Fastener structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11719271-B2
Application number	US-202016944175-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2020
Priority date	Aug 7, 2019
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

Abstract

A fastener structure includes a head portion, a body portion and an elastic element. The head portion has a shaft section, a press section and a hold-down section. The body portion has a corresponding press section, which is movably assembled to the press section. The elastic element has an end pressed against the press section and another end against the body section, allowing the head portion to move elastically. The body portion can be engaged with an object, and the hold-down section of the head portion can elastically hold down a workpiece against the object or be elastically removed from the workpiece, so as to complete the connection and disconnection of at least two objects to and from one another in a quick and repeatable manner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fastener structure, comprising:
a head portion having a shaft section, a press section and a hold-down section;
a body portion having a corresponding press section; and the corresponding press section being movably assembled to the press section; and
an elastic element having an end pressed against the press section and another end pressed against the body portion, allowing the head portion to move elastically;
characterized in that the hold-down section has a width larger than that of a narrowed locking section on a workpiece and the body portion has a width smaller than that of the narrowed locking section, such that the body portion can be moved through the narrowed locking section to extend downward, while the hold-down section is elastically moved onto the narrowed locking section and then into an expanded locking section of the workpiece located directly behind the narrowed locking section to thereby elastically hold down the workpiece.

2. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the head portion internally defines a receiving section, and that the body portion is received in the receiving section to reduce an overall height of the fastener structure.

3. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the hold-down section has a guiding section for guiding or pushing the head portion to the narrowed locking section on the workpiece.

4. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the hold-down section is provided with a guiding section, which can be moved to while apply a force against an expanded or the narrowed locking section on the workpiece, so that the head portion is lifted to separate from the expanded or the narrowed locking section and can be then easily moved to a top of the narrowed locking section or be detached from the workpiece, respectively.

5. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the elastic element has one end pressed against the press section and another end pressed against the corresponding press section of the body portion, such that the elastic movement of the head portion brings the shaft section to elastically move in the body portion.

6. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the shaft section has a top press section with a countersunk head and the head portion has a sunken recess shaped corresponding to that of the countersunk head of the top press section, such that the countersunk head of the top press section can be fitly set in the sunken recess to reduce an overall height of the head portion.

7. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the shaft section has a top press section and the head portion is provided with a through hole, and that the top press section is limited to the through hole while the shaft section is turnable, rotatable, upward and downward movable, or sidewardly movable in the through hole.

8. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the shaft section has a top press section and the head portion has a through hole, and that the top press section is limited to the through hole while the shaft section is movable in the through hole.

9. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the head portion, the shaft section and the body portion are assembled to one another by extending the shaft section through the head portion and the body portion, either from top to bottom or from bottom to top, so that the elastic element, the head portion and the body portion are limited to between a top press section and the press section of the shaft section.

10. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the head portion, the shaft section and the body portion are assembled to one another by extending the shaft section through a through hole formed on the head portion and a through hole formed on the body portion, so that the elastic element, the head portion and the body portion are limited to between a top press section and the press section of the shaft section.

11. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the head portion, the shaft section and the body portion are assembled to one another by extending the shaft section through a through hole formed on the head portion and a through hole formed on the body portion, so that the elastic element, the head portion and the body portion are limited to between a top press section and the press section of the shaft section; and that the top press section is limited to the through hole of the head portion while the shaft section is turnable, rotatable, upward and downward movable, or sidewardly movable in the through hole of the head portion and the through hole of the body portion.

12. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the head portion, the shaft section and the body portion are assembled to one another by extending the shaft section through a through hole formed on the head portion and a through hole formed on the body portion, either from top to bottom or from bottom to top, so that the elastic element, the head portion and the body portion are limited to between a top press section and the press section of the shaft section; and that the top press section is limited to the through hole of the head portion while the shaft section is movable in the through hole of the head portion and the through hole of the body portion.

13. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the head portion, the shaft section and the body portion are assembled to one another by extending the shaft section through a through hole formed on the head portion and a through hole formed on the body portion, so that the elastic element, the head portion and the body portion are limited to between a top press section and the press section of the shaft section; and that a first floating space is left between the top press section and the head portion, a second floating space is left between the shaft section and the through hole of the head portion, a third floating space is left between the shaft section and the through hole of the body portion, a fourth floating space is left between the shaft section and the press section, or a fifth floating space is left between the press section and the top press section of the shaft section.

14. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the hold-down section has a guiding section; and the guiding section being able to apply a force against the workpiece to thereby lift the head portion for the same to move onto the narrowed locking section formed on the workpiece.

15. The fastener structure according to claim 1 , characterized in that the body portion has an engaging section being provided with a weldable layer; and that the fastener structure is picked up from a carrier and placed on an object by a tool, and the weldable layer is welded to the object to thereby connect the body portion to the object.

16. A fastener structure, comprising:
a head portion having a shaft section, a press section and a hold-down section;
a body portion having a corresponding press section; and the corresponding press section being movably assembled to the press section; and
an elastic element having an end pressed against the press section and another end pressed against the body portion, allowing the head portion to move elastically;
characterized in that the head portion internally defines a receiving section and the body portion is received in the receiving section to reduce a

Assignees

• Fivetech Technology Inc

Inventors

• Wang Ting-Jui

Classifications

• F16B19/109 Primary

  Temporary rivets, e.g. with a spring-loaded pin (special clamping devices for workpieces to be riveted together, e.g. operating through the rivet holes B21J15/42; hand tools for temporarily connecting sheets before or during assembly operations B25B31/005) · CPC title

• F16B21/09

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

• F16B5/0664

  at least one of the sheets or plates having integrally formed or integrally connected snap-in-features · CPC title

• F16B21/08

  in which the stud, pin, or spigot has a resilient part ({F16B21/065, F16B21/125, F16B21/165, F16B37/043 take precedence}; wall-dowels F16B13/00) · CPC title

• F16B2200/506

  bolted or riveted · CPC title