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Expansion anchor assembly
Assignee: Hilti AG
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Filing: 1983-02-22
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Granted: 1984-11-13
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Expires: 2003-02-22
Abstract
Abstract An expansion anchor assembly is made up of an anchor bolt and an expansion sleeve encircling and secured in an annular recess on the bolt. Adjacent the annular recess, the anchor bolt has a frusto-conical section. The expansion sleeve has diametrically opposite reduced thickness wall sections with a projection extending outwardly of the surface of the sleeve along each of the reduced thickness wall sections. When the expansion anchor assembly is inserted into a prepared borehole and the frusto-conical section is drawn into the sleeve, the sleeve breaks into axially extending sections along the reduced thickness wall sections and a uniform contact is provided between the sleeve section and the borehole surface.
Inventors
- 👤 Erwin Schiefer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 04:09
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16B; F16B13/00; F16B13/04; F16B13/06; F16B13/063; F16B13/065
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
241 words
An expansion anchor assembly comprising an axially extending anchor bolt and an axially extending expansion sleeve, said anchor bolt having a first end and a second end, said anchor bolt has a cylindrically shaped outside surface for an axial portion thereof extending from the first end, and a frusto-conicaly shaped outside surface extending from adjacent the second end toward the first end with said frusto-conically shaped surface tapering inwardly toward the first end, a cylindrically shaped annular recess in said anchor bolt extending from the smaller diameter end of said frusto-conically shaped surface toward the first end, said recess has a smaller diameter than the cylindrically shaped outside surface extending from the first end, said expansion sleeve is a hollow cylinder and is positioned in said annular recess and encircles said anchor bolt, said expanion sleeve has an inside surface and an outside surface and said expansion sleeve has an axially and circumferentially extending region in the inside surface thereof recessed outwardly from the surface of said annular recess forming a reduced thickness wall section acting as a predetermined breaking location for said expansion sleeve, wherein the improvement comprises that said inside surface of said expansion sleeve is cylindrically shaped and fits closely around said cylindrically shaped annular recess in said anchor bolt, in the circumferentially extending region of said reduced thickness wall section a projection is formed extending radially outwardly from the cylindrically shaped outside surface of said expansion sleeve.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
241 words
An expansion anchor assembly comprising an axially extending anchor bolt and an axially extending expansion sleeve, said anchor bolt having a first end and a second end, said anchor bolt has a cylindrically shaped outside surface for an axial portion thereof extending from the first end, and a frusto-conicaly shaped outside surface extending from adjacent the second end toward the first end with said frusto-conically shaped surface tapering inwardly toward the first end, a cylindrically shaped annular recess in said anchor bolt extending from the smaller diameter end of said frusto-conically shaped surface toward the first end, said recess has a smaller diameter than the cylindrically shaped outside surface extending from the first end, said expansion sleeve is a hollow cylinder and is positioned in said annular recess and encircles said anchor bolt, said expanion sleeve has an inside surface and an outside surface and said expansion sleeve has an axially and circumferentially extending region in the inside surface thereof recessed outwardly from the surface of said annular recess forming a reduced thickness wall section acting as a predetermined breaking location for said expansion sleeve, wherein the improvement comprises that said inside surface of said expansion sleeve is cylindrically shaped and fits closely around said cylindrically shaped annular recess in said anchor bolt, in the circumferentially extending region of said reduced thickness wall section a projection is formed extending radially outwardly from the cylindrically shaped outside surface of said expansion sleeve.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
An expansion anchor assembly, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said projection extends in the axial direction of said sleeve along said reduced thickness wall section.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
An expansion anchor assembly, as set forth in claim 2, wherein two diametrically oposite reduced thickness wall sections are provided in said expansion sleeve with one said projection associated with each of said reduced thickness wall sections.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
An expansion anchor assembly, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said projection is in the form of a web having a smaller dimension in the circumferential direction of said expansion sleeve than said reduced thickness wall setion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
57 words
An expansion anchor assembly, as set forth in claim 3, wherein said reduced thickness wall sections divide said expansion sleeve into two half sections, and a hinge provided in each said half section spaced between said reduced thickness wall sections, and said hinges each form a swivel axis extending parallel to the axis of said expansion sleeve.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
An expansion anchor assembly, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said reduced thickness wall sections are formed by axially extending grooves provided in the inside surface of said expansion sleeve.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
An expansion anchor assembly, as set forth in claim 6, wherein said grooves are substantially rectangular in cross-section extending transversely of the axial direction of said expansion sleeve.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
52 words
An expansion anchor assembly, as set forth in claim 7, wherein one generally radially extending side of said groove is longer than the other radially extending side of said groove so that the reduced thickness wall section remaining varies in thickness across the circumferential direction of said groove in said expansion sleeve.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
An expansion anchor assembly, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said projection has a dimension in the circumferential direction of said expansion sleeve substantially equal to the comparable dimension of said reduced thickness wall section.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
An expansion anchor assembly, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said projection has a saw-tooth like configuration.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
An expansion anchor assembly, as set forth in claim 10, wherein said projection is secured to said sleeve at the opposite axial ends thereof and is separated from said sleeve between said ends.
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