Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Trw Automotive Electronics & Components Gmbh

Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Itw Fastener Products Gmbh

Audi Ag

Hubert Loewe

Juergen Hofmann

Stefan Jatzke

Markus Elsner

Oliver Marx

Anett Kilian

Andrew Lefever

Martin Zajak

Jan Böhner

Klaus Hock

Jan Boehner

Jürgen Hofmann

A venting valve for venting the interior of a vehicle includes a housing having at least one passage opening, and at least one venting flap which is mounted on the housing by a pivot mounting so as to be pivotable between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the at least one venting flap closes off the at least one passage opening and, in the open position, opens up the at least one passage opening for an air stream from the interior of the vehicle to the outside. The pivot mounting is arranged on an inner side of the housing, which inner side, in the assembled or installed state, faces the interior of the vehicle.

Venting valve

A ventilation valve for ventilating the interior of a vehicle includes a valve frame with at least one through opening, and also at least one ventilation flap which is mounted on the valve frame and is pivotable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the at least one ventilation flap closes the at least one through opening in the closed position and opens up the at least one through opening in the open position. A resetting feature is provided for pivoting the at least one ventilation flap back out of the open position into the closed position.

Ventilation valve for a vehicle

A device for retaining a line includes an accommodating part having at least one line retaining portion and a bearing portion, and includes a closing part having a bearing portion. The closing part is mounted on the bearing portion of the accommodating part such that it can be rotated via its bearing portion. The closing part can be adjusted between an open position, in which it frees the at least one retaining portion, and a closed position, in which it closes the at least one retaining portion. The bearing portion of the accommodating part forms a through-opening enclosed by a bearing-portion wall, and the bearing portion of the closing part forms a through-opening enclosed by a bearing-portion wall. The bearing-portion wall of the accommodating part engages through the through-opening of the closing part, and the bearing-portion wall of the closing part engages through the through-opening of the accommodating part.

Device for retaining a line

A device for fastening to a fastening projection (), which has an undercut, of a carrier component (), including a housing portion () which forms an insertion portion () for the fastening projection, at least two elastic latching arms () being provided which extend into the insertion portion and which are designed, at first starting from a rest form, to deform, in the course of inserting the fastening projection into the insertion portion, elastically in the insertion direction of the fastening projection and, with a subsequent return to shape, to latch on the undercut of the fastening projection, wherein furthermore at least one latching-arm support () is formed on the housing portion and opposes a deformation of the latching arms from their rest form in an opposite direction to the insertion direction of the fastening projection.

Device for fastening to a fastening projection of a carrier component

A first fastening clip comprises at least one seat for a line, and at least one hermaphroditic coupling section for connecting the first fastening clip to a second fastening clip of identical construction as the first fastening clip. The hermaphroditic coupling section of the first fastening clip comprises a base surface, a first connecting portion including a groove that widens inwardly from an opening of the first connecting portion distal from the base surface, a second connecting portion including a protruding rail that has a thickened intermediate portion between opposite longitudinal narrower ends, a first locking structure, and a second locking structure. The first locking structure of the first fastening clip is configured to lock with the second locking structure of the second fastening clip, and the second locking structure of the first fastening clip is configured to lock with the first locking structure of the second fastening clip.

Fastening clip and fastening assembly

In a vibration damper () for at least one conduit (), in particular in a vehicle, with at least one receptacle () in which a conduit () can be held, and a frame () in which the receptacle () is held and which encloses the receptacle () in circumferential direction (U), it is provided that the frame () is flexible and/or that flexible webs () are provided, which keep the receptacle () spaced from the frame ().

Vibration damper

A fastening element comprises a guide body which serves to be received in a receptacle, and at least one clamping tab which is arranged on the guide body and has art outer edge which is provided for cooperation with the inner surface of the receptacle. The outer edge of the clamping tab extends obliquely to a plane that is perpendicular to the central axis of the guide body, and the outer edge is in the form of a part of a thread such that thread effect is achieved with which the fastening element can be unscrewed from the receptacle.

Fastening element and assembly with such a fastening element and a receiving element

A ventilation device has a frame () made of a first material component, and a non-return flap element () made of a second material component, wherein the first material component is harder than the second material component. The non-return flap element () includes a movable non-return flap (), which is arranged such that it exclusively rests against the non-return flap element () or the ventilation device () is mountable on a vehicle component (), wherein that part of the ventilation device () which engages the vehicle component () is part of the non-return flap element ().

Ventilation device

An adapter for the vehicle-side installation of a component, in particular of a lining part, has a first fastening element to which a component-side holding piece can be attached, and a second fastening element to which a vehicle-side retaining element can be attached. The first and second fastening elements are coupled to each other via at least one spring element so as to be movable to a limited extent.

Adapter, assembly unit comprising an adapter as well as a method of installing such an assembly unit

A connecting assembly () for fastening a mount-on part () to a carrier part (), having a clip () which includes a deformable locking section () for fastening the clip () to the carrier part (), and a separate locking pin () which is adapted to be received by the clip () by a movement in a mounting direction () along a mounting axis (A), the clip () and the locking pin () including cooperating latching members () which form snap connections in a preassembly position and a locking position to fix the locking pin () axially on the clip (). In the preassembly position the locking pin () and the clip () form a preassembled connecting assembly which is insertable into mounting openings () of the mount-on part () and of the carrier part () by a movement along the mounting axis (A) and is movable to a fastening position.

Connecting assembly

A device for connecting two components, in particular a linkage of bars () and an engine hood (), includes a fastening element () and a securing element () cooperating with the fastening element (). The fastening element () includes a fastening section () for connecting the fastening element () with the first component and a receiving section () for mounting the second component. The securing element () includes first and second securing sections () and is transferable to a final assembly position, in which the first securing section () secures the connection of the fastening element () with the first component and at the same time the second securing section () secures the mounting of the second component in the receiving section ().

Device for connecting two components

A connection assembly for fastening an attaching element on a support () comprises a holding clip (), which can be inserted into a mounting opening () of the support () and has holders () for axially fixing the holding clip () to the support (), and a pin (), which can be reversibly attached to a coupling piece () fastened to the attachment element and inserted into the holding clip (). The pull-off force of the pin () in an intermediate position of the connecting assembly, in which the pin () has a first orientation relative to the holding clip (), is larger than in a mounting position of the connection assembly, in which the pin () also has the first orientation and is inserted fully into the holding clip ().

Connecting assembly for fastening an add-on element on a carrier

The invention relates to a vehicle grab handle () having a handle () and at least one bearing support () for attaching the vehicle grab handle () to a vehicle body, a bearing section () of the handle () being pivotally mounted to the bearing support (), two shaft stubs () being provided on the bearing support () which define a pivot axis (S) for the handle () and which can be shifted along the pivot axis (S) from an initial position to a connection position, and the shaft stubs () coupling the handle () and the bearing support () to one another in the connection position.

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Weselberg, Germany

Hubert Loewe