Structure, manufacturing method therefor, and fastener

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10400809-B2
Application number	US-201715666036-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2017
Priority date	Sep 13, 2016
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides a structure for omitting washers to reduce the number of parts, and keeping the fitting of two members fastened together even when the washers are omitted. The structure includes: a first member having a first screw hole; a second member facing the first member, having a second screw hole larger than the first screw hole, and threaded in a direction opposite to the first screw hole; and a fastener. The fastener includes, along a longitudinal direction: a first screw section having a diameter corresponding to the first screw hole; a second screw section between the first member and the second member, having a diameter corresponding to the second screw hole, and threaded in a direction opposite to the first screw section; a neck at least partially located in the second screw hole; and a head larger in the longitudinal direction than the second screw hole.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A structure comprising:
a first member having a first screw hole;
a second member facing the first member and having a second screw hole larger in diameter than a diameter of the first screw hole, wherein the second screw hole is threaded in a direction opposite to a threaded direction of the first screw hole; and
a fastener,
wherein the fastener comprises, along a longitudinal direction:
a first screw section having a diameter corresponding to the first screw hole;
a second screw section between the first member and the second member, having a diameter corresponding to the second screw hole, and threaded in a direction opposite to a threaded direction of the first screw section;
a neck having at least a part located in the second screw hole; and
a head larger in diameter than the diameter of the second screw hole.

2. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the first screw section, in the longitudinal direction, is longer than a distance between the second screw section and the second screw hole, in the longitudinal direction.

3. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first screw section is a right-handed male screw, and
the second screw section is a left-handed male screw.

4. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein:
the fastener is a screw, and
a screw recess is in the head to rotate the fastener around a longitudinal axis.

5. A manufacturing method for a structure, comprising:
a first member having a first screw hole;
a second member facing the first member, having a second screw hole larger in diameter than the first screw hole, and threaded in a direction opposite to the first screw hole; and
a fastener including, along a longitudinal direction, a first screw section having a diameter corresponding to the first screw hole; a second screw section having a diameter corresponding to the second screw hole, and threaded in a direction opposite to a threaded direction of the first screw section; a neck that is shorter in length than a length of the second screw hole; and a head that is larger in diameter than the diameter of the second screw hole, the method comprising:
using the head turned in a first direction to insert the second screw section into the second screw hole so as to go out of the second screw hole in order to locate at least part of the neck in the second screw hole; and
using the head turned in a direction opposite to the first direction to insert the first screw section into the first screw hole so as to fasten the first screw section to the first screw hole.

6. The manufacturing method for the structure according to claim 5 , wherein a length of the first screw section, in the longitudinal direction, is longer than a distance between the second screw section and the second screw hole, after the first screw section is fastened to the first screw hole.

7. A fastener which fastens a first member and a second member together, where the first member has a first screw hole, and the second member faces the first member and has a second screw hole larger in diameter than a diameter of the first screw hole and is threaded in a direction opposite to a threaded direction of the first screw hole, the fastener comprising, along a longitudinal direction:
a first screw section having a diameter corresponding to the first screw hole;
a second screw section having a diameter corresponding to the second screw hole and threaded in a direction opposite to a threaded direction of the first screw section, the second screw section being located between the first member and the second member when the first member and the second member are fastened together;
a neck having at least part located in the second screw hole when the first member and the second member are fastened together; and
a head that is larger in diameter than a diameter of the second screw hole.

8. The fastener according to claim 7 , wherein a length of the first screw section, in the longitudinal direction, is longer than a distance between the second screw section and the second screw hole, in the longitudinal direction, when the first member and the second member are fastened together.

Assignees

• Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Uchiyama Yoshiharu
• Morino Takayuki
• Inoue Toshihiro
• Akiyama Sara
• Horiuchi Shigehiro

Classifications

• F16B5/065

  the plates being one on top of the other and distanced from each other, e.g. by using protrusions to keep contact and distance · CPC title

• F16B2033/025

  with left-hand thread · CPC title

• F16B33/02 Primary

  Shape of thread; Special thread-forms ({F16B25/00 takes precedence; used to remove paint or dirt layers F16B35/007, F16B37/002}; used as screw-locking device F16B39/30) · CPC title

• F16B41/002

  Measures against loss of bolts, nuts or pins (devices for fastening nuts to surfaces F16B37/04) · CPC title

• F16B5/0275 Primary

  the screw-threaded element having at least two axially separated threaded portions (F16B5/0283 takes precedence) · CPC title