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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2005
Albert Baldauf, Hanau, DE;
Ronald Schwarzbach, Frankfurt, DE;
Norbert Graeser, Frankfurt, DE;
Casco Schoeller GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a unit for fixing a base body provided with a housing of a cigar lighter heating element, in particular for motor vehicles. The inventive fixing unit is used for fixing a button actuating said heating element. Said fixing unit comprises a fixing element fixable to the housing of the base body of the heating element and an adapter for fixing the button, wherein said adapter is adjustably inserted into the fixing element and is guided in such a way that it is axially displaceable with respect thereto. The fixing unit makes it possible to mount the button only at a last operation for assembling said heating element, thereby enabling the button, which is embodied in the form of a decorative element, not to be exposed to mechanical stresses produced during an assembling process and to prevent the button damage by assembling operations.