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US 12,289,834 B2Granted
Fastener and sealant
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsAntoni Pujol, Luis Miguel Munoz Garcia, Angel Molinero Benitez, Oscar Cano Salomo, Ignacio Ferran
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Abstract
A fastener is provided with a pair of terminal ends with an intermediate region therebetween, with at least one of the terminal ends being threaded. The fastener is further provided with a sealant at least partially disposed on the intermediate region.
Claims20
A fastener, comprising:
- a pair of terminal ends with an intermediate region therebetween, wherein at least one terminal end of the pair of terminal ends is threaded;
- a sealant at least partially disposed on the intermediate region, and wherein at least a portion of threads associated with the intermediate region are configured to tap thread into an aperture of a conductive body that is overmolded into a housing of an electrical assembly such that the sealant breaks during the tap threading;
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- at least a portion of the intermediate region is configured to be sealed within the conductive body by the breakage of the sealant.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a fastener with a pair of terminal ends and an intermediate region therebetween, wherein at least one terminal end of the pair of terminal ends is threaded;
- a sealant at least partially disposed on the intermediate region;
- a conductive body with an aperture formed therethrough sized to receive the intermediate region of the fastener, and wherein at least a portion of threads associated with the intermediate region are configured to tap thread into the aperture of the conductive body that is overmolded into a housing of an electrical assembly such that the sealant breaks during the tap threading;
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- at least a portion of the intermediate region is configured to be sealed within the conductive body by the breakage of the sealant.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a conductive body with an aperture formed therethrough, wherein the conductive body is overmolded into the housing;
- a fastener with a pair of terminal ends with an intermediate region therebetween, wherein at least one terminal end of the pair of terminal ends is threaded, wherein the intermediate region is threaded and installed in the aperture, such that one terminal end of the pair of terminal ends is oriented external of the housing, and other terminal end of the pair of terminal ends is oriented internally within the housing;
- a sealant at least partially disposed on the intermediate region of the fastener to seal a threaded engagement between the intermediate region and the aperture, and wherein at least a portion of threads associated with the intermediate region are configured to tap thread into the aperture such that the sealant breaks during the tap threading;
- at least a portion of the intermediate region is configured to be sealed within the conductive body by the breakage of the sealant;
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- a power-transfer unit oriented within the housing in electrical communication with the conductive body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.