US 10,480,558 B2Granted

Connecting device and method for fixing a connecting element to or in a component

AssigneeLamello AG

InventorsPatrick Jeker, Philipp Seiler

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Abstract

In order to create a connecting device for fixing and/or connecting objects or components, in particular for connecting furniture or machine parts, which connecting device comprises one or more connecting elements which are easily and reliably fixable in or to one or more components, it is proposed that the connecting device comprise at least one connecting element which is fixable in or to a component and comprises the following: a main body and one or more securing elements, wherein the one or more securing elements are formed in one piece with the main body in an initial position of the connecting device, wherein the one or more securing elements are detachable from the main body by destroying a predetermined break-away region between the main body and the one or the plurality of securing elements and wherein the one or the plurality of securing elements are moveable from the initial position into a securing position for the purposes of fixing the main body in or to the component.

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Dependent claims

A connecting device for fixing and/or connecting components or objects, or for fixing and/or connecting furniture or machine parts, wherein at least one connecting element of the connecting device is fixable in or to a component, the connecting element comprising:

a main body having one or more holes;
and
one or more securing elements,
wherein the one or the plurality of securing elements are formed in one piece with the main body in an initial position of the connecting device,
wherein the one or the plurality of securing elements are detachable from the main body by destroying a predetermined break-away region between the main body and the one or the plurality of securing elements,
wherein the one or the plurality of securing elements are moveable in relation to the one or more holes from the initial position into a securing position for the purposes of fixing the main body in or to the component,
wherein the one or the plurality of securing elements are cylindrically shaped,
wherein the one or the plurality of securing elements having a top end diameter and a bottom end diameter,
wherein the one or more holes are cylindrically shaped,
wherein the one or more holes having an entrance diameter, an exit diameter, and a center diameter, and
wherein the top end diameter and the bottom end diameter of the one or the plurality of securing elements are less than or equal to the entrance diameter, the exit diameter, and the center diameter of the one or more holes.

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A method of fixing a connecting element of a connecting device to or in a component, the method comprising:

providing a connecting element of a connecting device which comprises a main body having one or more holes and one or more securing elements, wherein the one or the plurality of securing elements are provided and are formed in one piece with the main body in an initial position of the connecting device;
arranging the connecting element on or in a component and inserting the connecting element into a groove that is provided in the component;
destroying a predetermined break-away region between the main body and the one or the plurality of securing elements for the purposes of detaching the one or the plurality of securing elements from the main body;
and
moving, in relation to the one or more holes, the one or the plurality of securing elements from the initial position into a securing position for the purposes of fixing the main body of the connecting element to or in the component, or in the groove, wherein
the one or the plurality of securing elements are cylindrically shaped,
the one or the plurality of securing elements having a top end diameter and a bottom end diameter,
the one or more holes are cylindrically shaped,
the one or more holes having an entrance diameter, an exit diameter, and a center diameter, and
the top end diameter and the bottom end diameter of the one or the plurality of securing elements are less than or equal to the entrance diameter, the exit diameter, and the center diameter of the one or more holes.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/398,876Filed 5 Jan 2017 · continuation
Priority: DE 10 2014 109 5478 Jul 2014
Published: US 2017/0114812 A127 Apr 2017
Granted: 19 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification2 codes

F16B 12/20
For non-metal furniture parts, e.g. made of wood, of plastics: using clamps, clips, wedges, sliding bolts, or the like
F16B
Devices for fastening or securing constructional elements or machine parts together

Family

PCT/EP2015/065156Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Jul 2015
US 2017/0114812 A1Pre-grant publication · published 27 Apr 2017
US 10,480,558 B2This patent

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