US 12,247,608 B2
Connecting element, first component with the connecting element, connection structure using the connecting element, production method for the connecting element and respective connecting method
Franck Chalvet, Saint Baldoph (FR)
Assigned to Bollhoff Otalu S.A., La Ravoire (FR)
Filed by Bollhoff Otalu S.A., La Ravoire (FR)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/978,349.
Claims priority of application No. 21306544 (EP), filed on Nov. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0141947 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. F16B 13/06 (2006.01); F16B 37/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 37/122 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A generally T-shaped connecting element adapted to connect a first component to a second component with lateral tolerance compensation, which are arranged in a distance with respect to each other, the connecting element comprising:
a) a hollow shaft having a through-hole, a laterally outwardly extending collar at a first axial end of the hollow shaft and an inner thread in the hollow shaft for engagement with a connecting screw,
b) a plurality of flexible webs extending laterally outwardly from the hollow shaft, and being flexible in the lateral direction, and
c) a tolerance gap for receiving an intermediate support of the first component is formed between a bottom side of the collar facing the flexible webs and the sides of the flexible webs facing the collar, wherein
d) the connecting element is a two-part element, a first part of which consists of the hollow shaft comprising the collar and a second part of which consists of a hollow element at which the laterally outwardly extending flexible webs are provided.