Device for fastening a vehicle interior trim panel
View Patent ↗A device ( 20 ) for fastening a vehicle inner lining ( 14 ) to a lining support ( 12 ) includes a holding element ( 22 ) and a receiving element ( 24 ). The receiving element ( 24 ) has a latching portion ( 26 ) that is laterally open and into which the holding element ( 22 ) can engage such that it is fastened to the receiving element ( 24 ) in the axial direction. Furthermore, the invention also relates to a method of mounting and demounting the vehicle inner lining ( 14 ) to or from the lining support ( 12 ) by means of this device ( 20 ).
1. A device for fastening a vehicle inner lining ( 14 ) to a lining support ( 12 ), having
a holding element ( 22 ) including two opposed elastic wings ( 36 ) with free ends, and
a receiving element ( 24 ),
the receiving element ( 24 ) including a latching portion ( 26 ) into which the holding element ( 22 ) can engage such that the holding element ( 22 ) is fastened to the receiving element ( 24 ) in an axial direction, the free ends of the elastic wings ( 36 ) engaging the receiving element ( 24 ) and elastically prestressing the holding element ( 22 ) in the axial direction when the holding element ( 22 ) is fastened to the receiving element ( 24 ),
wherein the latching portion ( 26 ) is open laterally.
2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the holding element ( 22 ) can be shifted laterally in the latching portion ( 26 ) so that it can move laterally out of the latching portion ( 26 ), in particular in a radial direction with respect to the axial direction.
3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the latching portion ( 26 ) has an undercut ( 38 ) which can be engaged by the holding element ( 22 ).
4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the undercut ( 38 ) is formed by an obliquely positioned latching projection ( 40 ).
5. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the latching portion ( 26 ) has two symmetrically arranged undercuts ( 38 ).
6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the holding element ( 22 ) is formed so as to have the shape of a pin having at least one latching nose ( 30 ).
7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving element ( 24 ) is provided with an anchoring portion ( 42 ) by means of which it can be mounted in a vehicle-fixed manner.
8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the anchoring portion ( 42 ) has two anchoring projections ( 46 ) located opposite each other.
9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving element ( 24 ) is provided with a seal ( 44 ).
10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a fastening part ( 28 ) is provided which serves to fasten the holding element ( 22 ) to the vehicle inner lining ( 14 ).
11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the fastening part ( 28 ) is integrated into the vehicle inner lining ( 14 ).
12. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the holding element ( 22 ) and the fastening part ( 28 ) are fastened to each other by means of a sliding-latching connection.
13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the latching portion ( 26 ) is open laterally such that the holding element ( 22 ) is movable in a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction to remove the holding element ( 22 ) from the latching portion ( 26 ).
14. A device for fastening a vehicle inner lining ( 14 ) to a lining support ( 12 ) comprising:
a holding element ( 22 ); and
a receiving element ( 24 ) having a seal ( 44 ) arranged on a side of the receiving element ( 24 ) facing the lining support ( 12 ),
the receiving element ( 24 ) including a latching portion ( 26 ) into which the holding element ( 22 ) is engageable such that the holding element ( 22 ) is fastened to the receiving element ( 24 ) in an axial direction, the receiving element ( 24 ) having a pre-mount condition secured to the lining support ( 12 ) in which the seal ( 44 ) is axially deformed to bias the receiving element ( 24 ) against the lining support ( 12 ),
wherein the latching portion ( 26 ) is open laterally.
15. The device according to claim 14 , wherein the latching portion ( 26 ) is open laterally such that the holding element ( 22 ) is movable in a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction to remove the holding element ( 22 ) from the latching portion ( 26 ).
16. A device for fastening a vehicle inner lining ( 14 ) to a lining support ( 12 ) comprising:
a holding element ( 22 ) for connection to the vehicle inner lining ( 14 );
and
a receiving element ( 24 ) for connection to the lining support ( 12 ) and having a latching portion ( 26 ), the holding element ( 22 ) being movable in an axial direction towards the lining support ( 12 ) into the receiving element ( 24 ) to secure the holding element ( 22 ) within the latching portion ( 26 ), the latching portion ( 26 ) being open laterally such that the holding element ( 22 ) moving in a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction to remove the holding element ( 22 ) from the latching portion ( 26 ).