# US 11,028,867 B2 · Method for manufacturing an expansion anchor by reducing the diameter of a sleeve blank, and expansion anchor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,028,867 B2 - Document ID: US11028867B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/076,609 - Filed: 2017-02-21 - Published: 2019-02-07 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-01 - Assignees: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Guenter Domani; Hideki Shimahara; Karl Haeussler - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11028867B2 ## CPC - F16B 13/065: {fastened by extracting the screw, nail or the like} - B21D 53/00: Making other particular articles (making wire fabrics B21F; making chains or chain parts B21L) - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) - B21D: WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL (working or processing of wire B21F) ## Abstract A method for manufacturing an expansion anchor is provided, in which a bolt is provided, which includes an expansion body for expanding an expansion sleeve surrounding the bolt, an annular sleeve blank having an opening is provided, the bolt is introduced into the opening of the annular sleeve blank, and the annular sleeve blank is reduced in diameter while the bolt is located in the opening of the annular sleeve blank. The invention also relates to expansion anchors, which may be obtained with the aid of the method according to the invention, in particular bolt-type anchors having closed annular expansion sleeves and, in particular, anchors having expansion sleeves with protruding noses, which are each situated on a closing fold of the expansion sleeve. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for manufacturing an expansion anchor, comprising: providing a bolt including an expansion body for expanding an expansion sleeve surrounding the bolt; providing an annular sleeve blank having an opening, the providing of the annular sleeve blank including shaping of the sleeve blank into a cup via an extrusion process; introducing the bolt into the opening of the annular sleeve blank; and reducing the annular sleeve blank in diameter while the bolt is located in the opening of the annular sleeve blank wherein an inner contour of the sleeve blank deviating from a circular shape is manufactured during the extrusion process; the sleeve blank being teethed with the bolt during the diameter reduction of the sleeve blank so as to conform an inner surface of the sleeve blank to a non-circular outer surface of the bolt. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the sleeve blank is reduced in diameter by the application of radial forces onto the sleeve blank. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the sleeve blank is reduced in diameter by pressing at least one jaw against the sleeve blank or the sleeve blank is reduced in diameter by introducing the sleeve blank into a reducing die. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the sleeve blank is reduced in diameter by simultaneously pressing multiple jaws of the at least one jaw against the sleeve blank. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the sleeve blank forms a closed ring surrounding the opening. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1 wherein, during the introduction of the bolt into the opening of the sleeve blank, the expansion body is pushed through the sleeve blank, at least in areas. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the sleeve blank is reduced in diameter and is fixed axially on the bolt at least on one side while the bolt is located in the opening of the annular sleeve blank. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method as recited in claim 7 wherein the sleeve blank is fixed axially on the expansion body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the bolt has an axial stop for the sleeve blank, and the bolt is introduced into the opening of the sleeve blank until the sleeve blank strikes the axial stop. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the sleeve blank has at least one local wall thickness reduction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method as recited in claim 10 wherein a local wall thickness reduction is at least partially formed by a groove in the sleeve blank, the groove facing the opening of the sleeve blank. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method as recited in claim 11 wherein the groove is closed, at least in sections, during the diameter reduction of the sleeve blank. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method as recited in claim 10 wherein the sleeve blank is buckled at the local wall thickness reduction during the diameter reduction of the sleeve blank. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method as recited in claim 10 wherein the sleeve blank is reduced in diameter by simultaneously pressing multiple jaws against the sleeve blank, the jaws being situated in a circumferentially offset manner with respect to the at least one wall thickness reduction while being pressed against the sleeve blank. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the opening in the annular sleeve blank is a through-opening. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the bolt includes a load receiver for introducing tensile forces into the bolt. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) An expansion anchor manufactured according to the method as recited in claim 1 comprising: a bolt; and an expansion sleeve surrounding the bolt; the bolt including a load receiver in a rear area for introducing tensile forces into the bolt and an expansion body in a front area for expanding the expansion sleeve surrounding the bolt, wherein the expansion sleeve forms a closed ring, through which the bolt passing through the closed ring, the bolt having an axial stop for the expansion sleeve between the rear area and the front area, or the expansion sleeve having at least one radially protruding nose on the expansion sleeve and situated on a closing fold of the expansion sleeve. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the providing of the annular cup includes removal of a base of the cup. ### Claim 19 A method for manufacturing an expansion anchor, comprising: providing a bolt including an expansion body for expanding an expansion sleeve surrounding the bolt; providing an annular sleeve blank having an opening; introducing the bolt into the opening of the annular sleeve blank; and reducing the annular sleeve blank in diameter while the bolt is located in the opening of the annular sleeve blank; the sleeve blank being teethed with the bolt during the diameter reduction of the sleeve blank so as to conform an inner surface of the sleeve blank to a non-circular outer surface of the bolt. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method as recited in claim 19 wherein the sleeve blank being teethed with the bolt results in a rotatably fixed connection between the sleeve blank and the bolt. ### Claim 21 A method for manufacturing an expansion anchor, comprising: providing a bolt including an expansion body for expanding an expansion sleeve surrounding the bolt; providing an annular sleeve blank having an opening; introducing the bolt into the opening of the annular sleeve blank; and reducing the annular sleeve blank in diameter while the bolt is located in the opening of the annular sleeve blank; the sleeve blank being reduced in diameter by simultaneously pressing multiple jaws against the sleeve blank, the jaws being situated in a circumferentially offset manner with respect to a wall thickness reduction while being pressed against the sleeve blank; the sleeve blank being teethed with the bolt during the diameter reduction of the sleeve blank so as to conform an inner surface of the sleeve blank to a non-circular outer surface of the bolt.