Adjustable stopper element with improved fixation and/or adjustability

1. Adjustable stopper device ( 1 ) for a vehicle door or hood, comprising:

a base part ( 100 ),

an adjustment part ( 200 ), wherein the adjustment part ( 200 ) is connected to the base part ( 100 ) via threads ( 120 , 220 ) and thereby rotatable around a device axis ( 210 ) with respect to the base part ( 100 ),

a stopper part ( 300 ) configured to contact the vehicle door and to provide an abutment surface ( 310 ) for the vehicle door when the vehicle door is closed, wherein the stopper part ( 300 ) is connected to the adjustment part ( 200 ) and wherein the axial position of the abutment surface ( 310 ) is adjustable by turning the adjustment part ( 200 ) with respect to the base part ( 100 ) around the device axis ( 210 ),

a fastening structure ( 400 ) for fastening the base part ( 100 ) to the car body ( 2 );

a rotation snap mechanism, which snaps into distinct rotational angle positions, which comprises:

a first cylindrical portion ( 170 ) in the base part ( 100 ), coaxially positioned with the thread ( 120 ) of the base part ( 100 ), wherein the inner wall of the first cylindrical portion ( 170 ) comprises one or more radially inwards protruding teeth or rips or knobs ( 171 ), and

a second cylindrical portion ( 240 ) of the adjustment part ( 200 ), positioned coaxially with the thread ( 220 ) of the adjustment part ( 200 ), wherein the outer wall of the second cylindrical portion ( 240 ) comprises one or more radially outwards protruding, resilient teeth or rips or knobs ( 241 ) which is or are configured to engage with the axially extending teeth or rips or knobs ( 171 ) and thereby provide a predefined, resistance to a rotation moment which can be overcome by a predefined threshold moment resulting in a repeated deflection and relaxation of the one or more teeth or rips or knobs ( 241 ) of the adjustment part ( 200 ) radially inwards and outwards while the adjustment part ( 200 ) is being turned around the device axis ( 210 );

wherein the distal end of the first cylindrical portion ( 170 ), which is the end at the far side with respect to the position of the adjustment part ( 200 ) and/or stopper part ( 300 ), is:

closed off by the base part's ( 100 ) material, or

covered by a sealing cover ( 800 ), formed onto the base part ( 100 ) by a two-component injection molding.

2. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the device ( 1 ) comprises a sealing element ( 500 ) for sealing against the car body ( 2 ) which is surrounding the fastening structure ( 400 ), wherein the sealing element ( 500 ) is made of plastic and formed adhesively onto the base part ( 100 ) by an injection molding step that includes the two-component injection molding.

3. Vehicle comprising a door or hood and a car body ( 2 ) and a device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 .

4. A method of using a device ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , the method comprising connecting the device to a door or hood or car body of a vehicle.

5. A method for manufacturing an adjustable stopper device ( 1 ) for a vehicle door or hood, comprising

forming a base part ( 100 ) by injection molding, thereby forming a thread ( 120 ) of the base part ( 100 ),

forming an adjustment part ( 200 ) by injection molding, thereby forming a thread ( 220 ) of the adjustment part ( 200 ),

forming a stopper part ( 300 ) by injection molding,

building a fastening structure ( 400 ) for fastening the base part ( 100 ) to the car body;

wherein a sealing closure ( 172 ) of a distal end of a first cylindrical portion ( 170 ) in the base part ( 100 ) is molded in the same step, in which the base part ( 100 ) is molded, and out of the same material, wherein the first cylindrical portion ( 170 ) is coaxially positioned with the thread ( 120 ) of the base part ( 100 ) and wherein the distal end of said first cylindrical portion ( 170 ) is the end at the far side with respect to the position of the adjustment part ( 200 ) and/or the stopper part ( 300 ).

6. A method according to claim 5 , wherein a sealing element ( 500 ) for sealing against the car body ( 2 ) around one or more openings of the car body ( 2 ), which opening or openings are used to fasten the base part ( 100 ) to the car body ( 2 ), is overmolded, by a two-component injection molding, onto the base part ( 100 ).

7. A method for manufacturing an adjustable stopper device ( 1 ) for a vehicle door or hood, comprising

forming a base part ( 100 ) by injection molding, thereby forming a thread ( 120 ) of the base part ( 100 ),

forming an adjustment part ( 200 ) by injection molding, thereby forming a thread ( 220 ) of the adjustment part ( 200 ),

forming a stopper part ( 300 ) by injection molding

building a fastening structure ( 400 ) for fastening the base part ( 100 ) to the car body;

wherein a sealing element ( 500 ) for sealing against the car body ( 2 ) around one or more openings of the car body ( 2 ), which opening or openings are used to fasten the base part ( 100 ) to the car body ( 2 ), is overmolded by a two-component injection molding, onto the base part ( 100 );

wherein a sealing cover ( 800 ) is molded onto a distal end of a first cylindrical portion ( 170 ) in the base part ( 100 ) in the same step, in which the sealing element ( 500 ) is molded, and out of the same material, wherein the first cylindrical portion ( 170 ) is coaxially positioned with the thread ( 120 ) of the base part and wherein the distal end of said first cylindrical portion ( 170 ) is the end at the far side with respect to the position of the adjustment part ( 200 ) and/or the stopper part ( 300 ).

8. A method according to claim 7 , wherein the fastening structure ( 400 ) is fixed to the base part ( 100 )

by molding the fastening structure ( 400 ) at least partially with the base part ( 100 ), when the base part ( 100 ) is formed, and/or

by attaching, preferably clipping, the fastening structure ( 400 ) or parts of the fastening structure ( 400 ) to the preformed base part ( 100 ).