Device and method for tolerance compensation
AssigneesMinebea Accesssolutions Italia S.P.A., Audi AG
InventorsMarco SAVANT, Davide Greco, André Schubert
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Abstract
A device for positioning of a first workpiece at a predetermined distance from a second workpiece in a mechanical assembly is mounted on the second workpiece into a through hole thereof, including a first and second parts, the first part being tubular and having a hollow portion formed around an axis of the device, and the second part including a tubular subpart to be inserted, at least partially, inside the hollow portion of the first part.
Claims16
Device for positioning of a first workpiece at a predetermined distance from a second workpiece in a mechanical assembly, the device being configured to be mounted on the second workpiece into a through hole of the second workpiece of the mechanical assembly, the device comprising a first part and a second part, the first part being tubular and having a hollow portion formed around an axis of the device, the second part comprising a tubular subpart configured to be inserted, at least partially, inside the hollow portion of the first part, an outer diameter of the tubular subpart of the second part being adjusted to an inner diameter of the hollow portion of the first part so that an outer surface of the tubular subpart of the second part is in frictional contact with an inner surface of the hollow portion of the first part, wherein a first angular position of the second part around the axis of the device is defined, so that a first rotation by a first angle of rotation of the second part around the axis of the device in a first angular direction, direction, from the first angular position drives a rotation, by the first angle of rotation, of the first part around the axis in the first angular direction from the first angular position up to an intermediate angular position, the first rotation of the first part around the axis simultaneously generating a movement of the first part along the axis towards the first workpiece such that an end of the device is in contact with the first workpiece of the mechanical assembly.
Method for positioning of a first workpiece at a predetermined distance from a second workpiece in a mechanical assembly, the method using a device mounted on the second workpiece into a through hole of the second workpiece of the mechanical assembly, the device comprising a first part and a second part, the first part being tubular and comprising a hollow portion formed around an axis of the device, the second part comprising a tubular subpart configured to be inserted inside the hollow portion of the first part, an outer diameter of the tubular subpart of the second part being adjusted to an inner diameter of the hollow portion of the first part so that an outer surface of the tubular subpart of the second part is in frictional contact with an inner surface of the hollow portion of the first part, wherein a first angular position of the second part around the axis of the device is defined, the method comprising the following step:
- apply a first rotation, by a first angle of rotation, to the second part around the axis of the device in a first angular direction, from the first angular position driving a rotation, by the first angle of rotation, of the first part around the axis in the first angular direction from the first angular position up to an intermediate angular position, the first rotation of the first part around the axis simultaneously generating a movement of the first part along the axis towards the first workpiece such that an end of the first part is in contact with the first workpiece of the mechanical assembly.
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