Connecting element for two machinery components or constructional components

Claim 2

An anti-fatigue connecting element comprising a head and a solid elongated shank extending from said head said shank including a threaded portion used for fastening elements together and an anti-fatigue portion positioned between said head and said threaded portion and axially displaced along said shank from the threaded portion, said anti-fatigue portion including several elevations and grooves, with the minor diameter of the grooves of the anti-fatigue portion being made smaller than the minor diameter of the threaded portion, wherein the minor diameter ( d 3R) of the grooves (6) of the anti-fatigue portion (3) is between 80% and less than 100% of the minor diameter ( d 3) of the threaded portion (4), and wherein the pitch diameter ( d 2R) of the anti-fatigue portion (3), the pitch (P*) and the thread angle (α) substantially satisfy the equation: (.sup.d 2R)=(.sup.d 3R)+2/3·P*/(2 tan (α/2)) where P*=the pitch of the threads of the anti-fatigue portion and α is the thread angle.

Claim 3

The connecting element as claimed in claim 1 wherein the outside diameter d R of the elevations (5) of the anti-fatigue portion (3) is made larger than the outside diameter d of the threaded portion (4), in particular in a range between 1.0 to 1.2 times the outside diameter d of the threaded portion (4).

Claim 4

The connecting element as claimed in claim 2, wherein the elevations (5) of the anti-fatigue portion (3) are characterized by having been rough worked to the fitting dimension by grinding, turning or mounting.

Claim 5

A connecting element as claimed in claim 1 wherein the anti-fatigue portion (3) consists of a plurality of circling elevations (5) and grooves (6) or a single-start or multiple-start fitting thread (5, 6).

Claim 6

An anti-fatigue connecting element for fastening together machinery components and the like, comprising a rectilinear shank (2) and a head member (1) mounted to one end of said shank, said shank including a helically threaded fastening portion (4) and an anti-fatigue portion (3) axially displaced from said fastening portion, said fastening portion including helical threads having a minor diameter ( d 3), a pitch diameter ( d 2), an outside diameter (d), and rounded recesses between adjacent ones of its threads, said anti-fatigue portion (3) of the shank including alternating elevations (5) and grooves (6) extending circumferentially about the shank with said grooves being rounded between adjacent elevations at a radius of curvature of at least as large as the radius of curvature of the rounded recesses between adjacent threads of said fastening portion, with the grooves of said anti-fatigue portion having a minor diameter ( d 3R) and the elevations having an outside diameter ( d R) and a pitch diameter ( d 2R), said minor diameter ( d 3R) of said grooves (6) of the anti-fatigue portion being between 80% and 100% of the minor diameter ( d 3) of the helical threads of the fastening portion (4), and wherein the pitch diameter ( d 2R) of the anti-fatigue portion (3) is at least as large as the pitch diameter ( d 2) of the helical portion (4) and wherein the pitch diameter ( d 2R) of the anti-fatigue portion (3), the pitch (P*) and the thread angle (α) substantially satisfy the equation: (.sup.d 2R)=(.sup.d 3R)+2/3·P*/(2 tan (α/2)) where P*=the pitch of the threads of the anti-fatigue portion and α is the thread angle.

Claim 7

An anti-fatigue connecting element for fastening together machinery components and the like, comprising a rectilinear shank (2) and a head member (1) mounted to one end of said shank, said shank including a helically threaded fastening portion (4) and an anti-fatigue portion (3) axially displaced from said fastening portion, said fastening portion including helical threads having a minor diameter ( d 3), a pitch diameter ( d 2), an outside diameter (d), and rounded recesses between adjacent ones of its threads, said anti-fatigue portion (3) of the shank including alternating elevations (5) and grooves (6) extending circumferentially about the shank with said grooves being rounded between adjacent elevations at a radius of curvature of at least as large as the radius of curvature of the rounded recesses between adjacent threads of said fastening portion, with the grooves of said anti-fatigue portion having a minor diameter ( d 3R) and the elevations having an outside diameter ( d R) and a pitch diameter ( d 2R), said minor diameter ( d 3R) of said grooves (6) of the anti-fatigue portion being between 80% and 100% of the minor diameter ( d 3) of the helical threads of the fastening portion (4), and wherein the pitch diameter ( d 2R) of the anti-fatigue portion (3) is at least as large as the pitch diameter ( d 2) of the helical portion (4) and wherein the pitch diameter ( d 2R) of the anti-fatigue portion (3), the pitch (P*) and the thread angle (α) substantially satisfy the equation: (.sup.d 2R)=(.sup.d 3R)+2/3·P*/(2 tan (α/2)) where P*=the pitch of the threads of the anti-fatigue portion and α is the thread angle.

Claim 8

A connecting element as claimed in claim 5, wherein the rounded part of the groove (6) of the anti-fatigue portion (3) has a radius ( R RI) or a Logarithmic profile and runs out at the root into a straight line, the length of which does not exceed 0.017×minor diameter ( d 3R) of the anti-fatigue portion (3).

Claim 9

An anti-fatigue connecting element for fastening together machinery components and the like, comprising a solid rectilinear shank (2) and a head member (1) mounted to one end of said shank, and shank including a helically threaded fastening portion (4) and an anti-fatigue portion (3) axially displaced from said fastening portion said fastening portion including helical threads having a minor diameter ( d 3), a pitch diameter ( d 2) and an outside diameter (d), said anti-fatigue portion (3) of the shank including alternating elevations (5) and grooves (6) extending circumferentially about the shank with the grooves having a minor diameter ( d 3R), and the elevations (5) and grooves (6) extending circumferentially about the shank with the grooves having a minor diameter ( d 3R), and the elevations having an outside diameter ( d R) and a pitch diameter ( d 2R), said minor diameter ( d 3R) of said grooves (6) of the anti-fatigue portion being between 80% and less than 100% of the minor diameter ( d 3) of the helical threads of the fastening portion (4), and wherein the pitch diameter ( d 2R) of the anti-fatigue portion (3) is at least as large as the pitch diameter (2) of the helical threads of the fastening portin (4) and wherein the pitch diameter ( d 2R) of the anti-fatigue portion (3), the pitch (P*) and the thread angle (α) substantially satisfy the equation: (.sup.d 2R)=(.sup.d 3R)+2/3·P*/(2 tan (α/2)) where P*=the pitch of the threads of the anti-fatigue portion and α is the thread angle.

Claim 10

An anti-fatigue connecting element for fastening together machinery components and the like, comprising a solid rectilinear shank (2) and a head member (1) mounted to one end of said shank, and shank including a helically threaded fastening portion (4) and an anti-fatigue portion (3) axially displaced from said fastening portion said fastening portion including helical threads having a minor diameter ( d 3), a pitch diameter ( d 2) and an outside diameter (d), said anti-fatigue portion (3) of the shank including alternating elevations (5) and grooves (6) extending circumferentially about the shank with the grooves having a minor diameter ( d 3R), and the elevations (5) and grooves (6) extending circumferentially about the shank with the grooves having a minor diameter ( d 3R), and the elevations having an outside diameter ( d R) and a pitch diameter ( d 2R), said minor diameter ( d 3R) of said grooves (6) of the anti-fatigue portion being between 80% and less than 100% of the minor diameter ( d 3) of the helical threads of the fastening portion (4), and wherein the pitch diameter ( d 2R) of the anti-fatigue portion (3) is at least as large as the pitch diameter (2) of the helical threads of the fastening portin (4) and wherein the pitch diameter ( d 2R) of the anti-fatigue portion (3), the pitch (P*) and the thread angle (α) substantially satisfy the equation: (.sup.d 2R)=(.sup.d 3R)+2/3·P*/(2 tan (α/2)) where P*=the pitch of the threads of the anti-fatigue portion and α is the thread angle.