HOLDER DEVICE

Abstract

A holder device for a rear-view and/or display device of a motor vehicle having at least one holder plate fixed to a panel or plate-like object, and having at least one securing foot, which is or can be detachably arranged on the holder plate wherein by at least one retaining means fixed to the securing foot or at least partially surrounding the securing foot, which is or can be fixed to a vehicle component spaced apart from the holder plate, which limits a movement of the securing foot in a state in which it is at least partially detached from the holder plate in form fitting and/or force-locking manner

Claims

1-10 (canceled)

11. A holder device for a rear-view and/or display device of a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one holder plate fixed to a panel or plate-like object, and having at least one securing foot, which is or can be detachably arranged on the holder plate, at least one retaining mechanism fixed to the securing foot or at least partially surrounding the securing foot, which is or can be fixed to a vehicle component spaced apart from the holder plate, and which limits a movement of the securing foot in a state in which it is at least partially detached from the holder plate in form fitting and/or force-locking manner

12. The holder device according to claim 11, wherein the retaining mechanism comprises a flexible bendable retaining element, such as a cable, band, or wire, and/or the retaining mechanism comprises a shape-stable retaining element.

13. The holder device according to claim 11, wherein the retaining mechanism comprises a fastening section having an opening, through which opening the securing foot extends, and the securing foot comprises a stop means, having a diameter which is greater than the diameter of the opening of the fastening section of the retaining means.

14. The holder device according to claim 13, wherein the stop means comprises a protrusion and/or a cross section of the securing foot which broadens from the display element toward the holder plate.

15. The holder device according to claim 11, further comprising: at least one fixing element by which the retaining mechanism is or can be fixed on the panel or plate-like object and/or the holder plate and by at least one hinge-like bearing means by which the retaining mechanism is fixed to the vehicle component.

16. The holder device according to claim 15, wherein the fixing element comprises at least one latching means, by which the retaining mechanism can be locked on the holder plate, and/or at least one glue connection by which the retaining means is or can be fixed to the panel or plate-like object and/or the holder plate and in that the hinge-like bearing means releases the retaining mechanism for a rotation movement in the state of the securing foot at least partly detached from the holder plate.

17. The holder device according to claim 15, wherein the fixing element has at least one predetermined breaking point.

18. The holder device according to claim 11, wherein the retaining means comprises a housing-like cover surrounding the holder plate and/or at least the securing foot, especially over its entire circumference.

19. The holder device according to claim 11, wherein the vehicle component comprises a wiring duct, an adapter, a camera, a driver assist system and/or the lining of a vehicle roof.

20. The holder device according to claim 11, wherein the retaining means comprises a single or multiple-component plastic, a textile and/or a metal, especially a light metal. The claims are amended as shown in the following pages under the heading LIST OF CURRENT CLAIMS. This listing of claims supersedes all prior listing of claims presented in this application, shows currently proposed amendments and shows the current status of all claims in the application. All rights are reserved to the original disclosed and claimed subject matter and any cancellation of claims is made without prejudice or disclaimer.

Description

[0029] The drawing shows:

[0030] FIG. 1 A schematic side view of a holder device in the joined state;

[0031] FIG. 2 A schematic side view of the holder device of FIG. 1 in a released state.

[0032] FIGS. 1 and 2 show a holder device for a rear-view and/or display device 4 of a motor vehicle (not shown in the figures), designated overall by reference number 2. The holder device 2 comprises a holder plate 6, which is secured to a panel or plate-like object 8. On the holder plate 6 there is releasably mounted a securing foot 10. On the securing foot 10 there is fixed a display element 12 at the end of the securing foot 10 facing away from the holder plate 5.

[0033] FIGS. 1 and 2 show an exemplary embodiment of the holder device 2, in which a retaining means 14 is provided, surrounding the securing foot 10, and secured to a vehicle component 16 spaced apart from the holder plate 6. The vehicle component 16 limits a movement of the securing foot 10 in a state at least partly detached from the holder plate 6 (FIG. 2).

[0034] FIG. 1 shows the holder device 2 in a joined state. Here, the securing foot 10 is fixed to the holder plate 6 for example by means of a bayonet lock. The retaining means 14 in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is fashioned like a housing. By a fixing element 18 of the holder device 2, the retaining means 14 is secured to the panel or plate-like object 8. The fixing element 18 here may comprise, for example, a glue connection. Furthermore, the retaining means 14 comprises a fastening section 20, having an opening 22. The securing foot 10 extends through the opening 22 of the fastening section 20. The securing foot 10 comprises a stop means 24, having a diameter which is larger than the diameter of the opening 22 of the fastening section 20. In this way, the securing foot 10 can be prevented from sliding out from the retaining means 14. At the end of the retaining means 14 facing away from the fastening section 20, the retaining means 14 comprises a hinge-like bearing means 26. By the hinge-like bearing means 26, the retaining means 14 is secured to the vehicle component 16 in such a way that the retaining means 14 can perform a rotation movement about the bearing means 26. This occurs especially in the state of the securing foot 10 detached from the holder plate 6, as shown in FIG. 2.

[0035] FIG. 2 shows the holder device 2 in a state in which the securing foot 10 is detached from the holder plate 6. The fixing element 18 having a predetermined breaking point has also been released, for example as a result of large acceleration forces, so that the securing foot 10, the display element 12 and the retaining means 14 can perform a rotation movement about the hinge-like bearing means 26. This ensures that the individual components of the holder device 2 as well as the rear-view and/or display device 4 fly uncontrolled through the interior of the motor vehicle upon occurrence of large acceleration forces. In this way, the hinge-like bearing means 26 and the retaining means 14 limit the movement of the individual components.

[0036] The features of the invention as disclosed in the preceding specification, in the claims and in the drawing may be essential to the implementation of the invention in its various embodiments, either alone or in any desired combination.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

[0037] 2 Holder device

[0038] 4 Display device

[0039] 6 Holder plate

[0040] 8 Plate-like object

[0041] 10 Securing foot

[0042] 12 Display element

[0043] 14 Retaining means

[0044] 16 Vehicle component

[0045] 18 Fixing element

[0046] 20 Fastening section

[0047] 22 Opening

[0048] 24 Stop means

[0049] 26 Hinge-like bearing mean