IP Library Granted Patent US 7,849,621
Granted Patent B2
US 7,849,621 · App. 11/821,669 · Granted Dec 14, 2010

Fastening device for an accessory

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Patent No.
US 7,849,621
App. No.
11/821,669
Granted
Dec 14, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fastening device for fastening an accessory to a body part. The fastening device has a support element and a holding element. The support element is mounted to the body part from an exposed side and the holding element is mounted from a hidden side. The holding element has undercut elements via which it reaches from the hidden side through corresponding openings in the body part and reaches behind holding contours formed on the body part such that it is automatically fixed on the body part.

Claims (32)

1. A fastening device for fastening an accessory to a body part, the body part having an exposed side and a non-exposed side opposite from the exposed side, the fastening device comprising:

a support element configured to be mounted, in a fitted state thereof, on the exposed side of the body part;

a holding element configured to be mounted, in a fitted state thereof, on the non-exposed side of the body part;

said holding element including undercut elements configured to reach, in the fitted state thereof, from the non-exposed side through corresponding openings formed in the body part and to engage behind holding contours formed on the body part; and

said holding element having latching tongues which, in the fitted state thereof, interact with mating latching contours formed on the body part and mount said holding element fixedly on the body part.

2. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein said support element is formed with at least one first positioning opening configured to receive, in the fitted state, at least one associated positioning lug of the accessory.

3. The fastening device according to claim 2 , wherein the body part is formed with a second positioning opening which is aligned, in the fitted state, with the at least one first positioning opening in said support element.

4. The fastening device according to claim 3 , wherein said holding element is formed with a third positioning opening which is aligned, in the fitted state, with said at least one first positioning opening in said support element.

5. The fastening device according to claim 4 , wherein, in the fitted state, the positioning lug of the accessory engages in said second positioning opening.

6. The fastening device according to claim 4 , wherein, in the fitted state, the positioning lug of the accessory engages in said second positioning opening and in said third positioning opening.

7. The fastening device according to claim 2 , wherein said holding element is formed with a further positioning opening which is aligned, in the fitted state, with said at least one first positioning opening in said support element.

8. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein said support element is integrally formed as a single-part plastic component.

9. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein said holding element is integrally formed as a single-part plastic component.

10. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein the accessory includes an emblem.

11. A fastening device for fastening an accessory to a body part, the body part having an exposed side and a non-exposed side opposite from the exposed side, the fastening device comprising:

a support element configured to be mounted, in a fitted state thereof, on the exposed side of the body part;

a holding element configured to be mounted, in a fitted state thereof, on the non-exposed side of the body part;

said holding element including undercut elements configured to reach, in the fitted state thereof, from the non-exposed side through corresponding openings formed in the body part and to engage behind holding contours formed on the body part;

said support element having support latching elements each formed with mutually opposite latching lugs;

said holding element has having mating latching elements; and

in a fitted state, said latching lugs of said support latching elements latching to corresponding said mating latching elements of said holding element, wherein said latching elements of said support element reach through corresponding openings in the body part and in said holding element, and said mating latching elements are disposed on a side of said holding element facing away from said support element.

12. The fastening device according to claim 11 , wherein at least one of said mating latching elements of said holding element is a spring-elastic tongue.

13. A fastening device for fastening an accessory to a body part, the body part having an exposed side and a non-exposed side opposite from the exposed side, the fastening device comprising:

a support element configured to be mounted, in a fitted state thereof, on the exposed side of the body part;

a holding element configured to be mounted, in a fitted state thereof, on the non-exposed side of the body part;

said holding element including undercut elements configured to reach, in the fitted state thereof, from the non-exposed side through corresponding openings formed in the body part and to engage behind holding contours formed on the body part; and

said support element includes at least one positioning lug facing towards the body part and, in the fitted state, engaging a positioning depression formed in a complementary shape in the body part.

14. A fastening device for fastening an accessory to a body part, the body part having an exposed side and a non-exposed side opposite from the exposed side, the fastening device comprising:

a support element configured to be mounted, in a fitted state thereof, on the exposed side of the body part;

a holding element configured to be mounted, in a fitted state thereof, on the non-exposed side of the body part;

said holding element including undercut elements configured to reach, in the fitted state thereof, from the non-exposed side through corresponding openings formed in the body part and to engage behind holding contours formed on the body part; and

said support element being formed with at least one positioning notch facing towards the body part and, in the fitted state, engaging with a positioning bump formed on the body part.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2010
From: KELLER, MARKUS; KRUSCHHAUSEN, HEINZ-ARNO; BEER, ADRIAN
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 025153/0553 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 15, 2010
From: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
To: DR. ING H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 024689/0278 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 14, 2010
From: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NO. 722287)
To: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 024684/0871 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 30, 2008
From: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NUMBER 722287)
Reel/Frame 021184/0926 →