IP Library Granted Patent US 9,103,469
Granted Patent B2
US 9,103,469 · App. 14/000,955 · Granted Aug 11, 2015

Arrangement for sealing line interfaces in a motor vehicle

Inventors: Andreas Grieb (Stuttgart, DE); Kai Wustlich (Aichwald, DE); Matthias Schall (Ostfildern-Ruit, DE)
Assignee: MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
F16L5/02B60R13/0846F16L5/025
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Patent No.
US 9,103,469
App. No.
14/000,955
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an arrangement for sealing line interfaces in a motor vehicle in which lines from an engine compartment of the motor vehicle are led into a vehicle interior, wherein the engine compartment is separated from the vehicle interior by a partition which has an opening, through which the lines are led, and the opening is closed on the vehicle interior side by a seal, which is fastened to a functional unit arranged in the vehicle interior. In order to enable a reliable sealing function despite the assembly tolerance to be compensated, a flange of the functional unit that bears the seal can be moved relative to the functional unit, or the seal is movably arranged on the flange, which is rigidly fastened to the functional unit.

Claims (16)

1. An arrangement for sealing line interfaces in a motor vehicle in which at least one line from an engine compartment of the motor vehicle is passed into a vehicle interior,

wherein the engine compartment is separated from the vehicle interior by a partition which has an opening through which the at least one line is passed and the opening is closed on the vehicle interior side by a seal which is fastened to a functional unit arranged in the vehicle interior,

wherein the seal is fastened to a slide which is movably mounted relative to a longitudinal extent of a flange which is rigidly arranged on the functional unit and which is configured approximately perpendicular to the opening of the partition,

wherein the flange comprises a fixing element on which the slide is able to be blocked after the opening of the partition has been sealed.

2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an additional seal is arranged between the slide and the flange.

3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a grip-like element is arranged on the slide or on the seal, said grip-like element protruding through the opening of the partition into the engine compartment.

4. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one line is configured as media lines which serve for supplying the functional unit, in particular an air conditioning unit, with liquid media.

5. An arrangement for sealing line interfaces in a motor vehicle in which at least one line from an engine compartment of the motor vehicle is passed into a vehicle interior,

wherein the engine compartment is separated from the vehicle interior by a partition which has an opening through which the at least one line is passed and the opening is closed on the vehicle interior side by a seal which is fastened to a functional unit arranged in the vehicle interior,

wherein the seal is fastened to a slide which is movably mounted relative to a longitudinal extent of a flange which is rigidly arranged on the functional unit and which is configured approximately perpendicular to the opening of the partition,

wherein the seal is fastened to a projection of the slide opposing the partition,

wherein a spacer is arranged above the seal on the projection of the slide opposing the partition.

6. The arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the seal has an extension which extends at least partially on one side of the flange remote from the slide and comes into contact with at least one line.

7. The arrangement as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the extension of the seal, in particular on the side of the flange remote from the slide, has a folding bellows.

8. The arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a grip-like element is arranged on the slide or on the seal, said grip-like element protruding through the opening of the partition into the engine compartment.

9. The arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least one line is configured as media lines which serve for supplying the functional unit, in particular an air conditioning unit, with liquid media.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 11, 2015
From: BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
To: MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 035890/0901 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2013
From: GRIEB, ANDREAS; WUSTLICH, KAI; SCHALL, MATTHIAS
To: BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 031422/0421 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 004 560 · Feb 23, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140042713A1 · Feb 13, 2014