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US 11,739,870 B2Granted
Spring clamp with installation and removal capability
OwnerJerry Seimearsinventor
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Abstract
A spring clamp with integrated installation and removal capability allows a user to install or remove the spring clamp safely using common shop tools or by hand. The spring clamp includes two tangs with a fastener extending between them. The fastener may be used to draw the tangs together or apart, to thereby open or close the spring clamp, and to safely change the potential energy of the spring clamp. The user may turn the fastener or a nut on the fastener using common shop tools or by hand to expand the spring clamp so that it can be slipped over a hose and to allow the spring clamp to tighten around the hose.
Claims15
A spring clamp assembly comprising:
- a spring and a fastener which allows for a spring loop size/diameter adjustment capability;
- wherein the spring comprises an overlap loop region formed of an elastic material that deflects under the action of an applied load and returns to its original shape when the load is removed;
- wherein ends of the loop region contains tangs formed on the outside of the loop region of the spring;
- wherein one tang contains a hole that is either threaded or has a clip with a threaded hole permanently attached over the tang or no threads but includes a separate threaded nut and the other tang contains a hole or groove or clip with the hole permanently attached over the tang and is not threaded;
- wherein the fastener comprises a threaded rod with a fastener head;
- wherein loop size/diameter adjustment is accomplished through the routing of the fastener through both tang holes;
- wherein rotation of the fastener head or threaded nut changes the potential energy of the spring and enables control of the relative distance between the tangs, wherein rotation of fastener or nut causes loading on the spring pulling the tangs together or reversing rotation of the fastener or nut allows reducing of load on the spring and the tangs to separate a further distance apart;
- wherein the spring comprises an initial state with a zero and lowest potential energy, maximum distance between tangs, a minimum loop region;
- wherein the fastener or nut is rotated to increases the spring potential energy above the initial state reducing the relative distance between the tangs and increasing the diameter of the loop region.
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A spring clamp assembly comprising:
- a spring and a fastener which allows for a spring loop size/diameter adjustment capability;
- wherein the spring comprises an overlap loon region formed of an elastic material that deflects under the action of an applied load and returns to its original shape when the load is removed;
- wherein the ends of the loop region contain tangs formed on the inside of the loop region of the spring;
- wherein one tang contains a hole that is either threaded or has a clip with a threaded hole permanently attached over the tang or no threads but include a separate threaded nut and the other tang contains a hole or groove or clip with the hole permanently attached over the tang And is not threaded;
- wherein the fastener is a threaded rod with a fastener head;
- wherein loop size/diameter adjustment is accomplished through the routing of the fastener through both tang holes;
- wherein rotation of the fastener head or threaded nut changes the potential energy of the spring and enables control of the relative distance between the tangs, wherein rotation of the fastener or nut pushes the tangs further distance apart from each other causing increased loading on the spring resulting in smaller diameter of the spring or reversing rotation of the fastener or nut allows reducing of load on the spring, reducing distance between the tangs, resulting in a larger diameter of the spring;
- wherein the spring comprises an initial state with a zero and lowest potential energy, minimum distance between tangs, a maximum loon region;
- wherein the fastener or nut is rotated to increase the spring potential energy above the initial state increasing the relative distance between the tangs and decreasing the diameter of the loop region such as to allow the spring clamp to provide outward compressive force against an interior wall of a hose, a pipe, a tube and/or a hull of a vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.