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US 12,117,029 B2Granted
Fastener system
AssigneeCentrix Aerospace LLC
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.
Claims10
A system, comprising:
- a plate with a plurality of holes;
- a rotational coupling attached to the plate and pivotally attached to an extensible arm;
- 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;
- wherein the crown mates with an aperture in the sleeve;
- and
- wherein the removable fastener is configured to attach the plate to a workpiece.
8 more elements
A removable blind fastener, comprising:
- a stud;
- a sleeve with a plurality of sleeve openings;
- a collet body separate from the sleeve and the stud and including multiple flexible legs that extend from a crown;
- and
- an upper stop positioned in the sleeve and configured to limit an axial movement of the stud;
- wherein the collet body includes feet that extend from each of the multiple flexible legs;
- wherein each of the feet are configured to be urged into and out of one of the plurality of sleeve openings via flexible interaction between the multiple flexible legs and the stud;
- wherein the stud threadingly engages with one or more of the collet body and the sleeve;
- wherein each of the plurality of sleeve openings extend 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.