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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Zsolt Wilke, Bad Mergentheim, DE;
Roland Och, Rottendorf, DE;
Matthias Seubert, Giebelstadt, DE;
Johannes Karlein, Kleinrinderfeld, DE;
Andreas Rudolf, Wurzburg, DE;
Assignee:
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/02 (2006.01); F16B 37/04 (2006.01); F16B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/0233 (2013.01); F16B 5/0225 (2013.01); F16B 5/02 (2013.01); F16B 5/0266 (2013.01); F16B 5/0283 (2013.01); F16B 37/044 (2013.01); F16B 41/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tolerance compensation fastening apparatus () for fastening a first vehicle component () to a second vehicle component () by way of a bolt (), the fastening apparatus being set up to compensate for a tolerance within a tolerance compensation range. A fastening system including such a fastening apparatus, as well as to a method for fastening a first vehicle component to a second vehicle component by way of a bolt.