US 11,857,033 B2
Magneto-mechanical closure device for fastening to an associated assembly
Breido Botkus, Hannover (DE); Oliver Schaub, Hannover (DE); Björn Bleckat, Hannover (DE); and Philip Klein, Hannover (DE)
Assigned to Fidlock GmbH, Hannover (DE)
Filed by Fidlock GmbH, Hannover (DE)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/877,044.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 208 311.0 (DE), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0033255 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A44B 11/20 (2006.01); A45C 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 11/20 (2013.01) [A45C 13/1069 (2013.01); A44D 2203/00 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closure device for connecting two assemblies to each other, comprising
a first closure part, which is associated to a first one of the assemblies and includes a first magnetic element, and
a second closure part, which includes a second magnetic element,
wherein the first closure part and the second closure part can be attached to each other along a closing direction by magnetic attraction between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element, are mechanically and/or magnetically held at each other in a closed position, and can be separated from each other for opening the closure device,
wherein a connecting part, which includes a fastening device for fastening the second closure part to the connecting part and an integration portion for fixing the connecting part to a second one of the assemblies,
wherein the fastening device is configured to produce a bayonet connection with the second closure part,
wherein the fastening device includes an opening into which the second closure part can be inserted for fastening to the connecting part, and in which the second closure part can be rotated about an axis of rotation to produce the bayonet connection,
wherein the fastening device includes at least one engagement element protruding into the opening to produce the bayonet connection with the second closure part, and
wherein the fastening device includes a shell surface extended around the opening, on which the at least one engagement element is arranged.