Method of fastening a panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10982702-B2
Application number	US-201716332667-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2017
Priority date	Sep 13, 2016
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

A fastener includes a self-locking pin washer and at least one elongate projection mounted on the self-locking pin washer, where the self-locking pin washer is arranged to be a resistance fit to a projection mounted on a structure or vehicle. A method of fastening a panel to a substrate includes attaching a fastener to a projection of a substrate, wherein the fastener includes an elongate projection that is longer than the projection. The method further includes attaching a panel onto the elongate projection of the fastener.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of fastening a panel to a substrate, the substrate having a projection, the method comprising:
attaching a fastener to said projection, wherein said fastener comprises
an elongate projection, wherein the elongate projection is longer than said projection, and
a self-locking pin washer, which engages the projection and is a resistance fit on the projection; and

attaching the panel onto said elongate projection.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the elongate projection comprises a barb, is pronged, and/or has a high friction surface, to retain said panel.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the panel is manufactured from a material selected from fibres, foamed polymers, foamed monomers, gels, natural cellulose bundles, loose filled panels, and composite laminates.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the panel is a thermal barrier panel.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the elongate projection is attached to the fastener by welding, adhesive, or resistance fit.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate forms part of a building, vessel or craft.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the elongate projection is longer than a thickness of said panel.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising a cap located on an end of the elongate projection that extends through the thickness of the panel.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the projection extends through the self-locking pin washer, to allow the projection and elongate projection to fasten said panel.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the elongate projection is adjacent to the projection.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein prior to attaching the fastener to said projection, the method further comprises: providing said projection on the substrate.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the self-locking pin washer comprises a plurality of splines extending radially inwards to an aperture of the pin washer.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the aperture is smaller than a diameter of the projection.

14. A fastener suitable for attaching panels to a building, vessel or craft, wherein said fastener comprises a self-locking pin washer and mounted thereon at least one elongate projection, wherein said self-locking pin washer is arranged to be a resistance fit to a projection mounted on said building, vessel or craft.

15. A vessel or craft comprising:
the fastener according to claim 14 , and
a panel located on said at least one elongate projection,
wherein the fastener is resistance fit fastened to a projection mounted on the vessel or craft.

16. The fastener according to claim 14 , wherein the projection mounted on the vessel or craft extends through the pin washer to allow the projection and elongate projection to fasten to said panel.

17. The fastener according to claim 14 , wherein the projection is less than 20 mm long.

18. The fastener according to claim 14 , wherein the elongate projection extends through said panel, the fastener further comprising a cap on an end of the elongate projection.

19. A fastener comprising a self-locking pin washer and at least one elongate projection mounted on said self-locking pin washer, wherein said self-locking pin washer is arranged to be a resistance fit to a projection mounted on a structure or vehicle.

20. A structure or vehicle comprising:
the fastener according to claim 19 , and
a panel located on said at least one elongate projection,
wherein the fastener is resistance fit fastened to a projection mounted on the structure or vehicle, and wherein the at least one elongate projection is longer than said projection mounted on the structure or vehicle.

Assignees

• Bae Systems Plc

Inventors

• Owens Kenneth
• Peters Russell William
• Harris Alan Thomas

Classifications

• F16B21/20 Primary

  for bolts or shafts without holes, grooves, or notches for locking members {(by rings resilient in their plane F16B21/18)} · CPC title

• F16B15/0023

  Nail plates · CPC title

• F16B5/0692 Primary

  joining flexible sheets to other sheets or plates or to strips or bars (tent fastenings E04H15/64; coping elements for swimming pools with fixing means for sealing foil E04H4/142; greenhouses of flexible synthetic material A01G9/1407; end or aperture-closing arrangements or devices for sacks or bags B65D33/16) · CPC title

• F16B2015/0076

  with provisions for additional fastening means, e.g. hooks, holes for separate screws or nails, adhesive · CPC title

• F16B15/0053

  with separate nails attached to the plate · CPC title