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Holder for a rod

Holder for a rod description/claims

The invention relates to a holder for a rod as described in the preamble of claim 1.

Such a holder is known from FR 2 544 034 A1. The known holder for a rod, which has a pivoting section and an angled bearing section opposite the pivoting section, has a bearing arrangement, which is equipped with a bearing channel. The bearing section of the rod can be inserted in the bearing channel from an insertion side, the bearing section being rotatably mounted in the bearing channel such that the pivoting section protrudes on a pivoting side over the bearing arrangement and can be pivoted. The bearing arrangement is executed with a fastening part that can be fastened to a carrier part and with a covering part that can be joined with the fastening part, the bearing channel being formed through provision of a semicylindrical channel wall in both the fastening part and the covering part. This construction is relatively simple, but cannot be satisfactorily used in all applications.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder for a rod of the type mentioned at the outset, in which the bearing section can be inserted in a relatively simple manner and the rod is nevertheless reliably held in an operating position and which, furthermore, for the correct use of the rod, certain possibilities are provided for setting up limiting devices.

This object is achieved according to the invention in a holder for a rod of the type mentioned at the outset with the characteristic features of claim 1.

Due to the embodiment of the holder according to the invention, the rod can be arranged, after the insertion of its bearing section in the bearing channel, aligning the pivoting section for passage through the passage recess, so that the pivoting section is arranged in the receiving space. In this manner it is achieved that the rod is secured against unintended loosening from the holder and that it is possible, due to the provision of limiting devices protruding into the receiving space, to create stops or barriers for the pivoting motion.

Further useful embodiments of the invention are the subject of the subclaims.

The following description of a preferred exemplary embodiment, with reference to the figures of the drawing, gives rise to further useful embodiments and advantages. Shown are:

FIG. 1 A perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of a holder according to the invention, which can be fastened to a carrier part, with a view of a pivoting side facing away from the carrier part,

FIG. 2 A perspective view of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 with a view of the edge side facing towards the carrier part,

FIG. 3 A perspective view of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 with an inserted rod with a view of the pivoting side facing away from the carrier part.

FIG. 1 shows, in a perspective view, an exemplary embodiment of a holder according to the invention, which can be fastened to a carrier part not shown in FIG. 1, for example of an automobile body. It can be seen from the representation according to FIG. 1 that a bearing arrangement 1 is present, which has a number of reinforcing ribs 2. The reinforcing ribs 2 reinforce the bearing arrangement 1 and support a bearing wall 4 surrounding a bearing channel 3 with a cylindrical cross section. Furthermore, the bearing arrangement 1 is executed with a first fastening area 5 and a second fastening area 6, which are arranged to fasten the holder according to the invention to the carrier part.

A closure part 8 is mounted to the bearing arrangement 1 at a distance upstream from an insertion side 7, a receiving space 9 being formed between the bearing arrangement 1 and the closure part 8. On one side, the receiving space 9 is bounded by a bearing ramp 10 as a limiting device which is arranged between the bearing arrangement 1 and the closure part 8 and has a receiving recess 11, which is semicylindrical in the exemplary embodiment shown.

On the side of the receiving space 9 located opposite the bearing ramp 10, blocking projections 12, 13, integrally molded opposite one another to the bearing arrangement 1 and closure part 8 respectively, extend into the receiving space 9 as further limiting devices, each blocking projection 12, 13 being formed by means of a gently rising sliding side 15 facing an underside 14 of the holder according to the invention and a blocking side 16, steeply falling with respect to the sliding side 15 and facing away from the underside 14.

Finally, the closure part 8 is formed with a passage recess 17, which is open to the underside 14 as an edge side and has a closed, convex closure wall, which is located in the extension of the channel wall 4.

FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 with a view of the underside 14. It can be seen from FIG. 2 that the bearing channel 3 is completely closed on its circumference and that a number of connecting ribs 18 are formed in the area of the bearing ramp 10 to connect the bearing arrangement 1 with the closure part 8 on the side on which the bearing ramp 10 is formed.

FIG. 3 shows, in a perspective view, the exemplary embodiment defined based on FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 of a holder according to the invention, in which a round rod is inserted, and which has a pivoting section 19 already arranged in the receiving space 9 in the description according to FIG. 3 and a right-angled bearing section 20 opposite the pivoting section 19, which is inserted in the bearing channel 3.

To convey the rod into the holder according to the invention, it is aligned with its pivoting section 19 in extension of the passage recess 17 and with the bearing section 20 flush with the bearing channel 3. Then the bearing section 20 is inserted in the bearing channel 3 until the pivoting section 19 is arranged in the area of the receiving space 9 and after sliding on the sliding sides 15 of the blocking projections 12, 13 and overcoming this barrier in the arrangements shown in FIG. 3.

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