Assembly unit
AssigneeRichard Bergner Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsWilhelm Schneider, Udo Schmidt, Stefan Braun
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Abstract
An assembly unit has an assembly part with an assembly side and an opposite outer side. A through opening extends from the outer side to the assembly side. A screw has a head that juts radially over the through opening on the outer side and a shank which reaches through the through opening with radial clearance. The screw has a threaded portion and a non-threaded portion disposed between the threaded portion and the head. A holder fixes the screw captively in the through opening. The holder is held axially movably in the through opening and axially movably on the non-threaded shank portion of the screw. The holder has a disk-shaped flange with a flange opening reached through by the non-threaded shank of the screw.
Claims12
An assembly unit, comprising:
- an assembly part, having an assembly side, an outer side opposite said assembly side, and a through opening extending between said outer side and said assembly side;
- a screw, having a head projecting radially above said through opening on said outer side and a shank reaching through said through opening, said shank having a threaded portion and a non-threaded portion disposed between said threaded portion and said head;
- a holder fixing said screw captively in said through opening, said holder being held with axial movability in said through opening and with axial movability on said non-threaded shank portion of said screw;
- said holder having a disk-shaped flange with a flange opening accommodating said non-threaded portion of said shank, an inner rim bounding said flange opening and an outer rim delimiting said flange;
- said inner rim forming at least one first retaining element, which juts into an undercut space extending between said head of said screw and a shank projection at an axial spacing distance from said head;
- a plurality of spring arms molded onto said outer rim, said spring arms being spaced apart in a peripheral direction of said flange and extending away toward a shank end distal from said head, said spring arms having free ends bearing a radially outwardly protruding second retaining element, which, in a first axial position, in which said holder projects with a maximum projecting length from said outer side of the assembly part, bears against a stop element projecting radially inward from a wall of said through opening, on a side of said stop element facing away from said head of said screw.
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