Patent ID: 11878379
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. Apparatus for fastening a component to a carrier component, comprising:
a base body, wherein the base body comprises first catching means for fastening the apparatus to a carrier component, and
an actuating element via which the apparatus can be subjected to a force acting in an assembly direction in order to transfer the apparatus from a pre-assembly position into a final assembly position, wherein the assembly direction extends orthogonally to a surface of a carrier component, and, wherein the actuating element comprises at least one catching element, which, in the pre-assembly position, engages with a correspondingly formed pre-assembly catching element of the base body and, in the final assembly position, engages with an assembly catching element of the base body, wherein a connection of the catching element to the assembly catching element verifies that the final assembly position is reached, such that the actuating element forms a visual assembly verification device;
wherein the base body comprises a bracket fastening element that is arrangeable in a correspondingly formed fastening element receptacle of the base body, wherein the fastening element comprises the receiving portion and comprises the first catching means for fastening the apparatus to a carrier component;
wherein the fastening element is connected to the actuating element via two spring arms in order to compensate for tolerances, or the fastening element is formed as a separate component.