IP Library Granted Patent US 7,950,616
Granted Patent B2
US 7,950,616 · App. 11/600,843 · Granted May 31, 2011

Form fitting connection between spindle and spindle holder of SLV gear

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Patent No.
US 7,950,616
App. No.
11/600,843
Granted
May 31, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a holding device ( 5 ) of a seat slide drive for a motor vehicle, wherein the holding device ( 60 ) is designed as a metallic block, wherein the holding device ( 60 ) is provided with a through-bore ( 61 ), in which one end of the spindle ( 5 ) is placed and is held there by material ( 60 z ) of the holding device ( 60 ) pressed into the spindle thread ( 5 a ) as spindle ( 5 ).

Claims (17)

1. Holding device and spindle of a seat slide motor for a vehicle,

wherein the holding device is designed as a metallic block, and the spindle has a spindle thread,

characterized in that the holding device is provided with a through-bore into which one end of the spindle is placed and is form fittingly and permanently held there by material of the holding device pressed into the spindle thread of the spindle by a deformation process of the holding device to provide a permanent and form fitting connection between the spindle and the holding device.

2. Holding device and spindle according to claim 1 , characterized in that the metallic block of the holding device is softer than the spindle.

3. Holding device and spindle according to claim 2 , characterized in that the spindle consists of steel and the holding device consists of steel.

4. Holding device and spindle according to claim 3 , characterized in that the spindle consists of 100CR6-steel and that the holding device consists of machine steel.

5. Holding device and spindle according to claim 4 , characterized in that the material of the holding device is about 20% to 30% softer than the material of the spindle.

6. Holding device and spindle according to claim 5 , characterized in that the metallic block of the holding device is cuboid-shaped, with a floor area, two opposing surfaces, two opposing front surfaces and one upper surface.

7. Holding device and spindle according to claim 6 , characterized in that the through-bore extends between the two front surfaces.

8. Holding device and spindle according to claim 7 , characterized in that material of the holding device is pressed in one section of the spindle thread.

9. Holding device and spindle according to claim 8 , characterized in that the spindle thread is at least to a large extent undeformed in that section.

10. Holding device and spindle according to claim 9 , characterized in that a front end of the spindle projects from the through-bore and is flattened down or respectively riveted there.

11. Holding device and spindle according to claim 10 , characterized in that the metallic block of the holding device has an L-shaped extension.

12. Holding device and spindle according to claim 11 , characterized in that the L-shaped extension extends to the floor area on one side.

13. Holding device and spindle according to claim 12 , characterized in that said device is provided with at least one fastening hole on its floor area.

14. Holding device and spindle according to claim 13 , characterized in that the front end of the spindle projects from a front side of the holding device and is flattened down or respectively riveted there.

15. Holding device and spindle according to claim 14 , characterized in that two deformation areas are provided side by side on the holding device.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN THE CITY NAME OF THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 042261 FRAME 0974. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded May 25, 2017
From: IMS GEAR GMBH
To: IMS GEAR SE & CO. KGAA.
Reel/Frame 042581/0420 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 3, 2017
From: IMS GEAR GMBH
To: IMS GEAR SE & CO. KGAA.
Reel/Frame 042261/0974 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2006
From: EHRHARDT, WINFRIED
To: IMS GEAR GMBH
Reel/Frame 018593/0427 →