Patent ID: 9133869
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shielding device, comprising: a shielding element having a fastening opening extending therethrough between opposing sides of the shielding element, and each opposing side having a sliding zone comprising a plurality of circumferentially-offset raised bosses in a vicinity of the fastening opening; and a fastening eyelet for fastening the shielding device to a counterpart fastening piece, the fastening eyelet having an axial hole defining a central axis for receiving a fastening element and having an annular groove extending around an outer periphery of the fastening element, and wherein the fastening eyelet is movably supported in the fastening opening of the shielding device; a resiliently embodied coupling device comprising two spring washers, each washer comprising a spring ring having a plurality of radially-inwardly extending spring arms, the washers being supported with radially inner ends of spring arms in the annular groove of the fastening eyelet and with each spring ring engaging a respective opposing side of the shielding element and being resiliently-biased towards the other spring ring by the spring arms, wherein the coupling device resiliently supports the fastening eyelet relative to the shielding element in an axial direction and the fastening eyelet is movable in the fastening opening relative to the shielding element in at least one radial direction when acted on with friction force; wherein to produce friction force, the spring rings cooperate in a resiliently prestressed fashion with the sliding zones of the opposing sides of the shielding element such that the spring rings rest against, either directly or indirectly, and can slide in a radial direction along the raised bosses and hold the shielding element like a spring-prestressed pair of tongs.