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US 12,716,447 B2Granted
Fastening device, assembly arrangement and domestic appliance
AssigneeBSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorChristopher-Karl Apostolidis
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Abstract
A fastening device for fastening a masking plate to an assembly strip of a household appliance includes a base body, an eccentric body receivable in a receiving section of the base body, and a hinge section designed to connect the eccentric body with the base body and to enable the eccentric body to be folded from an initial state, in which the eccentric body is arranged outside of the receiving section, into an end state, in which the eccentric body is received in the receiving section.
Claims15
A fastening device for fastening a masking plate to an assembly strip of a household appliance, said fastening device comprising:
- a base body having a receiving section, a first fastening section configured to be connected to an assembly aperture of the assembly strip, and a second fastening section configured to be connected to the masking plate;
- an eccentric body configured to be receivable in the receiving section of the base body, wherein the eccentric body includes an engaging section configured to engage into the receiving section and a cylindrical eccentric section which is connected eccentrically with the engaging section;
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- a hinge section configured to connect the eccentric body with the base body and to enable the eccentric body to be folded with respect to the base body from an initial state, in which the eccentric body is arranged outside of the receiving section, into an end state, in which the engaging section of the eccentric body is received in the receiving section,
- wherein the hinge section is configured to position the eccentric body in a zero position when the eccentric body is folded with respect to the base body from the initial state into the end state in which the engaging section of the eccentric body is received in the receiving section such that the eccentric body is rotatable out of the zero position into any angular position and such that the hinge section is configured to shear off from the zero position when the eccentric body is rotated out of the zero position, and
- wherein the fastening device is configured to move in a linear manner along a predetermined direction with respect to the assembly strip when the eccentric body is rotated relative to the base body and against one or more side contours of the assembly aperture, thereby adjusting a position of the fastening device with respect to the assembly strip.
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An assembly arrangement for a household appliance, said assembly arrangement comprising:
- an assembly strip including an assembly aperture;
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- a fastening device configured to be suspended in the assembly aperture of the assembly strip, the fastening device comprising:
- a base body having a receiving section, and a suspension section for suspending the fastening device in the assembly aperture of the assembly strip;
- an eccentric body configured to be receivable in the receiving section of the base body, wherein the eccentric body includes an engaging section configured to engage into the receiving section and a cylindrical eccentric section which is connected eccentrically with the engaging section;
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- a hinge section configured to connect the eccentric body with the base body and to enable the eccentric body to be folded with respect to the base body from an initial state, in which the eccentric body is arranged outside of the receiving section, into an end state, in which the engaging section of the eccentric body is received in the receiving section,
- wherein the hinge section is configured to position the eccentric body in a zero position when the eccentric body is folded with respect to the base body from the initial state into the end state in which the engaging section of the eccentric body is received in the receiving section such that the eccentric body is rotatable out of the zero position into any angular position and such that the hinge section is configured to shear off from the zero position when the eccentric body is rotated out of the zero position, and
- wherein, when the suspension section of the fastening device is suspended in the assembly aperture of the assembly strip and the fastening device is in the end state, the fastening device is configured to move in a linear manner along a predetermined direction with respect to the assembly strip when the eccentric body is rotated relative to the base body and against one or more side contours of the assembly aperture, thereby adjusting a position of the fastening device with respect to the assembly strip.
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A household appliance, comprising:
- a fastening device for fastening a masking plate to an assembly strip of the household appliance, said fastening device comprising:
- a base body having a receiving section, a first fastening section configured to be connected to an assembly aperture of the assembly strip, and a second fastening section configured to be connected to the masking plate;
- an eccentric body configured to be receivable in the receiving section of the base body, wherein the eccentric body includes an engaging section configured to engage into the receiving section and a cylindrical eccentric section which is connected eccentrically with the engaging section;
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- a hinge section configured to connect the eccentric body with the base body and to enable the eccentric body to be folded with respect to the base body from an initial state, in which the eccentric body is arranged outside of the receiving section, into an end state, in which the engaging section of the eccentric body is received in the receiving section,
- wherein the hinge section is configured to position the eccentric body in a zero position when the eccentric body is folded with respect to the base body from the initial state into the end state in which the engaging section of the eccentric body is received in the receiving section such that the eccentric body is rotatable out of the zero position into any angular position and such that the hinge section is configured to shear off from the zero position when the eccentric body is rotated out of the zero position, and
- wherein the fastening device is configured to move in a linear manner along a predetermined direction with respect to the assembly strip when the eccentric body is rotated relative to the base body and against one or more side contours of the assembly aperture, thereby adjusting a position of the fastening device with respect to the assembly strip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.