US 12,492,719 B2
Tolerance compensation device
Jan Christian Bente, Sprockhövel (DE); Jose Luis Gonzalez Losa, Essen (DE); Philip Weinberger, Essen (DE); and Sven Lemke, Essen (DE)
Assigned to WITTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Velbert (DE)
Filed by WITTE Automotive GmbH, Velbert (DE)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/700,137.
Claims priority of application No. 102021107048.1 (DE), filed on Mar. 22, 2021; application No. 102021116374.9 (DE), filed on Jun. 24, 2021; and application No. 102022105689.9 (DE), filed on Mar. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0299051 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/0233 (2013.01) [F16B 5/0283 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising a tolerance compensation apparatus and a component, the tolerance compensation apparatus comprising:
a base element;
a compensation element that is in threaded engagement with the base element and that defines a passage extending in an axial direction for receiving a screw element;
a nut into which the screw element can be screwed;
a holding element having a first limb configured to hold the base element, a second limb configured to hold the nut, and a connection section connecting the first and second limbs, wherein the first and second limbs are spaced apart from one another to define a reception gap for receiving the component; and
at least one securing element configured to secure the component to the tolerance compensation apparatus upon the component being received in the reception gap, wherein the at least one securing element comprises an elastic latching tongue having a free end facing in the direction of the connection section, the latching tongue being configured to cooperate with a latch projection formed at the component, and wherein the latching tongue extends starting from the first limb into the reception gap.