Holding Device for a Light Guide Body, Mounting Method for Mounting a Light Guide Body to a Holding Device and Mounting Device

A holding device (1) for an elongated light guide body (2), the holding device comprising:

• a holding body (10) which comprises a light guide receiver (11) for the light guide body (2), wherein the holding body (10) is formed from two holding body parts, a first holding body part (20) and a second holding body part (21),
• wherein the first holding body part (20), a so-called inner holding body part (20), is formed from a first plastic as a soft component, wherein the two holding body parts (20, 21) are preferably formed from different plastics, and the second holding body part (21) is preferably formed from a second plastic as a hard component, and
• wherein the first holding body part (20) and the second holding body part (21), the so-called outer holding body part (21), are firmly connected to one another and form the holding body (10),
• wherein the first holding body part (20) comprises the light guide receiver (11), wherein the light guide receiver (11) is formed as an elongated depression which extends along a curve (K) along a defined length,
• wherein the first holding body part (20) comprises two enclosing sections (20d, 20e) which delimit the depression on opposite sites,
• wherein the light guide receiver (11) comprises an opening (11′) which is formed on a side (20′) of the first holding body part (20) facing away from the second holding body part (21) and is delimited by the two enclosing sections (20d, 20e), wherein, in a basic shape of the holding body (10), the opening (11′) has a width (w),
• wherein the second holding body part (21) is configured such that it is elastically deformable by the application of an external force, and the second holding body part (21) is connected to the first holding body part (20) such that, by an elastic deformation of the second holding body part (20), the width (w) of the opening (11′) with respect to the basic shape of the holding body (10), in which no external force acts, is increased by spreading apart the two enclosing sections (20d, 20e) of the first holding body part (20) in such a way that the light guide body (2) can be inserted into the light guide receiver (11), and
• wherein after removal of the external force, the holding body (10) essentially returns to its basic form, so that the enclosing sections (20d, 20e) enclose the light guide body (2) inserted into the depression, and the light guide body (2) is clamped by the enclosing sections (20d, 20e).