# US 8,740,289 B2 · Motor vehicle having a U-shaped bow > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,740,289 B2 - Document ID: US8740289B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/315,993 - Filed: 2011-12-09 - Published: 2012-05-03 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2009-06-10 - Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Nikolaus Oancea - Inventors: Nikolaus Oancea - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8740289B2 ## CPC - B60N 2/289: {coupled to the vehicle frame} - E05B 85/045: {for bifurcated bolts} - F16B 19/1045: {fastened by a pull - mandrel or the like (F16B19/109 takes precedence)} - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein each blind rivet at the ends of the U-shaped bow comprises a rivet sleeve axially surrounding an end section of the U-shaped bow with a hollow space being located between the rivet sleeve and the end section of the U-shaped bow. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 2, wherein each rivet sleeve comprises a radially outward projecting collar at a longitudinal end of the rivet sleeve facing away from the end of the U-shaped bow. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the rivet sleeve is connected with an end of the U-shaped bow at a longitudinal end of the rivet sleeve facing the end of the U-shaped bow. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the rivet sleeve is connected with an end of the U-shaped bow at the longitudinal end of the rivet sleeve facing the end of the U-shaped bow. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a center section of the U-shaped bow provides an abutment for a setting tool for the blind rivets. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 2, wherein a center section of the U-shaped bow provides an abutment for a setting tool for the blind rivets. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 3, wherein a center section of the U-shaped bow provides an abutment for a setting tool for the blind rivets. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 4, wherein a center section of the U-shaped bow provides an abutment for a setting tool for the blind rivets. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the sheet metal component comprises two through holes having respective diameters corresponding approximately to an outer diameter of a respective rivet sleeve to be fastened therein. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the sheet metal component comprises two through holes having respective diameters corresponding approximately to an outer diameter of a respective rivet sleeve to be fastened therein. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the sheet metal component comprises two through holes having respective diameters corresponding approximately to an outer diameter of a respective rivet sleeve to be fastened therein. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the sheet metal component comprises two through holes having respective diameters corresponding approximately to an outer diameter of a respective rivet sleeve to be fastened therein. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the U-shaped bow is a locking bow for a door or lid latch of the motor vehicle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the U-shaped bow is a motor vehicle child seat fastener conforming to Isofix standard. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The fastener for a motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the U-shaped bow is a cargo securement ring in a trunk of the vehicle. ### Claim 17 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. ### Claim 18 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.