Tolerance Compensation Apparatus
AssigneeWitte Automotive GmbH
InventorsFrank Lütgenau, Klaus Spickenheier
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for the compensation of tolerances between components to be screwed to one another, comprising a hollow-cylindrical base element and a hollow-cylindrical compensation element which is in threaded engagement with the base element and which can be moved from a starting position into a compensation position by rotation relative to the base element. The apparatus is characterized in that a fixing means is provided by which the compensation element can be fixed in the compensation position relative to the base element.
Claims17
An apparatus (10) for compensating tolerances between components to be screwed to one another, comprising
- a hollow-cylindrical base element (18);
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- a hollow-cylindrical compensation element (22), said hollow-cylindrical compensation element being in threaded engagement with the base element (18) and being able to be moved from a starting position into a compensation position by rotation relative to the base element (18),
- the apparatus further comprising a fixing means (40, 58) by means of which the compensation element (22) can be fixed relative to the base element (18) in the compensation position.
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