Retention element

1. Retention element, especially a lid stay or a flap holder, comprising;

a first arm, having a first friction face,

a second arm, connected pivotably around an articulation axis to the first arm,

a locking unit, having an operating element and a locking element, forming a locking face, wherein the locking unit is arranged to the second arm,

a braking element, having a braking face, to which the locking face is held in frictional contact, and having a second friction face, which is held at least indirectly in abutment to the first friction face,

wherein the operating element, in a first rotational direction of the arms relative to each other, urges the locking face against the braking face,

wherein in the first rotational direction of the two arms relative to each other the maximal braking torque between the locking face and the braking face is larger than the maximal frictional torque between the first friction face and the second friction face, wherein in a second rotational direction of the two arms relative to each other the maximal braking torque between the locking face and the braking face is smaller than the maximal frictional torque between the first friction face and the second friction face,

wherein the maximal frictional torque in the first rotational direction of the two arms relative to each other is larger than the maximal braking torque in the second rotational direction of the two arms relative to each other,

wherein the locking element has an outer circumferential face, which represents the locking face, said locking element being formed annular and being expandable in the circumferential direction, and

wherein the braking element has an inner circumferential face, representing the braking face.

2. Retention element according to claim 1 , wherein the operating element is formed on the second arm.

3. Retention element according to claim 1 , wherein the locking element forms two brake blocks, which are connected via an elastic connection web to each other and form together the locking face.

4. Retention element according to claim 1 , wherein the operating element has an operating projection, which is supported on a first expanding face and a second expanding face of the locking element.

5. Retention element according to claim 4 , wherein the first expanding face is arranged on first brake blocks and the second expanding face is arranged on the other brake block.

6. Retention element according to claim 4 , wherein the operating projection can be pivoted relative to the braking element around a pivot axis, extending parallel to the articulation axis and is arranged between the first expanding face and the second expanding face.

7. Retention element according to claim 6 , wherein the operating projection is supported with a first operating face on the first expanding face and with a second operating face on the second expanding face.

8. Retention element according to claim 7 , wherein the operating faces extend such that the distance between the support of the first operating face on the first expanding face and the support of the second operating face on the second expanding face increases, when pivoting the operating element by rotating the arms, in the first rotational direction.

9. Retention element according to claim 6 , wherein the locking element is pivotable around the pivot axis relative to the braking element.

10. Retention element according to claim 9 , wherein the operating element has a driving projection, which concerning the articulation axis is supported relative to the slot at least indirectly in circumferential direction on the locking element.

11. Retention element according to claim 10 , wherein the driving projection is supported via a spring element on the locking element.

12. Retention element, especially a lid stay or a flap holder, comprising;

a first arm, to which a first friction face is arranged,

a second arm, connected pivotably around an articulation axis to the first arm,

a locking unit, having an operating element, a locking element, forming a locking face, and a second friction face, which is held at least indirectly in abutment to the first friction face,

a braking element, having a braking face, to which the locking face is held in frictional contact, wherein the braking element is arranged to the second arm,

wherein the operating element, in a first rotational direction of the arms relative to each other, urges the locking face against the braking face,

wherein in the first rotational direction of the two arms relative to each other, the maximal braking torque between the locking face and the braking face is larger than the maximal frictional torque between the first friction face and the second friction face,

wherein in a second direction of the two arms relative to each other, the maximal braking torque between the locking face and the braking face is smaller than the maximal frictional torque between the first friction face and the second friction face,

wherein the maximal frictional torque in the first rotational direction of the two arms relative to each other is larger than the maximal braking torque in the second rotational direction of the two arms relative to each other,

wherein the locking element has an outer circumferential face, which represents the locking face, said locking element being formed annular and being expandable in the circumferential direction, and

wherein the braking element has an inner circumferential face, representing the braking face.

13. Retention element according to claim 12 , wherein the braking element is connected non-rotationally to the second arm and that the operating element forms a second friction face.

14. Retention element according to claim 13 , wherein the braking element is formed by the second arm, wherein the braking face is formed by an inner circumferential face of a receiving recess of the second arm and that the operating element forms the second friction face.