IP Library Granted Patent US 11,592,049
Granted Patent B2
US 11,592,049 · App. 17/177,250 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Device for fastening a light strip to a motor vehicle

Inventor: Pierre Charpentier (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
F16B21/09B60Q3/78
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Patent No.
US 11,592,049
App. No.
17/177,250
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for fastening a light strip to a motor vehicle includes a mounting support and an opening having a first region with a first diameter and a second region arranged so as to be offset in relation to the first region. The second region has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter. The light strip is configured to be mounted on the mounting support in a form-fitting manner. A form-fitting connection between the mounting support and the light strip is established by a T bolt configured to be inserted into the first region and then displaced from the first region into the second region.

Claims (26)

1. A device for fastening a light strip to a motor vehicle, the device comprising:

a mounting support, and

an opening having a first region with a first diameter and having a second region arranged so as to be offset in relation to the first region, the second region having a second diameter, the second diameter being smaller than the first diameter,

wherein the light strip is configured to be mounted on the mounting support in a form-fitting manner,

wherein a form-fitting connection between the mounting support and the light strip is established by a T-bolt configured to be inserted into the first region and then displaced from the first region into the second region,

wherein the mounting support is a strip that extends in a longitudinal direction, wherein the opening is an opening in the strip that tapers in a direction different than the longitudinal direction, and

wherein a plurality of openings are arranged in the mounting support so as to be offset in relation to one another along the longitudinal direction.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mounting support is configured to be fixed on the motor vehicle and has the opening for accommodating the T-bolt arranged on the light strip.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mounting support has a fastening portion for connecting the mounting support to the motor vehicle.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second region has, in the longitudinal direction, an expansion which is larger than the second diameter.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first region is arranged so as to be offset in relation to the fastening portion in the longitudinal direction.

6. The device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the mounting support extends in a transverse direction, wherein the second region and the fastening portion are arranged in an axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and so as to be offset in relation to one another in the transverse direction.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mounting support comprises plastic or sheet metal.

8. A system for fastening a light strip to a motor vehicle, the system comprising:

a device comprising:

a mounting support, and

an opening having a first region with a first diameter and having a second region arranged so as to be offset in relation to the first region, the second region having a second diameter, the second diameter being smaller than the first diameter,

wherein the light strip is configured to be mounted on the mounting support in a form-fitting manner,

wherein a form-fitting connection between the mounting support and the light strip is established by a T-bolt configured to be inserted into the first region and then displaced from the first region into the second region,

wherein the mounting support is a strip that extends in a longitudinal direction, wherein the opening is an opening in the strip that tapers in a direction different than the longitudinal direction, and

wherein a plurality of openings are arranged in the mounting support so as to be offset in relation to one another along the longitudinal direction; and

a T-bolt having a head and a shank,

wherein the head has a diameter smaller than the first diameter and larger than the second diameter,

wherein the shank is configured to be displaced in a first direction from the first region into the second region, and

wherein the mounting support is configured to hold the shank in a form-fitting manner in the second region in a second direction different than the first direction.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the mounting support and the light strip are configured such that the light strip conceals the T-bolt and the opening in a third direction, which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and to the second direction, when the T-bolt is arranged in the second region of the opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2021
From: CHARPENTIER, PIERRE
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 055315/0303 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 104 316.3 · Feb 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210254651A1 · Aug 19, 2021
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