US 11,840,180 B2
Fastening device for a water-catching strip, and arrangement of a water-catching strip on an A-pillar of a motor vehicle
Lukas Held, Munich (DE); and Richard Sosnik, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/782,364
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/081587
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/110372, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 133 413.6 (DE), filed on Dec. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001866 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 13/07 (2006.01); F16B 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 13/07 (2013.01) [F16B 5/128 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastening device for arranging a water-catching strip on an A-pillar of a motor vehicle, the A-pillar having a bolt fastened thereto to secure the fastening device in position relative to the A-pillar, comprising:
a main body of the fastening device;
a retaining region of the fastening device that retains a fastening portion of the water-catching strip, wherein
the fastening device, in the retaining region, has at least one tab projecting from the main body, the at least one tab includes a detent element, which is configured to engage in one of a plurality of grooves which are formed in the fastening portion of the water-catching strip such that the plurality of grooves are arranged adjacent to each other in a direction of extension of the at least one tab,
the fastening device has at least one spring piece projecting from the main body in the direction of extension of the at least one tab, which spring piece is configured to bear on the A-pillar under preload in an installed position of the fastening device.