Tolerance compensation device
AssigneeWitte Automotive GmbH
InventorsJan Christian Bente, Jose Luis Gonzalez Losa, Philip Weinberger, Sven Lemke
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Abstract
The invention relates to a tolerance compensation apparatus comprising a base element; a compensation element that is in threaded engagement with the base element and that forms a passage extending in an axial direction for a screw element; a nut into which the screw element can be screwed; and a holding element having a first limb holding the base element, a second limb holding the nut, and a connection section connecting the first and second limbs, wherein the first and second limbs are spaced apart from one another while forming a reception gap for receiving a component.
Claims9
A system comprising a tolerance compensation apparatus and a component, the tolerance compensation apparatus comprising:
- a base element;
- a compensation element that is in threaded engagement with the base element and that defines a passage extending in an axial direction for receiving a screw element;
- a nut into which the screw element can be screwed;
- a holding element having a first limb configured to hold the base element, a second limb configured to hold the nut, and a connection section connecting the first and second limbs, wherein the first and second limbs are spaced apart from one another to define a reception gap for receiving the component;
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- at least one securing element configured to secure the component to the tolerance compensation apparatus upon the component being received in the reception gap, wherein the at least one securing element comprises an elastic latching tongue having a free end facing in the direction of the connection section, the latching tongue being configured to cooperate with a latch projection formed at the component, and wherein the latching tongue extends starting from the first limb into the reception gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.