Removable long-lived and reusable U-shaped hybrid nut

• US 9,267,529 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2010
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
• Original Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
• Inventors: Tejero Salinero, Isaac
• Primary Examiner(s): Estremsky, Gary
• Application Number:
  US13/201,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20110311331A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,210 Days
• Field of Search: 411/175, 411/174, 411/111, 411/112, 411/516, 411/520, 411/522, 411/523, 411/525
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 37/02 made of thin sheet material fastening to surfaces F16B37/04 ; used as lock-nuts F16B39/14
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 37/041 Releasable devices F16B37/044, F16B37/045 take precedence

Abstract

A NUT WITH A C-SHAPED PROFILE, of the type formed by a punched metal sheet folded onto itself for fixing onto a panel, wherein one of the arms has a hole for the arrangement of a screwed device with at least one thread and wherein the other arm, which is aligned with the axis of the preceding hole, has another hole for receiving the nut tightening screw, the upper base being provided with incisions which define horizontal connecting portions separated from the body of the upper base and longitudinal connecting portions which form an extension of the former and which join together the upper base and lower base.

Claims

1. A NUT WITH A C-SHAPED PROFILE, of the type formed by a punched metal sheet folded onto itself for fixing onto a panel, including at least one arm corresponding to an upper base having a hole for the arrangement of a screwed device, the screwed device having at least one thread, and the nut including at least one other arm corresponding to a lower base which is aligned with an axis of the preceding hole, has another hole for receiving a nut tightening screw, said upper base being provided with incisions which define horizontal connecting portions separated from a body of said upper base and longitudinal connecting portions which form an extension of the horizontal connecting portions and which join together said upper base and said lower base, which has a retaining claw which is designed to facilitate application of a tool for slackening the pressure which the nut applies to the panel to which it is fixed;

which has a bottom rear flange, and side stops on said upper base which form an anti-rotation mechanism when the nut tightening screw is tightened on the nut;

said bottom rear flange freeing from pressure said upper base during assembly on the panel; and

said longitudinal connecting portions are over dimensioned.

2. THE NUT WITH A C-SHAPED PROFILE as claimed in claim 1, wherein said retaining claw has a form which is approximately that of an inverted “

U”

in a transverse plane close to a plane of said lower base.

3. THE NUT WITH A C-SHAPED PROFILE as claimed in claim 1, which has rear reliefs and front reliefs designed to facilitate the action of a tool for freeing said nut from the panel.

4. THE NUT WITH A C-SHAPED PROFILE as claimed in claim 1, which has lateral projections on said bottom rear flange and said side stops, acting as stops, these limiting the possible travel during interaction of movable parts with each other.

5. THE NUT WITH A C-SHAPED PROFILE as claimed in claim 1, wherein said screwed device is a threaded cylinder with a multiple thread.

6. THE NUT WITH A C-SHAPED PROFILE as claimed in claim 1, wherein an approximately conical or spherical geometrical form is present at a joining zone between a threaded cylinder and said upper base.

7. THE NUT WITH A C-SHAPED PROFILE as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a modified threaded cylinder that is provided with a self-locking multiple threading.

8. THE NUT WITH A C-SHAPED PROFILE as claimed in claim 1, wherein said screwed device is formed by a helical line.

9. THE NUT WITH A C-SHAPED PROFILE as claimed in claim 8, wherein said helical line has radial incisions.

10. The nut of claim 1, wherein:

the bottom rear flange and the side stops are part of an integral body including the lower base and the upper base.

12. The nut of claim 1, wherein:

said longitudinal connecting portions have a height which is greater than the sum of the greatest thickness (P) of the panel foreseen for use with said nut and the height (h) of said retaining claw in relation to said lower base.

13. The nut of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one arm corresponding to the upper base and the at least one other arm corresponding to the lower base, the horizontal connecting portions, the body of said upper base and longitudinal connecting portions which form the extension of the horizontal connecting portions, the bottom rear flange and side stops are part of a monolithic component.

14. The nut of claim 1, wherein:

the side stops form an open recess in the upper base.

15. The nut of claim 1, wherein:

the bottom rear flange extends from the lower base along an axis of extension, wherein components of the nut extend only partially about the bottom rear flange relative to the axis of extension.

16. The nut of claim 1, wherein:

the bottom rear flange has respective sides that face the respective longitudinal connecting portions, and where there is only respectively one side stop between the respective sides of the bottom rear flange that face the longitudinal connecting portions.

17. The nut of claim 1, wherein:

the side stops are part of the upper base and wherein the rear flange is directly connected to the lower base.

18. The nut of claim 1, wherein:

the side stops are fingers that extend from the upper base.

19. The nut of claim 1, wherein:

the side stops are located such that the bottom rear flange and a respective longitudinal connecting portion are located on opposite sides of respective side stops.

30. The nut of claim 1, wherein:

the bottom rear flange and the side stops are part of an integral body including the lower base and the upper base, and wherein no part of the integral body completely surrounds a longitudinal axis of the bottom rear flange.

11. A device, comprising:

a nut with a C-shaped profile, comprising a punched metal sheet folded onto itself and configured to be fixed onto a panel, including at least one arm corresponding to an upper base having a hole for the arrangement of a screwed device with at least one thread and including at least one other arm corresponding to a lower base which is aligned with an axis of the preceding hole, has another hole for receiving a nut tightening screw, said upper base being provided with incisions which define horizontal connecting portions separated from a body of said upper base and longitudinal connecting portions which form an extension of the horizontal connecting portions and which join together said upper base and said lower base, which has a retaining claw which is configured to facilitate application of a tool for slackening the pressure which the nut applies to the panel to which it is fixed;

which has a bottom rear flange, and side stops on said upper base which form an anti-rotation mechanism when the nut tightening screw is tightened on the nut;

said bottom rear flange freeing from pressure said upper base during assembly on the panel.

20. The device of claim 11, wherein:

the bottom rear flange and the side stops are part of an integral body including the lower base and the upper base.

21. The device of claim 11, further comprising a panel interposed between the upper base and the lower base, wherein the panel has a thickness (P), and wherein the longitudinal connecting portions have a height that is greater than a sum of the greatest thickness (P) of the panel between the bases and a height (h) of said retaining claw in relation to said lower base.

22. The device of claim 11, wherein the longitudinal connecting portions have a height that is greater than about eight times the thickness of the lower base.

23. The device of claim 11, wherein the longitudinal connecting portions have a height that is greater than about ten times the thickness of the lower base.

24. The device of claim 11, wherein said retaining claw has a form which is approximately that of an inverted “

U”

in a transverse plane close to a plane of said lower base.

25. The device of claim 11, further comprising rear reliefs and front reliefs configured to facilitate the action of a tool for freeing said nut from the panel.

26. The device of claim 11, further comprising lateral projections on said bottom rear flange and said side stops, acting as stops, these limiting the possible travel during interaction of movable parts with each other.

27. The device of claim 11, wherein said screwed device is formed by a helical line.

28. The device of claim 27, wherein the helical line has radial incisions.

29. The device of claim 11, wherein:

the bottom rear flange and the side stops are part of an integral body including the lower base and the upper base.

31. The device of claim 11, wherein:

the bottom rear flange and the side stops are part of an integral body including the lower base and the upper base, and wherein no part of the integral body completely surrounds a longitudinal axis of the bottom rear flange.

32. The device of claim 11, wherein:

the punched metal sheet, the at least one arm corresponding to the upper base, the at least one other arm corresponding to the lower base, the horizontal connecting portions, the body of the upper base, and the longitudinal connecting portions which form the extension are part of a monolithic component.

33. The device of claim 11, wherein:

the side stops form an open recess in the upper base.

34. The device of claim 11, wherein:

the bottom rear flange extends from the lower base along an axis of extension, wherein components of the nut extend only partially about the bottom rear flange relative to the axis of extension.

35. The device of claim 11, wherein:

the bottom rear flange has respective sides that face the respective longitudinal connecting portions, and where there is only respectively one side stop between the respective sides of the bottom rear flange that face the longitudinal connecting portions.

36. The device of claim 11, wherein:

the side stops are part of the upper base and wherein the rear flange is directly connected to the lower base.

37. The device of claim 11, wherein:

the side stops are fingers that extend from the upper base.

38. The device of claim 11, wherein:

the side stops are located such that the bottom rear flange and a respective longitudinal connecting portion are located on opposite sides of respective side stops.