US 12,385,510 B2
Tolerance compensation fastening assembly
Bin Chen, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/089,669.
Claims priority of application No. 202111638397.3 (CN), filed on Dec. 29, 2021; and application No. 202211626847.1 (CN), filed on Dec. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0204055 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/025 (2013.01) [F16B 5/0233 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tolerance compensation fastening assembly for fastening a first component having an opening with an internal thread provided on an inner surface thereof to a second component, the tolerance compensation fastening assembly comprising:
a first compensation element comprising a first support portion having a first metal ring part connected to a first plastic part, the first support portion being provided with a first receiving hole, the first receiving hole being configured to receive a shank of a fastener,
wherein the fastener comprises a bolt defining the shank and a radial bolt extension radially extending from the shank, and a nut defining a threaded connection and a radial nut extension radially extending from the threaded connection, and the threaded connection being threadedly connectable to the shank, and
wherein the first compensation element comprises a threaded portion on an outer surface thereof that is configured to threadedly engage the internal thread of the first component and movable relative to the first component in a longitudinal direction; and
a second compensation element comprising a second support portion having a second metal ring part connected to a second plastic part, the second support portion being provided with a second receiving hole, the second receiving hole being configured to receive the shank of the fastener, wherein the second support portion is configured to be connectable to the first component and movable relative to the first component in at least one transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction,
wherein the first support portion and the second support portion are configured to be subjected to an axial fastening force applied by the fastener,
wherein the first metal ring part and the second metal ring part at least partially overlap with the radial bolt extension and the radial nut extension in the longitudinal direction,
wherein the first support portion and the second support portion are located between the radial bolt extension and the radial nut extension, and
wherein parts of the first support portion and the second support portion that overlap with the radial bolt extension and the radial nut extension in the longitudinal direction are at least partially made of metal.