# US 2014/0152036 A1 · Assembly with at least two components that are fixed together > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152036 A1 - Document ID: US20140152036A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/232,181 - Filed: 2012-07-07 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-07-13 - Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt - Inventors: Joachim Karl; Klaus Hampel; Ralph Gerstiauer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152036A1 ## CPC - F16B 39/284: Locking by means of elastic deformation ({F16B39/2825, F16B39/36,} F16B39/38 take precedence) - B60J 5/0416: {Assembly panels to be installed in doors as a module with components, e.g. lock or window lifter, attached thereto} - B60J 5/0468: {Fixation or mounting means specific for door components (fasteners in general F16B21/00)} - F16B 5/065: {the plates being one on top of the other and distanced from each other, e.g. by using protrusions to keep contact and distance} - F16B 5/0642: {the plates being arranged one on top of the other and in full close contact with each other} - Y10T 403/75: having a joining piece extending through aligned openings in plural members - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract The invention relates to an assembly for a motor vehicle comprising at least a first component and a second component, for example a carrier and a guide rail of a window lifter which are fixed together by means of at least one fastening element, in this case by a plurality of rivets. A fastening element engages into openings of which one opening respectively is formed in a receiving portion of the first component and one on a protrusion of the second component, wherein a protrusion respectively protrudes in an associated receiving portion and a flexible or elastic edge section of a receiving portion can be shifted in the direction of the associated protrusion. The at least one edge section that can be shifted in a flexible manner is designed and provided for compensating manufacturing tolerances, such that the two components automatically align to one another in the area of the flexible edge section during the fastening process and can form a solid connection as intended, wherein the protruding section is locked in the receiving portion by the edge section which is shifted and pushed against the protruding section. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -16. (canceled) ### Claim 17 An assembly for a motor vehicle comprising at least a first component and a second component which are fixed together by means of at least one fastening element, wherein the first component comprises a first opening and the second component comprises a second opening into which the fastening element in each case engages for fixating the two components together, and the first opening is bordered by a flexible shiftable edge section of the first component, which is shifted from the fastening element in respect to an unloaded original status in which the first component is not fixed to the second component, wherein the first opening with the edge section is formed within a receptacle of the first component the receptacle set back in respect to the second component, wherein a section of the second component protruding from the second component in direction to the first component extends into the receptacle, wherein said section borders the second opening of the second component. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The assembly according to claim 17, wherein the edge section of the first component, which borders the first opening, is formed elastically shiftable. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The assembly according to claim 17, wherein the protruding section of the second component rests against the edge section of the first component. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The assembly according to claim 17, wherein the second component rests outside of the set-back receptacle of the first component on support areas provided therefore on the first component. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The assembly according to claim 17, wherein the receptacle comprises a wall, which continues at least partially inclined in direction towards the second component. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The assembly according to claim 21, wherein the receptacle is formed cone-shaped, in particular funnel-shaped. ### Claim 23 (depends on 17) The assembly according to claim 17, wherein connecting bars are formed within the receptacle, which are provided as reinforcements for transfer of forces from the one component into the other component and which extend essentially along at least one main loading direction. ### Claim 24 (depends on 17) The assembly according to claim 17, wherein the edge section of the first component is connected via a weakening area to an edge of the receptacle such that the edge section is flexible or elastically shiftable in respect to the edge of the receptacle. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The assembly according to claim 24, wherein the weakening area has a smaller material thickness than the adjacent edge section and the edge of the receptacle adjacent thereto. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The assembly according to claim 24, wherein the weakening area extends at least partially along a path which continues essentially concentrically to the first opening, in particular along a circular path. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The assembly according to claim 26, wherein the weakening area extends annular around the first opening or the weakening area extends circular segment-like around the first opening. ### Claim 28 (depends on 17) The assembly according to claim 17, wherein at least one further receptacle set back in respect to a component is provided with at least one flexible shiftable edge section at one of the two components, into which a further protruding section of the other component extends. ### Claim 29 (depends on 17) The assembly according to claim 17, wherein at least one deformation rib is provided at the at least one flexible edge section, which projects in direction to the protruding section and which is formed such that it fails in a targeted manner if the elastic edge section and the protruding section are pressed against each other by a force exceeding a threshold value. ### Claim 30 (depends on 17) The assembly according to claim 17, wherein one of the two components is made of metal and the other component is made of a plastic material and/or the two components are components of a window lifter assembly for a motor vehicle. ### Claim 31 (depends on 17) The assembly according to claim 17, wherein the fastening element is a rivet. ### Claim 32 (depends on 17) The assembly according to claim 17, wherein the at least one flexible shiftable edge section is formed and provided for compensation of manufacturing tolerances such that the two components automatically align to one another in the area of the flexible edge section during the fastening process and can form a solid connection as intended, wherein the protruding section is locked in the receptacle by the edge section which is shifted and pushed against the protruding section.