# US 9,775,411 B2 · System for mounting of components > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,775,411 B2 - Document ID: US9775411B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/512,508 - Filed: 2014-10-13 - Published: 2015-04-16 - Granted: 2017-10-03 - Earliest claimed: 2013-10-15 - Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH - Applicants: Airbus Operations GmbH - Inventors: Sebastian Dyllong; Robert Alexander Goehlich - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9775411B2 ## CPC - A44B 18/0053: {in which each part has similar elements} - A44B 18/0019: {of a mushroom type} - B64C 1/12: Construction or attachment of skin panels - B64C 3/26: Construction, shape, or attachment of separate skins, e.g. panels - F16B 5/07: by means of multiple interengaging protrusions on the surfaces, e.g. hooks, coils, - F16B 2200/81: Use of a material of the hooks-and-loops type - Y10T 24/2708: Combined with diverse fastener - Y10T 29/49826: Assembling or joining - Y10T 428/249923: Including interlaminar mechanical fastener - A44B: BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE (fastenings specially adapted for footwear A43C) - B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS - 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) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A mounting system includes a first and second mounting part having a first and second base part with a first and second plurality of first and second locking means respectively, for mounting two components to each other. Each of the locking means is attached to the respective base part and is provided with an attachment part extending from the base part, and a distal part provided as a head portion with at least one engaging section protruding sidewards over the attachment part. The locking means are laterally displaceable in relation to the base part to allow sidewards displacement of the engaging sections for engagement and disengagement of the locking means and thus the first and the second base. In the engaged state, latching means are provided blocking the sidewards displacement of the engaging sections to an extent that a disengagement of the locking means is prevented. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mounting system, comprising: a first mounting part comprising a first base part with a first plurality of first locking means; a second mounting part comprising a second base part with a second plurality of second locking means; wherein the first and the second mounting parts are configured to mount components to each other by the first and the second mounting parts; wherein each of the locking means is attached to the respective base part and comprises an attachment part extending from the base part, and a distal part at the opposing end of the attachment part; wherein the distal part comprises a head portion with at least one engaging section protruding sidewards over the attachment part; wherein the first and second locking means are laterally displaceable in relation to the respective base part at least with the distal part to allow sidewards displacement of the engaging sections for engagement and disengagement of the locking means; wherein the first and second locking means provide a releasable engagement of the first and the second bases; wherein in the engaged state, latching means are provided blocking the sidewards displacement of the engaging sections to an extent that a disengagement of the locking means is prevented; wherein the latching means are removable thereby providing temporary secure fixation of the components to be mounted to each other, and wherein the latching means comprise pins inserted along at least one of the base parts next to the attachment parts extending from the base. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mounting system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and the second base parts is formed integrally with a component to be mounted to another component; and wherein the locking means are extending from the component. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mounting system according to claim 1, wherein the first and/or the second locking means comprise at least two different attachment depths in the first and/or second base part respectively. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mounting system according to claim 1, wherein the latching means are removable when the locking means are in engagement with each other forming a mounting state of the two mounting parts. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mounting system according to claim 1, wherein in the engaged state: lateral moving space for lateral relative movement of the distal parts is provided between the distal part of each locking means and the respective opposite base part; wherein the latching means occupy at least an essential part of the moving space restricting the lateral movement of the distal parts; and/or further moving space for movement of the base parts in a direction towards each other is provided; wherein the latching means occupy at least an essential part of the further moving space restricting the movement of the base parts in the direction towards each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mounting system according to claim 1, wherein in the engaged state, the latching means are provided along the respective base parts next to the attachment parts extending from the base to restrict at least one of: the sidewards bending movement of the attachment parts; and the sidewards movement of the distal parts. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The mounting system according to claim 1, wherein the pins are longitudinal elements that, in the inserted state, extend in a direction parallel to the base part and transverse to the attachment parts of the locking means, which attachment parts extend from the base part; wherein the pins, in the inserted state, extend over at least a plurality of attachment parts. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The mounting system according to claim 7, wherein the pins comprise rigid nail-like structures. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The mounting system according to claim 7, wherein the pins comprise longitudinal flexible elements that are sufficiently stiff and rigid to restrict the movement of the locking means, but flexibly enough to follow different contours of surfaces upon which the locking means are provided. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The mounting system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the pins is connected to a latch-base forming a comb-shaped interlocking structure. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The mounting system according to claim 1, wherein the first and second locking means comprise mushroom-like protrusions providing a double-mushroom engagement. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The mounting system according to claim 1, wherein the base parts comprise longitudinal strips with a longitudinal extension direction; and wherein the latching means are laterally insertable in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension direction. ### Claim 13 A vehicle, comprising: a support structure; an enclosing structure; and a technical structure; wherein a plurality of components are mounted to each other, wherein at least some components are mounted to each other with a mounting system, wherein the vehicle is an aircraft or spacecraft, wherein the mounting system comprises: a first mounting part comprising a first base part with a first plurality of first locking means; a second mounting part comprising a second base part with a second plurality of second locking means; wherein the first and the second mounting parts are configured to mount components to each other by the first and the second mounting parts; wherein each of the locking means is attached to the respective base part and comprises an attachment part extending from the base part, and a distal part at the opposing end of the attachment part; wherein the distal part comprises a head portion with at least one engaging section protruding sidewards over the attachment part; wherein the first and second locking means are laterally displaceable in relation to the respective base part at least with the distal part to allow sidewards displacement of the engaging sections for engagement and disengagement of the locking means; wherein the first and second locking means provide a releasable engagement of the first and the second base; wherein in the engaged state, latching means are provided blocking the sidewards displacement of the engaging sections to an extent that a disengagement of the locking means is prevented, wherein the latching means are removable thereby providing temporary secure fixation of the components to be mounted to each other, and wherein the latching means comprise pins inserted along at least one of the base parts next to the attachment parts extending from the base.