Assembly for providing a fastening possibility for a vehicle component
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsMarek Kukuczka, Zsolt Wilke, Andreas Rudolf
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Abstract
An assembly for providing a fastening possibility for a vehicle component to a body component is configured as a torsion clip and includes a connecting element and a retaining element. The assembly is transferable from a pre-assembly or delivery state into a prefixation state, wherein, in order to transfer the assembly from its pre-assembly or delivery state into its pre-fixation state, a torque is exerted on the retaining element in such a way that the retaining element is twisted relative to the connecting element in order to enable passage of a retaining region of the retaining element through a fastening opening of the body component.
Claims15
An assembly for providing a fastening possibility for a vehicle component to a body component, wherein the assembly is configured as a torsion clip and comprises:
- a connecting element to which the vehicle component is connectable;
- and
- a retaining element for retaining the connecting element on the body component,
- wherein the retaining element comprises a base body with a retaining region at a first end region of the base body, and the connecting element comprises a base body with a receptacle opening in which the retaining element is at least regionally receivable or through which the retaining region of the retaining element is transferable from a pre-assembly or delivery state, in which the retaining region of the retaining element is not yet inserted through a fastening opening in the body component, into a pre-fixation state, in which the retaining region of the retaining element is inserted through the fastening opening of the body component and an edge region of the body component surrounding the fastening opening is received at least regionally between the retaining region of the retaining element and the base body of the connecting element,
- wherein, in order to transfer the assembly from the pre-assembly or delivery state into the pre-fixation state, a torque is exerted on at least the retaining region of the retaining element in such a way that, starting from a base state of the retaining region, at least the retaining region of the retaining element is twisted relative to the connecting element and relative to the fastening opening of the body component in order to allow a passage of the retaining region through the fastening opening of the body component, wherein, after the passage of the retaining element or retaining region of the retaining element through the fastening opening of the body component, the torque previously exerted on the retaining region is at least partially lifted and the retaining region is again in the base state.
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