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Rastflächen

English translation: ratchet surfaces


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German term or phrase:Rastflächen
English translation:ratchet surfaces
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14:43 Sep 14, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
German term or phrase: Rastflächen
m diese ANforderungen zu erfüllen, sind bei der erfindungsgemäßen Spiegelanordnung in der wenigstens eine Vertiefung seitens des Spiegel und auf einem zu dieser Vertiefung komplementären und dieser Vertiefund zugeordneten Oberflävhernabschnitt der Tragestruktur einander zugeordnete Rastflächen ausgebildet, wobei die Befestigungseinrichten als in elastisches Bauteil ausgebildet ist, das die beiden Rastflächen in Verrastungsstellung vorspannt.

patent regarding Spiegelanordung


Could someone just answer whether" Rastflächen" are "ratchet surfaces or "latching surfaces" - neither seems to fit in this context/? I cannot find any other patent or article on Google or elsewhere to decide which term to choose. This is Fahrzeugspiegel
KathyG
Canada
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ratchet surfaces
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4detent surfaces
Gabriele Hase
3arresting surfaces
Richard Stephen
3ratchet surfaces
Vlad2
3catch surfaces; engaging surfacesTechLawDC


  

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catch surfaces; engaging surfaces


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(Don't they provide a drawing?)

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ratchet surfaces


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arresting surfaces


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detent surfaces


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NEUE EUROPÄISCHE PATENTSCHRIFT EP 0 472 692 B2

Example sentence(s):
  • Kontaktiereinrichtung nach Anspruch 11 oder 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Ausnehmung von einem Rastvorsprung begrenzt ist, der eine Rastfläche besitzt, unter die ein Zapfen des Deckels zum Zwecke der Verriegelung verschiebbar ist.
  • The contacting apparatus as set forth in claims 11 or 12, characterized in that the recess is bordered by a detent projection which comprises a detent surface under which a pin of the cover is movable for the purpose of locking.
Gabriele Hase
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