Motor vehicle having a U-shaped bow
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorNikolaus Oancea
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Abstract
A motor vehicle has a U-shaped bow which can be simply fastened to a sheet metal component. The U-shaped bow is developed at each free end as a blind rivet. The U-shaped bow itself forms the pull mandrel for the blind rivets. Such a U-shaped bow can be used, for example, for fastening a child seat in the motor vehicle according to the Isofix standard, for a locking bow for a lock of a door or lid of the motor vehicle and/or for serving cargo in a vehicle trunk.
Claims18
A fastener for a motor vehicle having a flat sheet metal component, comprising:
- a U-shaped bow fastenable with both ends to the flat sheet metal component, wherein
- each end of the U-shaped bow comprises a blind rivet with the U-shaped bow being a pull mandrel for the blind rivet, and
- the blind rivet is integrally formed on each end of the U-shaped bow.
A fastener for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a flat sheet metal component;
- and
- a U-shaped bow having two longitudinal ends and a cross portion that joins the two longitudinal ends, wherein
- each longitudinal end defines, at an end thereof, a blind rivet that is configured to fasten the U-shaped bow to the flat sheet metal component of the motor vehicle, and
- the cross portion is shorter in length than the two longitudinal ends.
A U-shaped fastener for use in a motor vehicle, the U-shaped fastener comprising:
- two longitudinal members that are substantially parallel to one another;
- and
- a cross portion that is shorter in length than the two longitudinal members and that joins the two longitudinal members at a first end of the two longitudinal members, wherein
- at a second end of the two longitudinal members, each longitudinal member defines:
- i) a collar that is configured to abut against a flat sheet metal component of the motor vehicle, and ii) a rivet mandrel, which upon pulling on the cross portion, fastens the U-shaped fastener against the flat sheet metal component of the motor vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.