Patent ID: 12259072

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG.3andFIG.4show a fastening arrangement2which is arranged on a suction installation30for a motor of a motor vehicle. By means of the fastening arrangement2, a line6or a cable is secured to the suction installation30. The fastening arrangement2comprises a retention member4, a securing element20and a receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle. The receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle is constructed integrally with the suction installation30(seeFIG.6).

As can be seen in particular from the isolated illustration of the retention member4as illustrated inFIG.5, the retention member4is a plastics material injection-molded component which is constructed in an integral manner and which comprises a first retention element8and a second retention element10.

The first retention element8and the second retention element10are pivotably connected to each other by means of a (film) hinge18. The first retention element8and the second retention element10can consequently be pivoted relative to each other between a retention position and an assembly position about a pivot axis which is defined by the (film) hinge18. Whilst in the retention position an inner side40of the first retention element8abuts an inner side40of the second retention element10, the first retention element8and the second retention element10are connected to or in contact with each other only or only directly via the hinge18in the assembly position.

On the inner side40of the first retention element8and on the inner side40of the second retention element10there is formed in each case a line guide22which has a semi-circular profile. The diameter of the semi-circular profile corresponds or is selected to correspond to the diameter of the line6. The line guides22of the first retention element8and the second retention element10define in the retention position a through-opening28for the line6.

If the retention member4is in the assembly position, the first retention element8and the second retention element10are thus in contact with each other only via the hinge18and the inner faces of the first retention element8and the second retention element10are spaced apart from each other. Consequently, the line6can be arranged or introduced in the line guide22of the first retention element8or the second retention element10. By subsequently pivoting the second retention element10in the direction of the first retention element8until reaching the retention position, in which the inner face40of the first retention element8and the inner face40of the second retention element10abut each other, the line is secured in the through-opening28.

On the inner side40, the second retention element10comprises a pin24. The first retention element8comprises on the inner side40a recess26which corresponds to the pin24. In the retention position of the retention member4, the pin24is arranged in the recess26in such a manner that between the pin24and a wall which defines the recess26there is a non-positive-locking connection. The retention member4is consequently (pre-)secured or (pre-)assembled in the retention position.

It is also contemplated for a pin to be formed on the first retention element8and for the second retention element10to have a corresponding recess.

The first retention element8of the retention member4comprises an insertion element12which corresponds to the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle. The insertion element12can be introduced through an opening of the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle into the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle, or arranged therein.

In order to ensure that the insertion element12is positioned or arranged correctly or in accordance with provisions in the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle, the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle comprises positioning elements36. The positioning elements36are walls or projections which protrude inward in the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle. The insertion element12of the retention member4comprises positioning counter-elements38which correspond to the positioning elements36of the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle. The positioning counter-elements38are in the form of grooves or a notch.

The first retention element8comprises a first through-hole14. The second retention element10comprises a second through-hole16which is formed on the insertion element12. In the retention position of the retention member4, the first through-hole14is in alignment with the second through-hole16.

The receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle comprises a recess32on a side wall facing away from the suction installation30. The recess32is constructed in a U-shaped manner and opens in a downward direction, that is to say, toward a side, facing away from the opening for introducing the retention member4into the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle, of the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle.

When the insertion element12of the retention member4is arranged in the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle, the first through-hole14is in alignment with the recess32. If the retention member4is additionally located in the retention position, the second through-hole16is also in alignment with the first through-hole14and the recess32. Consequently, the securing element20can be introduced through the second through-hole16and through the recess32into the first through-hole14(seeFIG.4). The securing element20which is arranged in the second through-hole16, the recess32and the first through-hole14then secures the retention member14both in the retention position and to the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle.

The method according to the invention for fastening a line to a motor vehicle is illustrated with reference toFIG.1,FIG.2andFIG.3.

As illustrated inFIG.1, the insertion element12of the retention member4is first introduced into the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle through the opening of the receiving member which is secured to the vehicle or arranged therein in such a manner that the first through-hole14of the first retention element8and the recess32of the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle are in alignment with each other. Subsequently, the line6is arranged in the line guide22of the first retention element8. By pivoting the second retention element10about the pivot axis defined by the hinge18, the retention member4is moved from the assembly position into the retention position so that the line6is secured or fastened to the retention member4. After pivoting the retention member4into the retention position, the second through-hole16of the second retention element10is in alignment with the first through-hole14of the first retention element8and the recess32of the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle so that the securing element20can be introduced, in particular screwed into the second through-hole16, the recess32and the first through-hole14. The securing element20is screwed in in such a manner that the retention member4is secured against undesirable pivoting out of the retention position and against removal of the retention member4out of the receiving member34which is secured to the vehicle.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

2Fastening arrangement4Retention member6Line8First retention element10Second retention element12Insertion element14First through-hole16Second through-hole18(Film) hinge20Securing element22Line guide24Pin26Recess28Through-opening30Suction installation for a motor of a motor vehicle32Recess34Receiving member secured to the vehicle36Positioning element38Positioning counter-elements40Inner side