US 11,746,931 B2
Connection arrangement
Martin Deussen, Marburg (DE); Michael Klein, Hatzfeld-Reddighausen (DE); Michael Ortmueller, Dautphetal-Herzhausen (DE); and Andreas Schoch, Marburg (DE)
Assigned to ELKAMET KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH, Biedenkopf (DE)
Appl. No. 18/7,485
Filed by Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Biedenkopf (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 1, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/055137
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/189210, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102021105753.1 (DE), filed on Mar. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0213121 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 21/08 (2006.01); F16L 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 5/027 (2013.01) [F16B 21/086 (2013.01); F16B 21/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connection arrangement, comprising:
a first assembly and a second assembly; and
an elastically deformable locking element disposed on the first assembly, the locking element being configured to releasably interlock the first assembly and the second assembly and, during mounting of the first assembly and the second assembly, to deform into a mounting condition and, after completion of the mounting, to form an undercut which counteracts detachment of the first assembly and the second assembly,
wherein the first assembly has a stop which is movable between an operative position, which assists in maintaining the undercut of the locking element and in which the locking element bears against the stop and/or in which the locking element is deformable against the stop, and a detachment position, in which the stop, in relation to the operative position, is spaced further apart from the locking element and in which the locking element is deformable into a detachment condition for detachment of the first assembly and the second assembly.