IP Library Granted Patent US 12,435,832
Granted Patent B2
US 12,435,832 · App. 18/370,504 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Holding structure

Inventors: Rainer Schmidt-Sunnus (Lübeck, DE); David Rose (Hamburg, DE); Steffen Nitschke (Hamburg, DE); Philipp Werner (Lüneburg, DE); Daniel Renz (Lüneburg, DE)
Assignee: Vibracoustic SE
F16M13/02
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Patent No.
US 12,435,832
App. No.
18/370,504
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment of a holding structure includes at least one receiving eye with a central receiving axis; at least two fixing points, with each fixing point having a fixing axis that runs parallel to the at least one receiving axis; a first wall and a second wall provided on opposite sides of the holding structure. In embodiments the first wall and the second wall are spaced apart in the direction of the at least one receiving axis; the at least one receiving eye extends from one of the two walls to the other wall; and the holding structure has at least one cavity that is provided between the first wall and the second wall.

Claims (32)

1. A holding structure, comprising:

at least one receiving eye having a central receiving axis,

at least two fixing points which each have a central fixing axis that runs parallel to the at least one receiving axis,

a first wall and a second wall provided on opposite sides of the holding structure,

wherein the first wall and the second wall are spaced apart in a direction of the at least one receiving axis; the at least one receiving eye extends from one of the first wall and the second wall to the other wall; the holding structure has at least one cavity provided between the first wall and the second wall; three axes, selected from the group comprising receiving axis/axes, fixing axes, and resultant fixing axis, define at least one connecting triangle, and the at least one cavity projects into the at least one connecting triangle.

2. The holding structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one rib is provided between the first wall and the second wall.

3. A holding structure, comprising:

at least one receiving eye having a central receiving axis,

at least two fixing points which each have a central fixing axis that runs parallel to the at least one receiving axis,

a first wall and a second wall provided on opposite sides of the holding structure,

wherein the first wall and the second wall are spaced apart in a direction of the at least one receiving axis; the at least one receiving eye extends from one of the first wall and the second wall to the other wall; the holding structure has at least one cavity provided between the first wall and the second wall; and at least one of the at least two fixing points is carried by the first wall and the second wall.

4. The holding structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one cavity projects in a direction that is perpendicular to the at least one receiving axis.

5. The holding structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a penetration distance over which the at least one cavity projects into the connecting triangle is 1.0 times to 0.1 times a height of the connecting triangle.

6. The holding structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a penetration distance over which the at least one cavity projects into the connecting triangle is 0.9 times to 0.1 times a height of the connecting triangle.

7. The holding structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein three axes, selected from the group comprising receiving axis/axes, fixing axes, and resultant fixing axis, define at least one connecting triangle, wherein the at least one cavity projects into the at least one connecting triangle.

8. The holding structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a majority of the fixing points are carried by the first wall and the second wall.

9. The holding structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein all of the at least two fixing points are carried by the first wall and the second wall.

10. A holding structure, comprising:

at least one receiving eye having a central receiving axis,

at least two fixing points which each have a central fixing axis that runs parallel to the at least one receiving axis,

a first wall and a second wall provided on opposite sides of the holding structure, wherein the first wall and the second wall are spaced apart in a direction of the at least one receiving axis; the at least one receiving eye extends from one of the first wall and the second wall to the other wall; the holding structure has at least one cavity provided between the first wall and the second wall; and at least one drain opening is fluidically connected to at least one cavity and leads to a surroundings of the holding structure or to another cavity.

11. The holding structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one rib separates at least two of the cavities in an interior of a connecting triangle and separates at least two of the cavities outside the connecting triangle, or the at least one rib separates two of the cavities in the interior of the connecting triangle and outside the connecting triangle.

12. The holding structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one rib projects beyond a longest side of a connecting triangle.

13. The holding structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one rib extends in a direction of one of the fixing points or of a fixing group formed by fixing points.

14. The holding structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the holding structure is formed in one piece.

15. The holding structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the holding structure is formed as a casting.

16. The holding structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein at least one drain opening is fluidically connected to at least one cavity and leads to a surroundings of the holding structure or to another cavity.

17. The holding structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein at least one rib is provided between the first wall and the second wall; and the at least one rib separates at least two of the cavities in an interior of a connecting triangle and separates at least two of the cavities outside the connecting triangle, or the at least one rib separates two of the cavities in the interior of the connecting triangle and outside the connecting triangle.

18. The holding structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein at least one rib is provided between the first wall and the second wall; and the at least one rib projects beyond a longest side of a connecting triangle.

19. The holding structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein at least one rib is provided;

and the at least one rib extends in a direction of one of the fixing points or of a fixing group formed by fixing points.

20. The holding structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the holding structure is formed as a casting.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2023
From: SCHMIDT-SUNNUS, RAINER; ROSE, DAVID; NITSCHKE, STEFFEN; WERNER, PHILIPP, DR.; RENZ, DANIEL
To: VIBRACOUSTIC SE
Reel/Frame 065058/0944 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2022 124 154.8 · Sep 20, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240093828A1 · Mar 21, 2024
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