IP Library Patent Application 11879060
Patent Application
App. No. 11/879,060

Fastening device for fastening an add-on part

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App. No.
11/879,060
Abstract

To positionally fix a front part of a motor vehicle to a support part fixed on the vehicle body, pre-fixing devices are provided via tabs which can be bent over and can be brought into a latching position on the support part. The front part can thereby be held in a manner such that it can be adjusted in a plurality of directions, and therefore pre-fixing is achieved.

Claims (11)

1 . A fastening device for fastening an add-on part of a motor vehicle to a support part fixed on a vehicle body, the fastening device comprising:

a plurality of latching connections disposed between the add-on part and the support part fixed on the vehicle body, said latching connections containing at least one tab having a film hinge with a pivoting axis for pivoting from the add-on part about said pivot axis and, in a fastening position, said tab having a free end with a latching edge for engaging behind a latching lug on the support part fixed on the vehicle body.

2 . The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein said tab has a passage opening formed therein and partially delimited by said latching edge, said tab after a pivoting operation in a given direction engages, in the fastening position, with said latching edge from behind the latching lug on the support part fixed on the vehicle body.

3 . The fastening device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

webs disposed on the add-on part and protruding from an outer edge, for positional fixing on the support part fixed on the vehicle body, said webs engaging in slots of the support part fixed on the vehicle body and said webs being disposed at least on both sides of said tab; and

limbs disposed on an inner edge of the the support part facing away from said outer edge, said limbs connected fixedly to the add-on part.

4 . The fastening device according to claim 2 , wherein:

said pivot axis of said film hinge is disposed in a region of an outer edge of the support part;

said passage opening in said tab is disposed on an end side at said free end; and

said latching edge is angled to form an intermediate limb of said tab and engages behind a projection of the latching lug, and the projection points towards said latching edge.

5 . The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein the add-on part is a front part of the motor vehicle.

Assignments (3)
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 →