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US 12,281,669 · App. 17/599,398 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Arrangement of a fastening clip on a connecting device which is welded onto a motor vehicle component, and method for producing an arrangement of a fastening clip on a connecting device which is welded onto a vehicle component

Inventors: Maik Hammer (Bruckberg, DE); Johann Niekerk (Munich, DE); Frank Woellecke (Germering, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
F16B5/0657B62D27/06
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Patent No.
US 12,281,669
App. No.
17/599,398
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arrangement includes a fastening clip, a connecting device, where the connecting device has at least two connecting elements, and a motor vehicle component. The connecting device is welded on the motor vehicle component. The fastening clip engages behind the connecting device in a gap formed by the at least two connecting elements and delimited by the motor vehicle component.

Claims (11)

1. An arrangement, comprising:

a fastening clip;

a connecting device, wherein the connecting device comprises at least two connecting elements; and

a motor vehicle component, wherein the at least two connecting elements are each welded on the motor vehicle component and are longitudinally disposed next to one another on the motor vehicle component, wherein a gap runs between the at least two connecting elements, and wherein the at least two connecting elements laterally delimit the gap;

wherein the gap that runs between the at least two connecting elements is delimited by the at least two connecting elements and a surface of the motor vehicle component and wherein the fastening clip engages behind the at least two connecting elements in the gap by a retaining element of the fastening clip that is disposed in the gap;

wherein the fastening clip further comprises a cap-like basic element which is fitted over the connecting device;

wherein the retaining element is an expansion pin which is pluggable into an opening in the cap-like basic element.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two connecting elements are each a sphere.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the opening runs between at least two of the at least two connecting elements.

4. A method for producing the arrangement according to claim 1 , comprising the step of:

plugging the fastening clip onto the connecting device such that the fastening clip engages behind the at least two connecting elements in the gap by disposing the retaining element of the fastening clip in the gap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2021
From: HAMMER, MAIK; NIEKERK, JOHANN; WOELLECKE, FRANK
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 057629/0360 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 108 146.7 · Mar 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220194484A1 · Jun 23, 2022
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