COMPONENT ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE

Abstract

A component assembly for a vehicle. The component assembly has at least one retaining element for the direct or indirect connection of at least two components to a load-bearing vehicle structure, wherein the retaining element has a recess. The first component has at least one mounting aid inserted into the recess. The second component has at least one external projection facing the retaining element, which is mounted in the same recess of the retaining element in the mounted state.

Claims

1. A component assembly for a vehicle, the component comprising: at least one retaining element for direct or indirect connection of at least two components to a load-bearing vehicle structure; and a recess arranged in the at least one retaining element, the first component having at least one mounting aid incorporated into the recess, and the second component has at least one external projection facing the retaining element, which is supported in the same recess of the retaining element in the mounted state.

2. The component assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first component is a device holder for an electrical device, and wherein the second component is a glove compartment with a glove box on which the at least one projection is arranged.

3. The component assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first component has a retaining pin that is mounted in a bearing opening of the retaining element to absorb weight forces and/or acceleration forces.

4. The component assembly according to claim 1, wherein the mounting aid is a mounting hook.

5. The component assembly according to claim 1, wherein at least two retaining elements of the same design are provided.

6. The component assembly according to claim 1, wherein the mounting aid has a passage recess, which, in the mounted state, is at least partially penetrated by the projection.

7. The component assembly according to claim 1, wherein in the mounted state, at least one elastic element is arranged between the projection and the mounting aid, at least in sections.

8. The component assembly according to claim 1, wherein the retaining pin is supported by an elastic element in the bearing opening of the retaining element.

9. The component assembly according to claim 1, wherein the retaining pin of the first component is bolted to the retaining element and/or to the load-bearing structure of the vehicle.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus, are not limitive of the present invention, and wherein:

[0022] FIGS. 1 to 3 show schematically different mounting steps of a component assembly according to an example of the invention,

[0023] FIG. 4 shows Area A from FIG. 1 in approximately opposite perspective,

[0024] FIG. 5 shows a detail of a first component,

[0025] FIG. 6 shows a cross-section along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3, and

[0026] FIG. 7 shows a section along the line VII-VII in FIG. 6.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] FIG. 1 shows in a first mounting step assembled components of the component assembly according to the invention, namely two identical retaining elements 1 and a first component 2, as well as a load-bearing vehicle structure 3. The vehicle structure 3 is designed as a cross member 4, which extends in the vehicle transverse direction Y. FIG. 1 shows only the right-hand end 5 of the cross member 4. The end 5 is connected to other load-bearing structural elements of the vehicle in a well-known manner via a mounting flange 6. The first component 2 is designed as a device holder 8 for an electrical device, in particular a central computer, which is received safely and crash-resistant above a glove compartment (FIG. 3) in a slide-in opening 9 provided for this purpose and is mechanically firmly connected to the device holder 2 in a manner that is known per se and therefore not explained in more detail.

[0028] In the rear area 12, which points to the front of the vehicle when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle X, two mounting aids 14 are formed, which are designed in one piece with the injection-molded plastic device holder 8. The mounting aids 14 have mounting hooks 16 at the free end and are pushed (inserted) by a recess 20, which is formed in the respective retaining element 1. As a result, the mounting hooks 16 engage behind the respective recess 20. In other words, during the mounting process, the first component 2 (device holder 8) with its mounting hooks 16 can first be (provisionally) hooked into the recesses 20 and then swiveled about 90? counterclockwise to the end position shown in FIG. 1.

[0029] In the example shown, the retaining elements 1 are directly connected to the cross member 4, e.g., welded. They thus allow any forces to be dissipated directly into the vehicle structure 3. Of course, the retaining elements 1 could also be attached to other intermediate components as viewed in the flow of force. Then the forces would be indirectly introduced into the vehicle structure 3.

[0030] In FIG. 2for better recognizability of the aspects according to the inventionthe component assembly is shown without the first component 2 described above, which is actually preferably already assembled. The component assembly comprises as a further (second) component 25 a glove compartment 26, which has a glove box 28 and a glove compartment lid 29 in a manner known per se and therefore only cursorily described. The glove compartment lid 29 can be swiveled about a swivel axis to allow for access to the glove box 28 or the insertion or removal of objects into or out of it.

[0031] The glove box 28 has two external projections (box projections) 32 oriented forward in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle X. The box projections 32 are designed as ribs 34 and are made in one piece from the material of the glove box 28, so that their rib base 35 merges directly into the glove box. The free ends 36 of the ribs 34 penetrate the same recess 20 of the respective retaining element 1 as the mounting aids 14 of the first component 2 (see FIGS. 1 and 3).

[0032] FIG. 3 shows the assembled state 40 of a component assembly with the component 2 (device holder 8) and the component 25 (glove box 26), which are connected to, or stored and held by the retaining elements 1. In the mounted state 40, the mounting aids 14 penetrate the recess 20 in the respective retaining element 1, as described above. The device holder 8 is provided on both sides at the base of the mounting aid 14 with a passage recess 42, through which a box projection 32 with its free end is passed. The passage recess 42 does not have to be a material-limited recess over the entire circumference: In the context of the invention, this is also to be understood as a clearance, which is in any case dimensioned in such a way that it offers sufficient passage space for the respective box projection 32.

[0033] Each box projection 32 is inserted with its free end 36 into an elastic element 44 in the form of a rubber sleeve or a rubber buffer 45 (see also FIGS. 2 and 6), which in turn penetrates the passage recess 42 and the recess 20. This ensures a firm fixation of the glove compartment 26 that is nevertheless damped against vibrations. This is also important because the plastic material of the glove box, especially at higher temperatures, would otherwise not remain dimensionally true in every case, so that undesirable gap changes could occur between the upper edge of the glove compartment lid 29 and a surrounding dashboard panel.

[0034] For further explanation of the bearing of the first component 2 in a perspective that is essentially contrary to the view of FIGS. 1 to 3, FIG. 4 shows the passage of the mounting aid 14 or the mounting hook 16 through the recess 20 of the retaining element 1.

[0035] FIG. 5 shows a retaining pin 50 formed at a vertical distance above the mounting aid 14 on an end face 52 of the component 2. In fact, two retaining pins 50 are provided (see also FIGS. 1 and 4), so that in the mounted state, one retaining pin 50 interacts with a corresponding bearing opening 54 (see FIG. 6). As indicated in FIG. 4, the bearing opening may be designed as an opening of a blind-hole-shaped protrusion 56.

[0036] The elements described above, and in particular the bearings, are further illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7. The retaining pin 50 is preferably inserted into an elastic element 58 in the form of a rubber sleeve or a rubber buffer 59, which acts as a buffer or attenuator and is inserted into the bearing opening 54 of the retaining element 1.

[0037] Alternatively, the first component 2 may be bolted to the retaining element 1, e.g., by inserting a screw along the longitudinal axis 60 of the retaining pin 50, which is only indicated in FIG. 6, which is bolted to the material of the retaining element 1.

[0038] The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are to be included within the scope of the following claims.