Plastic holder for anti-vibration fastening an elongated object
AssigneeNewfrey LLC
InventorsBastian STAU, Lothar SCHLIESSNER
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Abstract
A holder made of plastic for vibration-insulating attachment of an oblong object such as a pipe or the like to a vehicle includes a base part with a bolt-accommodating opening and retainer parts that have a U-shaped retaining section with a recess that has a hollow inner surface and an insertion opening at which a resilient retaining finger is provided, which is able to hold an oblong object in the recess. The retainer parts are connected to the base part by means of thin, flexible wall elements. The base part has a frame with openings and the apex regions of the retaining sections on the side opposite from the insertion opening can move into these openings.
Claims20
A holder securable to a vehicle with a bolt, the holder made of plastic and operable for vibration-insulated retention of an oblong object such as a pipe in the holder, the holder comprising:
- a base part defining a bolt-accommodating bore and including a frame-shaped support section partially defining an opening;
- a retainer part including a wall with a U-shaped cross-section having an apex region proximate to the base part and defining a recess suitable for accommodating the oblong object, a hollow inner surface, and defining an insertion opening located opposite to the apex region and distal to the base part;
- a resilient retaining finger is located at the insertion opening, protrudes into the recess, and is operable to hold the oblong object in the recess;
- a thin flexible connecting element;
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- wherein the retainer part is integrally formed with the base part, does not directly touch the base part, and is connected to the base part via the connecting element with the apex region of the retainer part suspended above the opening in the base part, such that the apex is movable into the opening of the base part during deformation of the thin flexible connecting element.
A holder operable for vibration-insulated retention of a tube shaped workpiece, the holder securable to a vehicle with a bolt, the holder defining a long axis and a retained axis transverse to the long axis and an insertion axis perpendicular to the long axis and the retainer axis;
- the holder comprising:
- a base extending along the long axis;
- a retainer including U-shaped wall lying in a first plane defined by the long axis and the insertion axis;
- the U-shaped wall having a closed bottom, an open top, and closed sides connecting the bottom and the top;
- the retainer partly defining open sides open along the retained axis, and the open top partly defining an insertion opening located opposite to the apex;
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- a flexible connecting element;
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- wherein the holder is flexible between a first relaxed condition, a second insertion condition achievable while the workpiece is being forcefully inserted into the retainer, and a third retained condition when the workpiece is at rest inside the retainer;
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- the retainer is made of plastic and is integrally formed with the base, the retainer connects to the base only via the connecting element;
- and, when in the relaxed condition, the bottom of the retainer is suspended spaced above the base at a relaxed distance along the insertion axis;
- and, when in the insertion condition, the bottom of the retainer is movable to an insertion distance from the base, the insertion distance being less than the relaxed distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.