Method and apparatus for mounting a motor vehicle component
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsCarsten Fuchs, Armin Handke, Matthias Ochtrop, Andreas Sohlbach
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Abstract
A plastic housing for a motor vehicle component and to a method for mounting a motor vehicle component having a plastic housing, a housing opening closed by at least one plastic film and a mechanism arranged in an interior of the housing, in which the mechanism is mounted, the housing is then closed and the mechanism is subsequently actuated through the housing opening, and in which the housing opening is sealed again after the actuation.
Claims13
A method for mounting a motor vehicle component with a plastic housing comprising the steps of:
- mounting a mechanism such that the mechanism is arranged in an interior of the housing,
- subsequently closing a housing opening of the housing by at least one plastic film,
- actuating the mechanism through the housing opening by piercing the at least one plastic film with an actuating tool, and
- sealing the piercing in the at least one plastic film by applying a mounting foam to the at least one plastic film at the piercing.
A plastic housing of a motor vehicle component, wherein the component is inserted in a region of the plastic housing accessible to moisture, comprising:
- a housing opening closed by at least one plastic film, and
- a mechanism arranged in an interior of the housing, wherein the mechanism is actuated through the housing opening by piercing the at least one plastic film with an actuating tool, and wherein the piercing in the at least one plastic film is closed after actuation by a foam bead and/or hot stamping applied to the at least one plastic film at the piercing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.