Holding device and method for releasing a snap-in connection
AssigneeSFS intec Holding AG
InventorsKai Heineke, Marlon Wagner, Philipp Gentner
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Abstract
A holding device (10) for holding a component (12), the holding device (10) being convertible from a component holding mode into a component release mode by magnetic force. The holding device (10) for holding the component (12) has a movable detent element (14), the position of which is not influenced by the magnetic force. A method for releasing a snap-in connection between a holding device (10) and a component (12) is also provided, having the following steps: generating a magnetic field in the vicinity of the holding device (10); and applying a force that moves the holding device (10) and the component (12) apart from each other to release the snap-in connection.
Claims13
A holding device for holding a component, with the holding device being convertible from a component holding mode into a component release mode by magnetic force, the holding device comprising:
- a movable detent element configured to hold the component, a position of which is not influenced by the magnetic force, and a locking element which inhibits a movement of the detent element in the component holding mode in an inhibited position, and which releases the movement of the detent element in the component release mode in a release position.
A method for releasing a snap-in connection between a holding device and a component, comprising the following steps:
- generating a magnetic field in a vicinity of the holding device;
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- applying a force that moves the holding device and the component apart from each other to release the snap-in connection;
- wherein a magnetic force is exerted by the magnetic field, and said magnetic force moves a locking element from an inhibited position, in which the locking element inhibits a movement of a detent element, into a release position, in which the locking element releases the movement of the detent element.
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