Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Ulrich Hempel

Juergen Durm

Josef Osterle

In a roof luggage carrier fastening arrangement on a motor vehicle, a support leg of the roof luggage carrier is extended section-wise to the outside of the body and is retained in position by means of a fastening element, whereby the fastening element is screwed into an internal thread fixed on the body side. In order that the roof luggage carrier, with a simple construction, can be installed on the vehicle rapidly and safe against theft, the fastening element is formed by a threaded pin adjustable from a passenger space, which includes an end-retaining section on the side facing the support leg, over which the support leg is adapted to be slipped by means of a longitudinal slot open in the insert direction. By tightening the threaded pin in the direction of the passenger space, the support leg can be clamped against the body.

Fastening arrangement of a roof luggage carrier at a motor vehicle

A closing arrangement for a vent line of a fuel tank includes a housing with an inlet and an outlet as well as a closing device which is actuated as a function of the position of the vehicle. The closing device includes a mass part and a closing part, the latter closing a connecting opening in the housing when the vehicle is in an inclined position. In order to provide a closing arrangement that functions well even in the case of an intensified gasification of the fuel, two chambers located above one another are provided inside the housing and are connected with one another via the connecting opening, in which case the mass part is arranged in one chamber and the closing part is arranged in the other chamber, and a connecting element extends between the mass part and the closing part that penetrates the outlet opening and, in sections, projects into both chambers.

Closing arrangement for a vent line of a fuel tank

A lid for closing an automobile body recess, particularly a filler inlet compartment lid for a motor vehicle, is pivotally connected by means of a hinge, a hinge arm being fastened at the body recess. In order to, on the one hand, achieve a surface transition from the lid to the adjacent outer wall of the body that is flush with the shell of the body and, on the other hand, ensure a surrounding, constant gap between the lid and the body opening, the hinge arm that faces the body recess is held in position at the body recess, by an adjusting device.

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Renningen, Germany

Ulrich Hempel