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Fastening element assembly with a deformable sleeve
Assignee: Hilti AG
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Filing: 1988-12-19
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Granted: 1990-04-10
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Expires: 2008-12-19
Abstract
Abstract A fastening element assembly is made up of a nail-like fastening element and a deformable sleeve displaceably secured on the fastening element shank. The assembly is used to secure sheet metal plates to a base material of variable strength. At its leading end the sleeve has an outwardly extending flange. When the assembly is driven into a receiving material or base, the sleeve is displaced in the rearward direction along the shank toward the trailing head on the fastening element. The shank widens conically toward the head. As the sleeve is displaced rearwardly, it is radially expanded. When the trailing end of the sleeve contacts the head, the sleeve collapses or is deformed in the axial direction in the manner of an accordian. Excess energy applied to the assembly during the driving step is converted into deformation work acting on the sleeve.
Inventors
- 👤 Reinhard Buhri
- 👤 Elmer C. Hoepker
- 👤 Elmar Thurner
- 👤 Alfred Tobler
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 20:35
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16B; F16B19/00; F16B19/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
171 words
Fastening element assembly such as used with an explosive powder charge operated driving device, comprising an axially extending nail-like fastening element having a leading end to be driven first into a receiving material and a trailing end, said fastening element having a pointed tip at the leading end and an outwardly projecting head at the trailing end with a shank extending between said tip and said head, wherein the improvement comprises that said shank widens conically from said tip toward said head, and an axially extending and axially deformable sleeve having a leading end and a trailing end with an annular flange extending radially outwardly transversely of the fastening element axis at the leading end thereof adjacent said tip and a tubular section extending axially from a radially inner edge of said flange toward and spaced from said head, an axially extending part of said tubular section of said sleeve is displaceably secured on said shank at an axially extending location on said shank spaced between said tip and said head.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
171 words
Fastening element assembly such as used with an explosive powder charge operated driving device, comprising an axially extending nail-like fastening element having a leading end to be driven first into a receiving material and a trailing end, said fastening element having a pointed tip at the leading end and an outwardly projecting head at the trailing end with a shank extending between said tip and said head, wherein the improvement comprises that said shank widens conically from said tip toward said head, and an axially extending and axially deformable sleeve having a leading end and a trailing end with an annular flange extending radially outwardly transversely of the fastening element axis at the leading end thereof adjacent said tip and a tubular section extending axially from a radially inner edge of said flange toward and spaced from said head, an axially extending part of said tubular section of said sleeve is displaceably secured on said shank at an axially extending location on said shank spaced between said tip and said head.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
Fastening element assembly, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said tubular section of said sleeve has an inside diameter at the trailing end thereof corresponding approximately to the diameter of said axially extending location of said shank intermediate the tip and head.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
85 words
Fastening element assembly, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said flange has a leading surface facing in the direction in which the fastening element is to be driven into a receiving material and a trailing surface facing toward the head of said fastening element, said leading surface being convex and said trailing surface being concave so that said flange curves radially outwardly from said tip in the manner of an umbrella with an annularly shaped opening directed toward the head of said fastening element.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
Fastening element assembly, as set forth in claim 3, wherein said tip of said fastening element is located in a transverse plane containing a part of the convex leading surface of said flange spaced most remotely from said head.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
Fastening element assembly, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said shank has a conicity in the range of 2% to 15%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
Fastening element assembly, as set forth in claim 5, wherein said shank has a conicity in the range of 5% to 10%.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
Fastening element assembly, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said shank has an axially extending knurled portion for a part of the axial length thereof spaced from said tip and head.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
Fastening element assembly, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said shank has at least two axially extending regions each have a different conicity.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
Fastening element assembly, as set forth in claim 8, wherein said axially extending region of said shank closer to said head has a greater conicity than the axially extending region of said shank closer to said tip.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
Fastening element assembly, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said sleeve is formed of a metal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
36 words
Fastening element assembly, as set forth in claim 1, wherein a guiding member is positioned on said shank between said sleeve and said head for guiding the fastening element assembly when driven from the driving device.
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