US 11,754,103 B2
Tolerance compensation assembly
Hans-Ulrich Figge, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock (DE); Wolfgang Hesse, Rietberg (DE); and Thorsten Stallmann, Löhne (DE)
Assigned to Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH, Bielefeld (DE)
Appl. No. 16/758,498
Filed by BÖLLHOFF VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GmbH, Bielefeld (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 26, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/076082
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 23, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/081149, PCT Pub. Date May 2, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102017124809.9 (DE), filed on Oct. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0248733 A1, Aug. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. F16B 5/02 (2006.01); F16B 37/04 (2006.01); F16B 37/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/0233 (2013.01) [F16B 5/025 (2013.01); F16B 5/0225 (2013.01); F16B 5/0283 (2013.01); F16B 37/044 (2013.01); F16B 37/0807 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Tolerance compensation arrangement for fastening a first component to a second component with automatic compensation of tolerances in the spacing between the first and the second component, comprising the following features:
a. a base unit which comprises a base element, a first metal element with a first inner thread and a second metal element with a second inner thread as well as a supporting element arranged between the first and the second metal element, wherein the first and the second metal element are spaced from each other along a longitudinal axis of the base element, wherein the first and the second metal element are in contact with the supporting element, and wherein the base element comprises a first end with a first inner diameter and an opposite second end with a second inner diameter being smaller than the first inner diameter, wherein the first metal element is arranged adjacent to the first end and the second metal element is arranged to the second end, and
b. an adjustment unit which comprises a threaded sleeve made of metal with an outer thread and a dragging unit at least partially arranged in the threaded sleeve, wherein the outer thread forms a first thread pairing of a first thread direction with the first inner thread of the first metal element of the base element, wherein
c. a fastening screw, which is insertable through an opening of the base unit and the adjustment unit, can be screwed into the second inner thread of the second metal element of the base unit via a second thread pairing of a second thread direction opposite to the first thread direction and can be connected to the adjustment unit via the dragging unit through a releasable dragging connection so that, during the rotation of the fastening screw, the adjustment unit co-rotates and is thereby moved into abutment with the first component.