Patent ID: 6131252
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: B60K,F01N,F16B,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
A connecting arrangement for an exhaust gas system comprising a first component and a second component to be connected to each other so that the components are displaceable relative to each other as a result of different heat expansion behavior,one of the first and second components being an exhaust gas unit subjected to high temperatures during operation and the other of the first and second components being a sheet metal heat shield beneath the exhaust gas unit; the connecting arrangement comprising:a connecting member provided with slide tabs having slide surfaces for slidable clamping engagement with a first component and having two clamp legs resiliently connected to each other by an intermediate portion, the slide tabs engaging the first component with a predetermined spring pressure to permit relative sliding motion of the first component in the horizontal direction and the second component being rigidly affixed to the connecting member;the clamp legs including stops which abut each other when the clamp legs are closed; andthe second component having an oblong opening in which the connecting member is displaceable during relative motion of the first and second components, the extent of the displacement being limited by the difference between the dimension of the oblong opening in the direction of relative displacement and the corresponding dimension of the connecting member in the region of the stops.