Fastener

• US 4,311,421 A
• Filed: 05/29/1980
• Issued: 01/19/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1979
• Status: Expired

• Current Assignee: KATO Hatsujou Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: KATO Hatsujou Kabushiki Kaisha, Nissan Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Okada, Shigeo, Sato, Katsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Britts, Ramon S.
• Application Number:
  US06/154,453
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• Field of Search: 411/59, 411/57, 411/71, 411/44, 411/42, 411/39, 411/15, 411/38, 411/34, 411/35, 411/36, 411/69, 411/182, 411/186, 411/187, 411/41, 411/907, 411/908, 411/427, 24/73 P, 24/73 PF, 24/73 PM, 24/217 R, 24/208 A
• US Class Current: 411/59
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 13/124 fastened by inserting a threaded element, e.g. screw or bolt F16B13/122, F16B13/128 take precedence

Abstract

A fastener, comprising an expander part having a saucer-shaped head and a shank extending from the head and formed with a male thread thereon, and a fastener part having a flange and opposite stem portions branched from the back of the flange and connecting through hinge portions to guide portions which join each other at the other ends thereof, the expander part and fastener part each being made of a resin, the fastener part having a circular bore extending from the flange to the stem portions to permit the expander part to be inserted in and temporarily retained in the stem portions, the circular bore having therein opposite bulges positioned ahead of the hinge portions to spread the stem portions outward away from each other when the expander part is pushed.

Claims

1. A fastener comprising:

an expander part comprising;

a saucer-shaped head; and

a shank extending from said head and formed with a male thread thereon; and

a fastener part comprising;

a flange and opposite stem portions diversing from a position of said fastener part adjacent to a back of said flange and connecting through hing portions to guide portions which join each other at the other ends thereof;

a circular bore extending from the flange to the stem portions to permit said extending part to be inserted therein;

opposite bulges positioned at the bottom of said bore to spread said stem portions outward away from each other when said expanded part is pushed into said bore and into engagement with said opposite bulges; and

at least one small lug provided on a wall of said bore for engagement with said male thread for temporarily holding said expanded part and said fastener part together until said expanded part is pushed into said bore to spread said stem portions whereby said expanded part and said fastener part are prevented from being separated during handling and transportation.

2. A fastener as claimed in claim 1, wherein said head of said expander part has a thickness thereof which is progressively reduced toward the circumferential edge.

3. A fastener as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flange of said fastener part is larger in diameter than said head of said expander part and has a thickness progressively decreasing toward the circumferential edge.

4. A fastener as claimed in claim 1, wherein said expander part and said fastener part are made of plastic resin.