Push pin installation devices and methods of installing push pins
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorBrian A. Fleck
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Abstract
A push pin installation device includes a handle, a shaft that extends outwardly from the handle and a sliding collar provided on the shaft that includes head with a bore that is sized to receive a push pin. The shaft and sliding collar are configured such that pushing on the handle moves the shaft through the bore farther into the sliding collar to apply a force against a push pin located in the bore.
Claims11
A push pin installation device comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft that extends outwardly from the handle, the shaft comprising an enlarged portion connected to the handle and a narrow portion that extends outward from a stop surface at an end of the enlarged portion to a terminal end;
- a sliding collar provided on the shaft that includes head with a bore that is sized to receive a push pin;
- and
- a spring configured to bias the sliding collar toward an extended position, the spring located around the narrow portion and entirely between a handle-facing end of the sliding collar and the stop surface and spaced from the handle;
- wherein the shaft and sliding collar configured such that pushing on the handle moves the shaft through the bore farther into the sliding collar to apply a force against a push pin located in the bore.
A method of installing a push pin in a pin-receiving bore using a push pin installation tool, the method comprising:
- placing a push pin within a pin-receiving bore of the pin installation tool, the pin installation tool comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft that extends outwardly from the handle, the shaft comprising an enlarged portion connected to the handle and a narrow portion that extends outward from a stop surface at an end of the enlarged portion to a terminal end;
- a sliding collar provided on the shaft that includes head with a bore that is sized to receive a push pin;
- and
- a spring configured to bias the sliding collar toward an extended position, the spring located around the narrow portion and entirely between a handle-facing end of the sliding collar and the stop surface and spaced from the handle;
- and
- pushing on the handle thereby moving the shaft through the bore farther into the sliding collar applying a force against a push pin located in the bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.