(19)
(11) EP 1 464 909 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.10.2007 Bulletin 2007/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.10.2004 Bulletin 2004/41

(21) Application number: 04460003.9

(22) Date of filing: 30.03.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F28F 9/00(2006.01)
 B60K 11/04(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 04.04.2003 PL 35954203

(71) Applicant: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
Troy, MI 48007 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Obsadny, Krzysztof
    63-440 Raszkow (PL)
  • Frankiewicz, Tomasz
    63-400 Ostrow Wielkopolski (PL)
  • Ben Hamida, Jamil
    L-3897 Foetz (BE)

(74) Representative: Lukaszyk, Szymon 
Kancelaria Patentowa Lukaszyk ul. Glowackiego 8
40-062 Katowice
40-062 Katowice (PL)

   


(54) Self-locking bracket


(57) The invention relates to a self-locking bracket for fastening on U-shaped thin-walled profile and in particular for fastening on U-shaped side support of a motor vehicle radiator cooling core. The bracket has a form of a single-element shape and comprises elastic locking element (6), elastic abutting element (7) and a blocking element (8), for fixing the bracket position in mounting slots (12) parallel to the web surface of the side support, wherein the distance between the working edge of the locking element (6) and the working edge of the blocking element (8) is greater than the distance between the working edge of the locking element (6) and the working edge of the abutting element (7).







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