Patent ID: 9656696
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B23K,B62D

Claim:
1. An attaching device configured to attach a dashboard cross-member of a motor vehicle on a front foot lining, the device comprising: an angle iron configured to be attached on the front foot lining, the angle iron including a guide part; a first positioning element, which is connected to the angle iron, and is configured to cooperate with a second positioning element which is integral with the first part, so as to make the dashboard cross-member occupy a determined position relative to the front foot lining; an attaching element configured to immobilize the first part in the determined position; wherein the connection between the first positioning element and the angle iron comprises a position-regulating mechanism which is configured to vary between a state of release, in which a position of the first positioning element relative to the angle iron is adjustable, and a blocking state in which the first positioning element is fixed relative to the angle iron, wherein the regulating mechanism includes a nut engaged on a male threaded part of the first positioning element, the nut being disposed in a receipt seat formed by the guide part of the angle iron, the receipt seat having dimensions, on a plane parallel to the wall of the angle iron, such that the nut can be displaced in the receipt seat according to a determined course in at least one direction included on the plane, wherein the first positioning element is configured to cooperate with the second positioning element by reciprocal engagement according to a first direction, which is configured to be oriented according to a longitudinal direction of a structure of the motor vehicle, and wherein the regulating mechanism provides clearance of the first positioning element relative to the angle iron in at least a second direction which is different from the first direction, the clearance being provided by the displacement of the nut in the receipt seat, thus compensating for alignment defects perpendicularly to the first direction, between the first and second positioning elements, at a moment of the reciprocal engagement.