US 11,833,995 B2
Force transmission element for a device for belt tensioning and a device for belt tensioning with such a force transmission element
David Kühne, Burgdorf (DE); Christian Engel, Ahlden (DE); Eyüp Aslan, Hannover (DE); and Jose Luis Serrada, Brunswick (DE)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/329,367.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 114 110.6 (DE), filed on May 26, 2020; and application No. 10 2021 112 446.8 (DE), filed on May 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2021/0370865 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 22/46 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 22/4628 (2013.01) [B60R 22/4671 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A force transfer element for an apparatus for belt tightening, wherein the force transfer element:
is a rod-shaped body formed from a plastic, which is structured over its total length, wherein the rod-shaped body includes axial ribs extending in an axial direction of the rod-shaped body and transverse ribs extending transversely to the axial direction and interconnecting the axial ribs; and
is formed from at least a first part and a second part, wherein the first part and the second part each include a connecting surface that extends transversely to the axial direction or is inclined at a predetermined angle to the axial direction, and wherein the connecting surfaces of the first part and the second part have matingly engaged connecting portions, the connecting portions including at least one connecting element and at least one connecting recess in which the connecting element is engaged, wherein the connecting element and the connecting recess are configured such that undercuts of the connecting recess retain the connecting element in the connecting recess.