US4435111A
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Nut
Assignee: Nifco Inc
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Filing: 1981-07-13
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Granted: 1984-03-06
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Expires: 2001-07-13
Abstract
Abstract A plastic nut comprises a cylindrical body incorporating in the tubular wall thereof resilient pieces provided on the inner surfaces thereof with check screw threads. When an ordinary bolt is simply pushed in the nut, the check screw threads of the nut engage themselves inseparably with the screw threads on the bolt. The union thus formed is retained strongly and lastingly. Dissolution of this union is obtained by rotating the nut around the bolt.
Inventors
- 👤 Akira Mizusawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:21
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16B; F16B37/00; F16B37/08; F16B37/0807; F16B37/0842; F16B37/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A nut molded integrally of a plastic material and adapted for engagement with a bolt rod, which nut comprises a cylindrical body possessing a receiving hole for admitting the bolt rod in the axial direction and having circumferentially continuous cylindrical end portions at both ends of said body, at least one resilient tab formed in one portion of sayd cylindrical body in such a manner that said at least one resilient tab is integral on one side thereof with said cylindrical body adjacent the receiving end of said body and is flexible in the radial direction of the nut, and partial screw threads formed on the inner surfaces of said at least one resilient tab bordering on said receiving hole and adapted to be meshed with the screw threads on said bolt rod.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A nut molded integrally of a plastic material and adapted for engagement with a bolt rod, which nut comprises a cylindrical body possessing a receiving hole for admitting the bolt rod in the axial direction and having circumferentially continuous cylindrical end portions at both ends of said body, at least one resilient tab formed in one portion of sayd cylindrical body in such a manner that said at least one resilient tab is integral on one side thereof with said cylindrical body adjacent the receiving end of said body and is flexible in the radial direction of the nut, and partial screw threads formed on the inner surfaces of said at least one resilient tab bordering on said receiving hole and adapted to be meshed with the screw threads on said bolt rod.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The nut according to claim 1, wherein the screw threads formed on the at least one resilient tab have inclined front faces and upright rear faces respectively relative to the direction of the insertion of the nut on the bolt rod.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The nut according to claim 1 or claim 2 and further including a resilient flange extending axially and radially from said body at the receiving end of said body.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1987-03-06 | 1987-09-05 | 1988-03-06 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1991-03-06 | 1991-09-05 | 1992-03-06 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1995-03-06 | 1995-09-05 | 1996-03-06 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |