# US 12,003,065 B2 · Mounting arrangement, auxiliary mounting holder for a mounting arrangement and method for mounting an add-on part > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,003,065 B2 - Document ID: US12003065B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/078,481 - Filed: 2020-10-23 - Published: 2021-04-29 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-23 - Assignees: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Andre Temminghoff; Timo Preiss; Waldemar Iwankow - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003065B2 ## CPC - H01R 13/748: {using one or more screws (H01R13/746 takes precedence)} - B60L 53/16: Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - B62D 65/024: {Positioning of sub-units or components with respect to body shell or other sub-units or components} - B60K 15/04: Tank inlets (B60K15/077 takes precedence) - B60L 2270/40: related to technical updates when adding new parts or software - B62D 65/02: Joining sub-units or components to, or positioning sub-units or components with respect to, body shell or other sub-units or components - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A mounting arrangement for an add-on part or charging socket on a carrier structure or vehicle body of a two-track vehicle, includes an assembly tool feeding the add-on part in a feed process step into the carrier structure in a direction of a final mounting position. The add-on part is attachable to the carrier structure at an attachment point. The mounting arrangement has an auxiliary mounting holder in the carrier structure to simplify mounting. In the feed process step, the assembly tool moves the add-on part into a premounting position, for transferring the add-on part from the assembly tool to the auxiliary mounting holder, for restoring the assembly tool without the add-on part in a reversing direction opposite the feed direction. The auxiliary mounting holder has a transverse guide, along which the add-on part is adjustable from premounting to final mounting position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mounting arrangement for mounting an add-on part or a charging socket on a carrier structure or a vehicle body of a two-track vehicle, the mounting arrangement comprising: an assembly tool for feeding the add-on part in a feed process step into the carrier structure in a direction of a final mounting position, permitting the add-on part to be attached to the carrier structure at an add-on part attachment point; an auxiliary mounting holder installed in the carrier structure for simplifying the add-on part mounting, said auxiliary mounting holder having a transverse guide; said assembly tool moving the add-on part in said feed process step to a pre-mounting position, the add-on part being transferred from said assembly tool to said auxiliary mounting holder, permitting said assembly tool to be restored without the add-on part in a reversing direction opposite to said feeding direction; said auxiliary mounting holder permitting the add-on part to be adjusted along said auxiliary mounting holder from said pre-mounting position into said final mounting position; a wheel housing of the vehicle body for housing a vehicle wheel, said wheel housing, in a vehicle transverse direction, including a vehicle-internal wheel housing sheet metal part and a vehicle-outer wheel housing sheet metal part attached to said vehicle-internal wheel housing sheet metal part; a vehicle outer skin at least one of covering said wheel housing or having a mounting opening; a charging socket cover for covering said mounting opening; said vehicle-outer wheel housing sheet metal part having a charging socket passage opening; at least one latching element of said auxiliary mounting holder configured for a charging socket transfer, said at least one latching element having a run-on flank; a charging socket mating contour cooperating with said at least one latching element; during said feed process step, said charging socket mating contour coming into contact with said run-on flank, causing said latching element to be displaced into a release position while building up an elastic restoring force; upon reaching said pre-mounting position, said latching element springing back into a blocking position while dissipating the elastic restoring force; and said latching element having a blocking flank engaging under said charging socket mating contour, causing the charging socket in said pre-mounting position to be supported on said blocking flank of said latching element of said auxiliary mounting holder. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mounting arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary mounting holder at least one of is a plastic part or has a vehicle-upper holder base formed with at least one preloading element, and in said pre-mounting position, said preloading element presses the charging socket with a preloading force against said blocking flank of said latching element of said auxiliary mounting holder. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The mounting arrangement according to claim 2, wherein: said auxiliary mounting holder has a position securing element for protecting the charging socket against an unintentional transverse movement out of said pre-mounting position; and said position securing element at least one of being configured to be overcome only by being forced over a predefined pressure point or being formed in said holder base of said auxiliary mounting holder. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The mounting arrangement according to claim 3, wherein said position securing element is an elastically flexible tab. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mounting arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said blocking flank of said latching element of said auxiliary mounting holder acts as a transverse guide, and the charging socket is adjustable along said transverse guide transversely in said mounting direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The mounting arrangement according to claim 5, which further comprises: an internal corner region being open in said mounting direction; a latching element side wall; the charging socket mating contour being guided in said internal corner region in said mounting direction; and said blocking flank and said latching element side wall spanning said internal corner region.