Fixing device for exhaust system component and exhaust system
AssigneeSumitomo Riko Company Limited
InventorsAnna-Lena Wahl, Alexander Noll
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a fixing device for connecting an exhaust system component to a vehicle body, including: a carrier for attachment to the vehicle body; and an elastomer element connected to the carrier. The elastomer element has a connection recess into which a widened end portion of a holding element of the exhaust system component can be inserted, such that a connection region of the elastomer element defining the connection recess at least partially undercuts the widened end portion of the holding element in a joining direction. A fixing device comprises a stiffening structure stiffening the connection region of the elastomer element to impede an extraction of the widened end portion of the holding element.
Claims14
A fixing device for connecting an exhaust system component to a vehicle body, the fixing device comprising:
- a carrier configured to connect to the vehicle body;
- an elastomer element connected to the carrier, the elastomer element including a connection region defining a connection recess configured to receive a holding element of the exhaust system component, the connection region configured to at least partially undercut a widened end portion of the holding element;
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- a stiffening sleeve arranged at the connection region, the stiffening sleeve configured to impede an extraction of the widened end portion,
- wherein the stiffening sleeve includes a longitudinal slot that is opened at a front end corresponding to the widened end portion.
An exhaust system for a motor vehicle, the exhaust system comprising:
- an exhaust system component including a holding element;
- and
- a fixing device configured to connect the exhaust system component to a vehicle body of the motor vehicle, the fixing device comprising:
- a carrier configured to connect to the vehicle body;
- an elastomer element connected to the carrier, the elastomer element including a connection region defining a connection recess configured to receive the holding element, the connection region configured to at least partially undercut a widened end portion of the holding element;
- and
- a stiffening sleeve arranged at the connection region, the stiffening sleeve configured to impede an extraction of the widened end portion,
- wherein the stiffening sleeve includes a longitudinal slot that is opened at a front end corresponding to the widened end portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.