Screw-type fastening device

• US 4,810,149 A
• Filed: 04/26/1988
• Issued: 03/07/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jae B. Lee, Kum C. Choe
• Original Assignee: Jae B. Lee, Kum C. Choe
• Inventors: Lee, Jae B., Choe, Kum C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gall, Lloyd A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brueske, Curtis B.
• Application Number:
  US07/186,352
• Time in Patent Office: 315 Days
• Field of Search: 411/308-311, 411/411, 411/436, 411/403-407, 411/366, 411/938, 411/414
• US Class Current: 411/411
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 33/02 Shape of thread; Special thread-forms F16B25/00 takes precedence; used to remove paint or dirt layers F16B35/007, F16B37/002; used as screw-locking device F16B39/30

Abstract

A screw-type fastening device including a male threaded element such as a bolt and a female threaded element such as a nut in which each element contains a continuous helical root and crest disposed therein wherein the root and crest include V-shaped crests and V-shaped roots at an angle of 45°, respectively, external and internal chevron-shaped slots at angles of 90°, respectively, and three pairs of parallel load flanks, respectively, for easily releasing the threaded elements without abrasion and protecting them from self-lossensing from each other.

Claims

1. A screw-type fastening device comprising:

male and female threaded elements each having a continuous helical root and a continuous helical crest, respectively, said continuous helical root and crest including;

a plurality of alternating crests and roots formed about an axis of said male and female threaded elements, wherein said crests and roots are provided with,

a first surface formed between each of said crests and roots, said first surface having first and third horizontal load flanks perpendicular to said axis and a second oblique load flank disposed thereinbetween so that said second oblique load flank forms angles of 135° and

225°

with said first and third horizontal load flanks, respectively,

a second surface formed between said crests and roots having fourth and sixth oblique load flanks formed oblique to said axis and parallel to each other and a fifth oblique load flank disposed thereinbetween so that said fifth oblique load flank forms angles of 90° and

270°

with said fourth and sixth oblique load flanks, respectively, and so that said fifth oblique load flank is parallel to said second oblique load flank, and

wherein the angle formed between said first surface and said second surface is about 45°

, whereby the male threaded element is effectively fastened into the female threaded element, is easily released from the female threaded element without abrasion thereof, and prevents against loosening from the female threaded element due to vibration.

2. The screw-type device of claim 1, wherein the male threaded element is a bolt.

3. The screw-type device of claim 1, wherein the female threaded element is a nut.

4. The screw-type device of claim 1, wherein the male threaded element is a screw.

5. The screw-type device of claim 1, wherein the male threaded element is a casting screw.

6. The screw-type device of claim 2 or 4, wherein the male threaded element is provided with a pocket disposed in said bolt head thereof for receiving a tool.