US 11,892,020 B2
Connection assembly
Andreas Schoch, Marburg (DE); Juergen Ruehl, Reichelsheim (DE); Marcus Schneider, Dautphetal (DE); David Landeck, Bad Berleburg (DE); and Michael Ortmueller, Dautphetal-Herzhausen (DE)
Assigned to ELKAMET KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH, Biedenkopf (DE)
Appl. No. 17/640,346
Filed by Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Biedenkopf (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/074636
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/043920, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 123 996.6 (DE), filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341455 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 21/08 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); F16B 21/07 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 21/084 (2013.01) [B65D 43/021 (2013.01); F16B 21/073 (2013.01); F16B 21/078 (2013.01); F16B 21/088 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00194 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00518 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00546 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00972 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connection assembly, comprising:
a first component and a second component which are joinable to each other along an axis of relative movement, starting from a separated disassembled state, into an interconnected assembled state, and which are transferable back into the disassembled state, the first component having at least one latching element which surrounds the axis of relative movement in an annular or segment-shaped manner, and the second component having at least one latching element receptacle which surrounds the axis of relative movement in an annular or segment-shaped manner and cooperates with at least two latching portions of the at least one latching element in the assembled state, the latching portions being offset relative to each other when viewed in a circumferential direction,
wherein the at least two latching portions of the at least one latching element are each movable along a movement path starting from a non-deformed rest state, the movement path having at least a component parallel to the axis of relative movement, a first portion of the movement path pointing in a disassembly direction with respect to the rest state, and a second portion of the movement path pointing in an assembly direction opposite the disassembly direction with respect to the rest state, the first portion of the movement path being limited by at least one stop against which the at least one latching element rests in a course of disassembling the first and second components, and
wherein, in the rest state, the at least one latching element extends along a plane that is oblique to the axis of relative movement when viewed in a cross-sectional plane parallel to the axis of relative movement.