Quick fastening device for panels

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10041523-B2
Application number	US-201314395075-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2013
Priority date	Apr 27, 2012
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

A QUICK FASTENING DEVICE FOR PANELS, of the type containing two elements that interact with one another by virtue of the moving parts thereof and which is used to provide an anchoring point for the fastening of an application to the hole in a panel, being formed from a clip and a pin, said clip incorporating tabs descending downwards from the base, and having elastic ability in order to move closer toward the center of said clip through the sliding action of elbows or hooks on said tabs, acting on the inclined profile of cavities provided in said pin.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A QUICK FASTENING DEVICE, wherein the device is used to provide an anchoring point for the fastening of an application to a hole in a panel, the quick fastening device comprising:
a clip and
a pin, said clip incorporating tabs descending downwards from a base of the clip, the tabs having elastic ability in order to move closer toward a center of said clip through sliding action of elbows or hooks on said tabs, wherein the elbows or hooks act on an inclined profile of proximal cavities provided in said, pin,
wherein there are stops on partitions of the pin that interact with entrainment projections arranged on lateral folds of said tabs of said clip.

2. THE QUICK FASTENING DEVICE as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said clip has flanges projecting downward from the base thereof, said flanges being configured to engage in distal cavities provided in said pin.

3. THE QUICK FASTENING DEVICE as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
entrainment ends arranged in said cavities of said pin.

4. THE QUICK FASTENING DEVICE as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said tabs have elbow ends and a material recess.

5. THE QUICK FASTENING DEVICE as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said base of said clip has a central hole with a threaded tube projecting downward therefrom.

6. THE QUICK FASTENING DEVICE as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said tabs have structural reinforcement ribs.

7. THE QUICK FASTENING DEVICE as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said pin has a base with a sealable central through-hole.

8. THE QUICK FASTENING DEVICE as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said clip is made from metal and said pin is made from a plastic material or plastic compound.

9. THE QUICK FASTENING DEVICE as claimed in claim 1 wherein the elbows or hooks of the tabs act as a catch against an internal face of the panel to prevent exit thereof via the hole in the panel.

10. A device for fastening a panel, the device comprising:
a clip; and
a pin configured to engage with the clip such that when the pin is mounted into the clip the clip is closeable around the pin, and wherein the device is configured such that when the pin is inserted into the clip, a thrust is exerted by means of a stop on the pin against a projection of lateral folds on the clip.

11. The device of claim 10 , further comprising:
a tab extending from the clip, and
an elbow or hook on the tab that interacts with a cavity in the pin.

12. The device of claim 11 , further comprising:
an orifice in the pin vertically aligned with a threaded cylinder in the clip.

13. The device of claim 12 , further comprising:
a screw configured to be inserted into the device via the orifice in the pin to engage with the threaded cylinder.

14. The device of claim 13 wherein rotation of the screw within the threaded cylinder causes the tab to bend toward a center of the clip.

15. The device of claim 10 wherein progressive inclination of the pin causes proportionate closure of the clip and a tab upon pulling of the pin.

16. The device of claim 10 wherein the clip and the pin combine to form a male-to-female connection such that a vertical formation of the pin engages with a tab.

17. The device of claim 10 , further comprising:
flanges projecting downward from a base, wherein the flanges engage with cavities of the pin.

18. A quick fastening device, comprising:
a clip and
a pin, wherein
the device is configured to provide an anchoring point for the fastening of an application to a hole in a panel,
the clip includes a base and two arms extending from the base, the clip being configured such that the arms are elastically movable towards a longitudinal axis of the clip relative to the base,
the device is configured such that when the pin is pulled away from the clip, interaction between the arms and the pin drive the arms towards the longitudinal axis of the clip, thereby locking the clip to the pin, and
components on the arms act on inclined profiles of cavities in the pin to drive the arms toward the longitudinal axis.

19. The device of claim 18 , wherein:
the pin includes fingers that extend about the base and beyond the base, relative to a portion of the base facing the arms, when the pin is pulled away from the clip such that the arms are driven towards the longitudinal axis, thereby centering the clip relative to the pin.

Assignees

• Illinois Tool Works

Inventors

• Ortega Dona Raul
• Arisa Busquets Jaume

Classifications

• F16B37/041

  Releasable devices (F16B37/044, F16B37/045 take precedence) · CPC title

• Y10T24/307

  Sheet metal formed · CPC title

• B60R2013/0293

  Connection or positioning of adjacent panels · CPC title

• F16B19/1081 Primary

  fastened by a drive-pin (F16B19/109 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16B37/043 Primary

  with snap action · CPC title