Fastening device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9644657-B2
Application number	US-201314013877-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 29, 2013
Priority date	Sep 13, 2012
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a fastening device ( 100 ) comprising:
a bolt ( 107 ) with a head ( 108 ) and a shaft ( 109 ); a sleeve ( 111 ) comprising a head ( 112 ) able to house the head of the bolt and a body ( 113 ) able to house the bolt shaft, the sleeve body having an inner diameter smaller than the bolt shaft diameter; a ring ( 116 ) in solid and compressible material, attached to an outer surface ( 115 ) of the sleeve body and positioned near the sleeve head, said outer surface being able to contact a wall ( 106 ) of a drilled hole ( 103 ) made in a structural component, said ring being able to be compressed between said outer surface and said wall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fastening device comprising:
a bolt extending along an axis with a head and a shaft;
a sleeve extending along the axis of the bolt and comprising a head able to house the head of the bolt and a body able to house the bolt shaft, the sleeve body having an inner diameter smaller than the bolt shaft diameter so as to provide a negative clearance between sleeve and shaft;
a ring made of solid and compressible material, joined with an outer surface of the sleeve body and positioned near the sleeve head,
said device being characterized by the fact that said outer surface has a first portion that is able to be in contact with a wall of a drilled bore made in a structural component, said ring being able to be compressed between a second portion of said outer surface and said wall; and
wherein the ring is made of a material comprising an acrylic polymer.

2. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the ring is made of a material comprising an acrylic polymer that is porous once dry.

3. A method for manufacturing a device according to claim 2 , comprising a step in which a bead of polymer material, in liquid or viscous state, is applied to the outer surface of the sleeve, and then polymerized to solidify said material into a ring shape.

4. A method for assembling a fastening device according to claim 2 onto a structural component, said component comprising a drilled hole, said hole having a wall able to house the body of the sleeve with clearance, said method comprising the following steps:
application of a layer of a viscous or liquid composition on a part of the structural component intended to come into contact with the head of the sleeve;
insertion of the sleeve into the drilled hole of the structural component along the axis of the bolt so that the ring is compressed against the wall of the drilled hole;
insertion of the bolt in the sleeve along the axis of the bolt so that the sleeve expands radially into the drilled hole and the ring is compressed between the wall and the outer surface of the sleeve body.

5. An assembly of a fastening device with a structural component, the said assembly originating from a method according to claim 4 .

6. A device according to claim 1 , wherein said material also comprises mica.

7. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the ring is disposed around a radius under the sleeve head.

8. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the bolt is a screw or a rivet comprising a pull stem.

9. A method for manufacturing a device according to claim 1 , comprising a step in which a bead of polymer material, in liquid or viscous state, is applied to the outer surface of the sleeve, and then polymerized to solidify said material into a ring shape.

10. A method for assembling a fastening device according to claim 1 onto a structural component, said component comprising a drilled hole, said hole having a wall able to house the body of the sleeve with clearance, said method comprising the following steps:
application of a layer of a viscous or liquid composition on a part of the structural component intended to come into contact with the head of the sleeve;
insertion of the sleeve into the drilled hole of the structural component along the axis of the bolt, so that the ring is compressed against the wall of the drilled hole;
insertion of the bolt in the sleeve along the axis of the bolt so that the sleeve expands radially into the drilled hole and the ring is compressed between the wall and the outer surface of the sleeve body.

11. An assembly of a fastening device with a structural component, the said assembly originating from a method according to claim 10 .

Assignees

• Lisi Aerospace

Inventors

• Pham Charles

Classifications

• F16B19/008

  with sealing means · CPC title

• F16B39/24

  by means of washers, spring washers, or resilient plates that lock against the object (locking to the screw-thread F16B39/14 {, F16B39/34}, F16B39/36) · CPC title

• B05D7/14 Primary

  to metal, e.g. car bodies (involving a chemical reaction between the metal and the coating C23) · CPC title

• Y10T29/49885

  with coating before or during assembling · CPC title

• F16B19/02

  Bolts or sleeves for positioning of machine parts, e.g. notched taper pins, fitting pins, sleeves, eccentric positioning rings · CPC title