US 11,938,977 B2
Securing element and loss-prevention system
Christian Nitzsche, Ismaning (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Mobility GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 16/641,761
Filed by SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/065287
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/037915, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 214 910.8 (DE), filed on Aug. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0391774 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. F16B 5/06 (2006.01); B61F 99/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61F 99/00 (2013.01) [F16B 5/06 (2013.01); F16B 5/0635 (2013.01); F16B 5/0642 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A loss-prevention system, comprising:
a first component, a second component, and at least a first releasable connection and a third releasable connection;
at least one securing element being configured for securing said first and second components, said at least one securing element having a first portion, a first lug and a second lug, said first portion being configured as an elongate plate and extending in a first plane, said first portion having at least one first through-opening formed therein, said first through-opening being configured to at least partially receive said first releasable connection for fastening said at least one securing element to said first component, said first portion having a long side, said first lug and said second lug being disposed opposite one another on the long side of said first portion and projecting from the first plane onto a common side of the said first portion, said first lug being configured to rest on a top side of said first component, and said second lug being configured to support said second component on an underside of said second component and to secure said second component against falling off;
said first releasable connection engaging through said first through-opening and fastening said at least one securing element to said first component;
said third releasable connection being loaded in tension and connecting said first component to said second component;
said first component and said second component being disposed at least partially between said first lug and said second lug;
said second component, upon at least one of failure or releasing of said third releasable connection, resting on said second lug and said second lug securing said second component against falling down; and
said first lug, upon at least one of failure or releasing of said first releasable connection, resting on said first component and retaining said at least one securing element on said first component.