Bolt provided with an anti-rotation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11319981-B2
Application number	US-202016745643-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2020
Priority date	Jan 21, 2019
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

A bolt comprising a threaded shaft having at least one helical thread and at least one longitudinal groove, a nut having a tapped hole configured to be screwed onto the threaded shaft, and at least one diagonal slot which includes a first opening end and a second non-opening end. The diagonal slot is inclined from the first end towards the second end in the same direction as the helical thread of the threaded shaft. An anti-rotation device is configured to rotationally immobilize the nut with respect to the threaded shaft and comprises a ring which surrounds at least the threaded shaft and which has at least one first toe configured to be housed in the longitudinal groove of the threaded shaft and in the diagonal slot of the nut, in operation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A bolt comprising:
a threaded shaft having at least one helical thread,
a nut having a tapped hole configured to be screwed onto the threaded shaft, and
an anti-rotation device configured to rotationally immobilize the nut with respect to the threaded shaft,
the threaded shaft comprising at least one longitudinal groove,
the nut comprising at least one diagonal slot including a first opening end and a second non-opening end, each diagonal slot being inclined from the first end towards the second end in a same direction as the helical thread of the threaded shaft, and
the anti-rotation device comprising a ring which surrounds at least the threaded shaft and which has at least one first toe configured to be housed in a longitudinal groove of the threaded shaft and in a diagonal slot of the nut, in operation.

2. The bolt according to claim 1 ,
wherein the threaded shaft comprises two diametrically opposite longitudinal grooves, and
wherein the ring comprises two first toes, diametrically opposite, configured to be housed in the two longitudinal grooves.

3. The bolt according to claim 1 , wherein each diagonal slot forms an angle of between 30° and 75° with a transverse plane.

4. The bolt according to claim 1 , wherein the nut comprises a body provided with the tapped hole and a tubular portion, coaxial with respect to the tapped hole, including the at least one diagonal slot.

5. The bolt according to claim 4 , wherein the tubular portion has an inner diameter greater than that of the tapped hole in order to form a housing between the tubular portion and the threaded shaft when the threaded shaft is screwed into the nut, the ring being configured to be housed in said housing.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Messina Paolo

Classifications

• F16B39/04

  with a member penetrating the screw-threaded surface of at least one part, e.g. a pin, a wedge, cotter-pin, screw · CPC title

• F16B37/042

  locking by rotation · CPC title

• F16B39/08 Primary

  with a cap interacting with the nut, connected to the bolt by a pin or cotter pin · CPC title

• F16B39/06 Primary

  with a pin or staple parallel to the bolt axis · CPC title