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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik Gmbh, Bielefeld, DE;
Torsten Hübner, Wolfsburg, DE;
Martin Jodeleit, Bielefeld, DE;
Michael Kahre, Herford, DE;
Sandra Steffenfauseweh, Verl, DE;
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
BÖLLHOFF VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH, Bielefeld, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an assembly for securing a fastening element to a first component, wherein the first component has a passage opening for a shaft of the fastening element, said assembly comprising a securing element, which reaches around the shaft of the fastening element, wherein a head part of the fastening element and the securing element are arranged on opposite sides of the first component and the shaft of the fastening element engages in a receptacle of a second component for the frictional and/or interlocking connection of the two components. According to the invention, the securing element is pre-fastened to the second component before a first connection of the first component to the second component and is separated from the second component and reaches around the shaft of the fastening element after a first release of the connection between the first component and the second component.