, it is possible to rotate piece 30 by 90 ° with respect to piece 7, in whose case the free end of the teeth 21 passes from the surface 55 to the surface 54 sliding on the surface 53. The rounded surface 42 of the portion 36 and more precisely to those which are located at the top on the left and below at the right on the fig ura 8, also allow the rotation of the piece 30 with respect to the piece 7, while the surface 19 of the cams 16 slide on these surfaces 42 to pass from the outside of the wings 39 to the space located between these wings (see especially Figures 11 and 12). Now we will explain in what way the article formed by the pieces 7 and 30 is used. After having been manufactured separately, these pieces are previously assembled in the waiting configuration shown in figures 5 and 6, in which the pieces 7 and 30 to each other thanks to the fact that the teeth 21 are housed in the notches 44 of the inter-axis 43. To reach this position, the piece 30 is presented in front of the piece 7 with the foot 32 facing the body 8 on the side of the surface 28, looking for the longitudinal and transverse planes of symmetry of the two pieces to coincide, and the foot 32 is inserted in the opening 11. Considering the dimensions indicated above, the foot 32 is inserted freely in the opening 11 and then the inter-axis 43 comes into contact on both sides with a corresponding tooth 21, by means of the surface 22 of the tooth. When the sinking movement of the foot 32 in the hole 11 is continued, the cooperation between the axis 43 and the tooth 21 causes the flexible sheets 10A and 10B to be separated between them, while the closing of the sheets 21 slides over the edges. side walls of the inter-axis 43 and ends up being again in a notch 44. Then we are in the waiting configuration, shown in figures 5 and 6, in which the pieces 7 and 30 are held one to the other. The support provided by the cooperation of the sheets 10A and 10B provided with the teeth 21 with the inter-axis 43 that have the notches 44, offers a means of quality support that offers good guarantees of unseizable type. It is in this waiting configuration that the article is made available to the operator who has only to proceed with the assembly of the assembly on the support 1. In the waiting configuration the legs 9A and 9B of the piece 7 are not in contact with foot 32 and therefore remain in rest position. To proceed with the assembly of article 7, 30 in the waiting configuration, the operator takes it by the hook 31 and presents it with the flexible legs 9A and 9B in front, in aligned condition with the opening 6, in which it inserts the legs . As explained above, the legs 9A and 9B pass through the opening 6 without requiring effort on the part of the operator and when the surface 12 of the respective legs are at the level of the opening 6, the surface 15 of the body 8 reaches resting on the surface 2 of the support 1, which forbids the part 7 to be inserted first. The effort of the insertion that is still exerted by the operator is intended to separate the flexible sheets 10A and 10B from each other so that the teeth 21 escape from the notches 44 and the foot 32 sinks with respect to the piece 7. The movement to the interlocking configuration shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 in which the base surface 29 of the hook 31 rests on the surface 28 of the body 8 of the part 7. During the passage of the standby configuration (FIG. and 6) to the interlocking configuration (FIGS. 9 to 11), the end is slid, that is to say the end of the sheets 21, firstly beyond the notches 44 on the walls between the axis 43 and then moves freely in front of the soul 38 finally when the teeth 21 are inserted into the respective channels 51, resting on the bottom 55 of these channels, each tooth 21 being located, when the article is placed in the locking configuration, in a condition housed within a corresponding recess 52 . As regards the cooperation of the foot 32 and of the flexible sheets 9A and 9B during the transition from the waiting configuration to the locking configuration, the contact is only established after a certain sinking course, when the ramps 48 of the teeth 45 are each located opposite a surface 17 of a corresponding cam 16. During the sinking or insertion movement, the ramps 48 slide successively on the surfaces 17, 18 and 19 so that the legs 9A and 9B they separate between them and then the surfaces 47 slide on the surfaces 19, which they end up passing so that the sheets 9A and 9B stop slightly with the surfaces 20 that are placed in front of the surfaces 46 of the teeth 45. As shown in FIG. explained in the above, in the cooperation between the surfaces 12 and the edges of the opening 6 causes the piece 7 to be locked in front of the support 1. The part 30 on the other hand it engages with the piece 7 because it can neither sink further (by the cooperation of the surfaces 28 and 29) nor can it be removed from the piece 7 (cooperation of the cams 16 and the teeth 45) nor can it be displaced laterally (cooperation of the cylindrical portion 49 of the foot 32 with the opening 11 in square shape). It is seen that the assembly of the article formed by the parts 7 and 30 is particularly simple and easy to perform and that it specifically asks the operator only for a reduced insertion force to reach the complete assembly of the article.

If for any reason, the operator wishes to proceed with the disassembly of the article, it is enough for him to take the hook 31 to pivot the piece 30 by 90 ° with respect to the piece 7 in the direction in which the end of the hook is seen to the left in figures 3, 5, 9 and 11 is pulled towards the reader. As explained above, this rotation movement is allowed as regards the cooperation of the foot 32 with the sheets 10A and 10B, by the recesses 52. When, in the case of cooperation between the foot 32 and the sheets 9A and 9B, the exertion of rotation exerted causes the legs 9A and 9B to be separated slightly from each other, which first slide on the external surfaces 41 of the wings 39 and then on the rounded surfaces 42, until the sheets 16 penetrate into the space that is found. on both sides of the web 38, between the surfaces 40, as shown in FIG. 12. As a result of the penetration of the cams 16 into these spaces, the sheets 9A and 9B are again in their rest position or approximately , that is, in the unlocking configuration shown in figure 12. It is evident that it suffices to pull the hook 31 to extract the article from the support 1; The item will not have experienced any deterioration. It is seen that article 1, 30 can also be assembled as disassembled without tools and with moderate effort on the part of the operator. If it is desired to insert article 7, 30 of new accounts, to its waiting configuration, it is only necessary to separate the legs 9A and 9B and rotate the piece 30 with respect to the piece 7 to drive the article to the interlocking configuration and then again separate the legs 9A and 9B to allow the part 30 to move axially in relation to the piece 7, until it reaches the waiting position. It will be noted that the hook 30, with respect to the classic sunscreen hooks, which are fixed with a screw has the advantage of not having a through hole for the screw that influences its conformation (in classical hooks the hole must not pass through the receiving space of the turret 33), and that is an element Nefarious on the plane of mechanical structuring. In a variant not shown, the hook 31 is replaced by another element that must be mounted blindly on a wall. Numerous other variants are possible depending on the circumstances, especially when the article is to be held on a globally flat area of the support (without the mounting hole being made in the bottom of a cup) or in the case where it is not useful the article is removable or supports a waiting configuration.

More generally, we remember that the invention is not limited to the examples described and represented.

Claims (10)

1. CLAIMS 1. An article to be fixed blindly on a support provided with a predetermined contour opening, characterized in that it comprises: a) a first piece that bears: i) two flexible legs that, in the absence of stress, occupy a rest position in which a predetermined length from its free end can be introduced effortlessly into the opening of the support to occupy by separation from the rest position, a position locked on the support, ii) a stop element to rest on the support when the flexible legs have been introduced into the opening of the support over said predetermined length, iii) a body with which the flexible legs are joined by a second end, provided with a predetermined contour opening opening between the flexible legs; b) a second part comprising: i) a fixing foot adapted to cooperate with the first part so that the fixing foot can be introduced, from its free end, through the opening of the body of the first piece and so that the article to be fixed admits an interlocking configuration on the support in which the fixing foot keeps the flexible legs of the first part separated in the said locking position, ii) elements of union under pressure to maintain the second piece in the first piece when the article to be fixed is in the interlocking configuration on the support, and iii) an element to which the fixing foot is connected by a second end. The article according to claim 1, characterized in that each flexible leg carries on the external side a surface inclined towards the outside and towards its free end, to communicate with the outline of the opening of the support when the flexible legs are separated between them afterwards. of having been introduced into the opening of the support over said predetermined length. The article according to any of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the pressure-jointing elements carried by the second part to be held in the first part when the article to be fixed is in the interlocking configuration on the support, they have teeth disposed at the end of the fixing foot, on the outer side, adapted to be beyond the fixing legs when the article is in the interlocking configuration, and each carrying a stop surface which is placed opposite the free end of a respective copy of said flexible legs. The article according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the first and the second piece carry elements to keep the one joined with respect to the other in a waiting configuration in which the fixing foot of the second piece is partially inserted through opening of the first piece and in which the flexible legs of the first piece are in rest position. The article according to claim 4, characterized in that the elements for holding the article in a waiting configuration comprise: - in the first part flexible sheets that extend from the body on the same side as the flexible legs respectively on both sides of the body. the opening, each flexible sheet being provided internally with a tooth located close to the body; - on the second piece, 2 notches arranged on both sides of the fixing foot, in the vicinity of its free end, to receive the teeth of the flexible sheets. The article according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the first and the second piece are adapted to cooperate so that, from the locking configuration, the second piece can pivot coaxially with respect to the first piece until an interlocking configuration in which the fixing foot of the second part allows the flexible legs to approach each other essentially to the rest position. The article according to claim 6, characterized in that: the first part carries on each flexible leg, on the internal side, a cam that extends over a predetermined length from the free end; - the second part has a fixing foot which has, in a predetermined length from its free end, a part having overall an H section carrying a core and 2 wings, the outer surfaces of the wings being adapted to cooperate with the cams to keep the flexible legs separated in the locking configuration and each space delimited by the web and the wings being adapted to receive a cam in the said unlocking configuration. The article according to claim 7, characterized in that a rounded surface is provided between the inner and outer surfaces of the wings. The article according to any of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the element that carries the second piece is a hook of a sun shield, for a vehicle. 10. A vehicle characterized in that it carries a support provided with a predetermined contour opening and an article according to any of claims 1 to 9, mounted on this support.