Fastener structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10626906-B2
Application number	US-201815978270-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2018
Priority date	May 16, 2017
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

A fastener structure includes a fixing member and an operating member. The fixing member includes a limiting section and a body portion; and the operating member includes an operating section, a retaining section and an engaging section connected to the body portion. The body portion can be mounted to an object, and the operating section can be manipulated to move the engaging section on the body portion and to fasten the retaining section to another object. When the operating section is manipulated reversely, the retaining section can be released from the other object to thereby separate the two objects from each other. Therefore, with the fastener structure, two objects can be quickly fastened together and easily released from each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fastener structure, comprising:
a fixing member including a limiting section and a body portion, the fixing member including a coupling section for connecting to an object; and
an operating member including an operating section, a retaining section, and an engaging section for connecting to the body portion, the retaining section being fastened to or caused to interfere with another object by moving the operating member;
wherein the retaining section is released from the other object by applying a force at the operating section;
wherein the engaging section is provided with an elastic element, which has two ends separately pressed against the fixing member and the operating member; and the elastic element being selected from the group consisting of a coil spring, a torsion spring, a spring plate, an elastic pillar, and an elastic structure that is integrally formed with the operating member.

2. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the body portion is extended through the engaging section with the limiting section abutted against the operating member, such that the fixing member is connected to the operating member.

3. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the body portion includes an abutting section, and the operating member being connected to the fixing member to locate between the limiting section and the abutting section or to locate onto the limiting section and the abutting section.

4. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the retaining section can be any one of a pillar, a plate member, a hooked section, a stepped section, a fastening element, a cambered section, a rectangular section, a curved section, a block, a protruded section and a recessed section.

5. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elastic element applies an elastic force against the operating member to enable reciprocatingly and elastically axial, lateral, linear or rotational operation of the operating member or to limit the operating member from moving, staying or temporarily staying.

6. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the engaging section of the operating member includes an elastic retaining section, which can be integrally formed with the operating member or additionally assembled to the operating member for elastically snap-fitting onto the body portion to move the fixing member or limit the fixing member from moving.

7. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the engaging section internally defines a movement space, within which the fixing member is allowed to move or limited from moving.

8. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the body portion or the limiting section is provided with an anti-rotation section and the operating member or the engaging section of the operating member is provided with a mating anti-rotation section to prevent the operating member and the fixing member from rotating relative to each other.

9. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operating section can be any one of a protruded section, a recessed section, a stepped section, a grip section, a plate member, a cambered section, a flat section, a curved section, a pillar and a block.

10. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixing member includes a restricting section for restricting another object to between the retaining section and the restricting section.

11. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the coupling section includes a weldable layer for welding and accordingly connecting to the object and the fastener structure can be received in a carrier, such that the fastener structure can be removed from the carrier with a tool and disposed on a surface or in a through hole of the object for welding to the object.

12. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the coupling section is provided with a material retaining space for retaining some material of the object thereto, such that the coupling section interferes with the object to thereby connect the fixing member to the object.

13. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the coupling section is press-fitted onto the object and some material of the object enters or flows into the material retaining space to thereby connect the coupling section to the object.

14. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the coupling section is driven by a pressing member to press against the object and retain some material of the object thereto, so as to connect to the object.

15. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixing member can be any one of a post-like member, an L-shaped plate member, a block member, a hollow cylindrical member, a solid cylindrical member, a flat plate member, a rectangular member and a stepped member.

16. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the engaging section is integrally formed with or engaged with the limiting section, and the limiting section is movably connected to the body portion.

17. The fastener structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the limiting section includes a mating abutting section and the body portion includes an abutting section; and the abutting section being abutted on the mating abutting section of the limiting section.

Assignees

• Fivetech Technology Inc

Inventors

• Wang Ting-Jui
• Chou Yi-Shien

Classifications

• F16B5/0635

  fastened over the edges of the sheets or plates · CPC title

• F16B37/122

  Threaded inserts, e.g. "rampa bolts" · CPC title

• F16B21/06

  Releasable fastening devices with snap-action {(quickly-detachable or mountable nuts to threaded bolts F16B37/0842)} · CPC title

• F16B21/02 Primary

  Releasable fastening devices locking by rotation (with snap-action F16B21/06; studs or coupling pins with resilient protrusions F16B21/08) · CPC title

• F16B21/09

  Releasable fastening devices with a stud engaging a keyhole slot · CPC title