System of assembling at least three parts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9345292-B2
Application number	US-201414257121-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2014
Priority date	May 17, 2013
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

The invention relates to an assembly system including first and second parts each including a blind recess and at least one third part including a through hole. According to the invention, the assembly system further includes a permanent securing device including a pin mounted in the through hole of the at least one third part, the pin including, at a first end, a first means of locking one of the first and second parts in its blind recess, and a socket whose external wall includes a second means of locking the other of the first and second parts in its blind recess, and whose internal wall is welded to the second end of the pin in order to join the first, second and at least one third parts to each other with no plastic deformation of the first and second parts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly system comprising:
first and second parts each including a blind recess; and
at least one third part including a through hole,
wherein the assembly system further includes a permanent securing device including a pin mounted in the through hole of the at least one third part, the pin including, at a first end, a first mechanism to lock the pin to one of the first and second parts in the corresponding blind recess, and a socket whose external wall includes a second mechanism to lock the socket to the other of the first and second parts in the corresponding blind recess, and an internal wall of the socket is welded to a second end of the pin in order to join the first part, the second part, and the at least one third part to each other with no plastic deformation of the first and second parts.

2. The assembly system according to claim 1 , wherein the through hole includes a cross-section of matching non-circular shape to a cross-section of the pin, to prevent any relative pivoting of the first, second and at least one third part.

3. The assembly system according to claim 1 , wherein the through hole includes a cross-section of matching circular shape to a cross-section of the pin to allow the pivoting of the at least one third part relative to the first and second parts.

4. The assembly system according to claim 1 , wherein the first mechanism is formed by a threaded connection or a bayonet device.

5. The assembly system according to claim 1 , wherein the second mechanism is formed by an internal thread-external thread type device or a bayonet type device.

6. The assembly system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one third part includes several parts forming the through hole.

7. The assembly system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one portion of the first and second parts is formed with at least one of enamel, stone, and ceramic.

8. An assortment wherein the assortment includes at least two assembly systems according to claim 1 , which are connected to each other by a non-permanent securing device, the non-permanent securing device including a second pin removably mounted in a second through hole in one of a plurality of third parts of one of the at least two assembly systems and in second recesses in each of the first and second parts of the other of the at least two assembly systems.

9. The assortment according to claim 8 , wherein at least one of the second recesses of each of the first and second parts of the other of the at least two assembly systems are blind in order to render the assortment substantially inseparable.

10. The assortment according to claim 8 , wherein at least one of the second recesses of each of the first and second parts of the other of the at least two assembly systems are through recesses in order to render the assortment detachable.

11. The assortment according to claim 8 , wherein the assortment includes at least five assembly systems connected to form at least one of a bracelet, wristband, a decorative article, and a jewelry item.

Assignees

• Comadur Sa

Inventors

• Geiser Alain
• Boucard Sylvain

Classifications

• Y10T403/32951

  Transverse pin or stud · CPC title

• A44C5/107 Primary

  with links made of more than two elements including connecting elements · CPC title

• A44C5/10 Primary

  not extensible {(A44C5/022 and A44C5/025 take precedence)} · CPC title