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US20140109349A1
US20140109349A1 US13/699,553 US201113699553A US2014109349A1 US 20140109349 A1 US20140109349 A1 US 20140109349A1 US 201113699553 A US201113699553 A US 201113699553A US 2014109349 A1 US2014109349 A1 US 2014109349A1
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Wolf-Ulrich Wachter
Jan Christoph Storch
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/25—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts with two or more separable parts
    • A44B11/2503—Safety buckles
    • A44B11/2546—Details
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
    • A44B11/25—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts with two or more separable parts
    • A44B11/2503—Safety buckles
    • A44B11/2569—Safety measures
    • A44B11/2573—Locking means preventing an unauthorised opening, e.g. by children
    • A44B11/2576—Buckle covers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B21/00—Means for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft or the like and a member surrounding it; Stud-and-socket releasable fastenings
    • F16B21/06—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action
    • F16B21/08—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action in which the stud, pin, or spigot has a resilient part
    • F16B21/084—Releasable fastening devices with snap-action in which the stud, pin, or spigot has a resilient part with a series of flexible ribs or fins extending laterally from the shank of the stud, pin or spigot, said ribs or fins deforming predominantly in a direction parallel to the direction of insertion of the shank
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/40—Buckles
    • Y10T24/4002—Harness
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
    • Y10T29/49947—Assembling or joining by applying separate fastener

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  • the invention relates to a buckle cap for a belt buckle according to the preamble of Claim 1 as well as a method for mounting it according to Claim 9 .
  • any belt buckle for the safety belt system of a motor vehicle has a buckle cap consisting of two half-shells, into which the mechanism of the belt buckle is placed and held movable against the release button.
  • the release button in this case can be held exclusively by the mechanism or in part by the buckle cap.
  • the known prior art is to screw both buckle caps together, which, however, is a work step that can only be carried out manually and takes up a relatively long time. Furthermore, a final check as to whether all screws have been correctly tightened can only be carried out at great expense.
  • a buckle cap for a belt buckle has been known from the generic DE 10 2008 030 048 A1, in which both half-shells of the buckle cap are interconnected via ribbed connecting pins. These ribbed connecting pins have two sections pointing away from one another, both sections having ribs extending in the opposite direction.
  • Each buckle cap has one hole per connecting pin whose diameter in the unmounted state is slightly smaller than the maximum diameter of the ribbed sections. The pins are pressed into the holes upon mounting where they are held owing to the ribs.
  • the object of the present invention is to improve a generic buckle cap such that the disadvantages described above are overcome.
  • the buckle cap according to the present invention comprises a connecting pin which is ribbed at least in certain sections and extends into holes in both half-shells.
  • the hole of the first half-shell is a through-hole which is completely penetrated by the connecting pin.
  • the connecting pin has a thickened head which is thickened with respect to the sections situated in the holes and is situated outside the through-hole.
  • the connecting pin basically looks like a screw with the difference that it has ribs instead of a thread. It is also mounted similarly to a screwed buckle cap. At first, both buckle caps are brought together in its later end position, and subsequently the at least one connecting pin is first guided into the through-hole reaching the hole of the second half-shell, this obviously not occurring by rotation as on screwing but by pressing in.
  • connection according to the present invention can also be “mixed” with other types of connections.
  • types of connections can be in particular snap-in connections or purely positive form locking
  • FIG. 1 An exploded view of a buckle cap
  • FIG. 2 The buckle cap from FIG. 1 in the mounted state
  • FIG. 3 A cross-sectional view through a connecting unit of the buckle cap shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the described buckle cap serves as the outer cover of a belt buckle, a known locking mechanism being placed in the buckle cap.
  • the locking mechanism and its corresponding unlocking button are not shown; such a mechanism is known from prior art.
  • the buckle cap consists of two half-shells 10 , 20 and two connecting pins 30 , 30 ′.
  • the connecting pins 30 , 30 ′ correspond to connecting units, each of which consists of a connecting pin 30 , 30 ′, a through-hole 12 , 12 ′ in the first half-shell 10 , and a blind hole 22 , 22 ′ in the second half-shell 20 .
  • Both half-shells, 10 , 20 respectively extend along a longitudinal direction L.
  • the lugs 16 , 16 ′, 16 ′′ are arranged on the first front edge of the half-shell 10 .
  • the second half-shell 20 has a closed area 23 on the front end, its upper back end having the edge 24 pointing backward.
  • the through-holes 12 , 12 ′ are situated at the back end of the first half-shell 10 in the longitudinal direction L; likewise, the blind holes 22 , 22 ′ are situated at the back end of the second half-shell 20 .
  • the through-holes 12 , 12 ′ align themselves with each depressed region 14 , 14 ′ of the first half-shell 10 .
  • Each connecting pin 30 , 30 ′ has a pin section 32 , 32 ′ and a head 34 , 34 ′.
  • the pin sections 32 , 32 ′ have ribs in the form of a saw tooth profile, the flanks 36 of the saw tooth profile pointing away from the head (s. also FIG. 3 in this respect).
  • FIG. 3 shows the exact configuration of a connecting unit in the mounted state. All that has been said in this regard is analogously applicable to the other connecting unit.
  • the pin section 32 extends along the entire length of the through-hole 12 into the blind hole 22 , and the head 34 is situated outside the through-hole 12 on the depressed region 14 .
  • the diameter D1 of the through-hole 22 of the first half-shell 10 is larger than the diameter D2 of the blind hole 22 of the second half-shell 20 .
  • the diameter D1 of the through-hole 12 is slightly larger than the maximum diameter D3 of the pin section 32
  • the diameter D2 of the blind hole 22 is somewhat smaller than the maximum diameter D3 of the pin section 32 .
  • the diameter D4 of the head 34 is larger than the diameter D1 of the blind hole 22 .
  • first half-shell 10 is arranged on the second half-shell 20 , the last step of this arrangement being a longitudinal displacement of the first half-shell in the direction L so that the lugs 16 , 16 ′, 16 ′′ come to be situated below the edge 24 pointing downward.
  • the placement of the first half-shell 10 on the second half-shell 20 is thus completed.
  • the connecting pins 30 , 30 ′ are now each inserted into a through-hole 12 , 12 ′ and pressed into the blind hole 22 , 22 ′ with a considerable force, for example 850 N, until the head 34 , 34 ′ of the connecting pin rests on the surface of the depressed region 14 , 14 ′.
  • a first section 32 a, 32 a ′ of the pin section 32 , 32 ′ is situated in the through-hole 12 , 12 ′, and a second section 32 b, 32 b ′ of the pin section 32 , 32 ′ is situated in the blind hole 22 , 22 ′.
  • connection method of the pressed-in connecting pins with other connection methods—in this case a positive form locking of the lugs with the edge pointing backward.
  • these other connection methods can also comprise a snap-in method or the like.
  • Both half-shells preferentially consist of plastic, and the connecting pins of metal, in particular of a light metal like aluminum.
  • the connecting pins can be manufactured by means of an impact extrusion process.

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DE102010021704.2A DE102010021704B4 (de) 2010-05-27 2010-05-27 Schlosskappe für ein Gurtschloss
PCT/EP2011/002282 WO2011147529A1 (de) 2010-05-27 2011-05-07 Schlosskappe für ein gurtschloss und verfahren zu ihrer montage

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