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US 11,692,574 B2Granted
Fastener system
AssigneeCentrix, Inc.
InventorTravis McClure
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Abstract
A fastener system shifting shear stresses away from a collet body and provides clamping action to targeted structures. The fastener system includes feet in the collet body that mate with openings in a sleeve at least partially surrounding the collet body. The sleeve or the collet body includes interior threads that engage with a stud that is configured to extend through the collet body and bend the feet such that they project outward from the sleeve openings in an engaged configuration.
Claims15
A system for supporting an object at a vertical surface, comprising:
- a bracket having flat surface with a plurality of holes for interfacing with the vertical surface;
- a support mount for coupling to the object movably coupled to the bracket;
- and
- a removable fastener having a sleeve with a sleeve opening, and a collet body separate from the sleeve and including a flexible leg and a foot that extends from the flexible leg;
- wherein the flexible leg extends from a crown;
- wherein the foot is configured to be urged into and out of the sleeve opening via flexible interaction between a stud and the flexible leg;
- wherein the stud threadingly engages with one or more of the collet body and the sleeve;
- wherein the sleeve opening extends radially outward through a housing of the sleeve;
- and
- wherein the crown mates with an aperture in the sleeve.
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A removable fastener, comprising:
- a stud;
- a sleeve with a sleeve opening;
- and
- a collet body separate from the sleeve and the stud and including a flexible leg that extends from a crown;
- wherein the collet body includes a foot that extends from the flexible leg;
- wherein the foot is configured to be urged into and out of the sleeve opening via flexible interaction between the flexible leg and the stud;
- wherein the stud threadingly engaging with one or more of the collet body and the sleeve;
- wherein the sleeve opening extends radially outward through a housing of the sleeve;
- and
- wherein the crown mates with an aperture in the sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.