Play-free hook-type connection
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorGerrit Nieboer
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Abstract
A hook-type connection for the play-free connection of two parts. A first part comprises a hook with wings which engage an edge which is formed on an abutment on a second part. In the assembled condition, the wings are pivoted about the longitudinal axis of the shank of the hook, so that the hook is subjected to a torsional load. A hook-type connection of this kind offers optimum freedom of design for the different manufacturing tolerances of the parts and the hook-type connection occuring during practice.
Claims8
A hook-type connection for the play-free connection of a first part to a second part, the hook-type connection comprising:
- a flexible hook with a shank and at least one wing mounted on said shank, said shank connected to said first part having a pressure edge, and
- an abutment which is connected to said second part having an abutment edge with which said pressure edge cooperates, at least one of the two edges enclosing an acute angle with a plane which extends substantially perpendicularly of the longitudinal direction of said shank of said hook, said hook being locally structurally weakened in the longitudinal direction of said shank when a torque is exerted on said shank by at least said one wing which forms part of said hook and which is connected to said shank adjacent the end which is remote from said first part, said wing having an edge which faces said first part and comprises said pressure edge.
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