US 11,668,337 B2
Tolerance compensation device
Gerhard Mosch, Duisburg (DE); Klaus Spickenheier, Iserlohn (DE); and Vladimir Radanovic, Cologne (DE)
Assigned to WITTE Automotive GmbH, Velbert (DE)
Filed by WITTE Automotive GmbH, Velbert (DE)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/847,747.
Claims priority of application No. 102019110201.4 (DE), filed on Apr. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0332825 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. F16B 5/02 (2006.01); F16B 37/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 37/12 (2013.01) [F16B 5/0233 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Device for compensating tolerances between a first component and a second component to be screwed to it by means of a connecting screw, the device comprising a base element and a compensation element that is in threaded engagement with the base element, the compensation element including at least two segments which are axially displaceable relative to one another and are connected to one another by connecting elements with a material fit, form fit, or force fit, the segments being held axially offset from one another by the connecting elements in an initial or idle state of the compensation element;
the threaded engagement between the base element and the compensation element being non-self-locking in such a way that the compensation element moves out of the base element in an insertion direction of the connecting screw when the connecting screw exerts an axial force acting in the insertion direction on the compensation element.