IP Library Granted Patent US 7,726,614
Granted Patent B2
US 7,726,614 · App. 11/885,829 · Granted Jun 1, 2010

Clamp-type holder

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Patent No.
US 7,726,614
App. No.
11/885,829
Granted
Jun 1, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a clamp-type holder ( 1 ) and a clamp-type holder element ( 2 ) for it, wherein the clamp-type holder element ( 2 ) comprises a mouth-shaped clamping region ( 5 ) and a holding region ( 6 ) for the attachment of a component, wherein the clamp-type holder system ( 1 ) comprises two clamp-type holder elements ( 2 ) that are interconnected by way of a connecting device ( 9 ) in order to be able to be clamped to profile beams ( 3 ) of different thicknesses.

Claims (31)

1. A clamp-type holder element comprising:

a base body comprising a mouth-shaped clamping region having a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface interconnected by a connection surface at a first end and a holding region adapted for attachment of a component at a second end,

wherein a through-borehole is formed in the base body underneath the clamping region, which through-borehole extends towards the holding region of the base body, and a plane in which the first clamping surface is situated forms an inclined angle with the longitudinal axis of the through-borehole, the first clamping surface being spaced apart from the through-borehole at a first distance and the second clamping surface being spaced apart from the through-borehole at a second distance, the second distance being greater than the first distance;

wherein the longitudinal axis of the through-borehole runs such that a distance between the longitudinal axis and the plane of the first clamping surface increases in a direction from the clamping region to the holding region.

2. The clamp-type holder element of claim 1 ,

wherein the longitudinal axis of the through-borehole extends at a predefined angle at an incline in relation to the clamping region.

3. The clamp-type holder element of claim 1 , further comprising:

an insert to which a component can be attached,

wherein the holding region comprises a recess being configured for accommodating the insert.

4. The clamp-type holder element of claim 3 ,

wherein the recess is conical in shape so as to accommodate a corresponding conical end of the insert.

5. The clamp-type holder element of claim 3 ,

wherein the insert is press-fitted in the recess.

6. The clamp-type holder element of claim 3 ,

wherein the insert is configured to be screwed to the holding region of the base body.

7. The clamp-type holder element of claim 3 ,

wherein the insert essentially extends along the longitudinal axis of the recess, perpendicular to the clamping region.

8. A clamp-type holder system comprising:

a first clamp-type holder element comprising:

a base body comprising a mouth-shaped clamping region having a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface interconnected by a connection surface at a first end and a holding region adapted for attachment of a component at a second end,

wherein a through-borehole is formed in the base body underneath the clamping region, which through-borehole extends towards the holding region of the base body, and a plane in which the first clamping surface is situated forms an inclined angle with the longitudinal axis of the through-borehole, the first clamping surface being spaced apart from the through-borehole at a first distance and the second clamping surface being spaced apart from the through-borehole at a second distance, the second distance being greater than the first distance;

a second clamp-type holder element comprising:

a base body comprising a mouth-shaped clamping region having a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface interconnected by a connection surface at a first end and a holding region adapted for attachment of a component at a second end,

wherein a through-borehole is formed in the base body underneath the clamping region, which through-borehole extends towards the holding region of the base body, and a plane in which the first clamping surface is situated forms an inclined angle with the longitudinal axis of the through-borehole, the first clamping surface being spaced apart from the through-borehole at a first distance and the second clamping surface being spaced apart from the through-borehole at a second distance, the second distance being greater than the first distance; and

a connecting device;

wherein the first clamp-type holder element and the second clamp-type holder element are configured to be connected by way of the connecting device extending through the respective through-boreholes in the first clamp-type holder element and the second clamp-type holder element when the clamp-type holder elements are clamped to opposite sides of a profile beam;

wherein the longitudinal axis of the through-borehole runs such that a distance between the longitudinal axis and the plane of the first clamping surface increases in a direction from the clamping region to the holding region.

9. The clamp-type holder system of claim 8 ,

wherein the connecting device comprises a screw and a nut in order to firmly clamp the clamp-type holder elements to the profile beam by rotating the screw and the nut relative to each other.

10. The clamp-type holder system of claim 8 ,

wherein when the clamp-type elements are clamped to the profile beam the connecting device acts as a spring element which in the regions of the through-boreholes of the clamp-type holder elements is elastically bent from the base body towards the outside and which generates a spring force for clamping the clamp-type holder elements to the profile beam ( 3 ).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2011
From: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 026360/0849 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2007
From: REDECKER, ROBERT
To: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 019865/0459 →