Mechanical connection arrangement for panels
AssigneeVälinge Innovation AB
InventorJohan Svensson
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Abstract
A mechanical connection arrangement for panels comprises a first panel and a second panel. A surface of the first panel and a surface of the second panel are parallel and in contact in a locked position of the first and second panels. The connection arrangement includes at least one rod-shaped element at the surface of the first panel and at least one corresponding insertion recess at the surface of the second panel. The connection arrangement includes locking device which comprises locking pin at one end and a spring at another end. An envelope surface of a cone shaped end part of the locking pin comprises a pin locking surface which in the connected state is configured to cooperate with a recess locking surface of a panel recess.
Claims23
A mechanical connection arrangement for panels comprising a first panel, a second panel wherein a surface of the first panel and a surface of the second panel are parallel and in contact in a locked position of the first and second panels, the connection arrangement comprising first and second rod-shaped elements at the surface of the first panel and first and second corresponding insertion recesses at the surface of the second panel,
- wherein the first rod-shaped element is configured to be inserted in the first insertion recess, and the second rod-shaped element is configured to be inserted in the second insertion recess,
- wherein the first and second rod-shaped elements extend at a first angle from the surface of the first panel and the first and second insertion recesses extend into the second panel at a second angle from the surface of the second panel,
- wherein both the first and second angles are in the range of about 30° to about 60°,
- wherein a difference between the first angle and the second angle is at least 0.5°,
- wherein the connection arrangement comprises a locking device which comprises a locking pin at one end and a spring at another end,
- wherein the spring is configured to cooperate with a first panel recess in one of the panels and the locking pin is configured to cooperate with a second panel recess in the other panel when the arrangement is in a connected state, and
- wherein an end part of the locking pin is cone shaped, an envelope surface of the cone shaped end part comprises a pin locking surface which in the connected state is configured to cooperate with a recess locking surface of the second panel recess,
- wherein a lateral surface of the locking pin comprises a radially extending recess, the radially extending recess being a through opening, the radially extending recess having an inner sloping surface configured to be engaged with an unlocking tool.
A mechanical connection arrangement for panels comprising a first panel, a second panel wherein a surface of the first panel and a surface of the second panel are parallel and in contact in a locked position of the first and second panels, the connection arrangement comprising first and second rod-shaped elements at the surface of the first panel and first and second corresponding insertion recesses at the surface of the second panel,
- wherein the first rod-shaped element is configured to be inserted in the first insertion recess, and the second rod-shaped element is configured to be inserted in the second insertion recess,
- wherein the first and second rod-shaped elements extend at a first angle from the surface of the first panel and the first and second insertion recesses extend into the second panel at a second angle from the surface of the second panel,
- wherein both the first and second angles are in the range of about 30° to about 60°,
- wherein the connection arrangement comprises a locking device which comprises a locking pin at one end and a spring at another end,
- wherein the spring is configured to cooperate with a first panel recess in one of the panels and the locking pin is configured to cooperate with a second panel recess in the other panel when the arrangement is in a connected state, and
- wherein an end part of the locking pin is cone shaped, an envelope surface of the cone shaped end part comprises a pin locking surface which in the connected state is configured to cooperate with a recess locking surface of the second panel recess,
- wherein a lateral surface of the locking pin comprises a radially extending recess, the recess having an inner sloping surface axially towards the end part of the locking pin and starting at an axial point at a side of a recess opening closest to the end with the spring.
A mechanical connection arrangement for panels comprising a first panel, a second panel wherein a surface of the first panel and a surface of the second panel are parallel and in contact in a locked position of the first and second panels, the connection arrangement comprising first and second rod-shaped elements at the surface of the first panel and first and second corresponding insertion recesses at the surface of the second panel,
- wherein the first rod-shaped element is configured to be inserted in the first insertion recess, and the second rod-shaped element is configured to be inserted in the second insertion recess,
- wherein the first and second rod-shaped elements extend at a first angle from the surface of the first panel and the first and second insertion recesses extend into the second panel at a second angle from the surface of the second panel,
- wherein both the first and second angles are in the range of about 30° to about 60°,
- wherein the connection arrangement comprises a locking device which comprises a locking pin at one end and a spring at another end,
- wherein the spring is configured to cooperate with a first panel recess in one of the panels and the locking pin is configured to cooperate with a second panel recess in the other panel when the arrangement is in a connected state,
- wherein an end part of the locking pin comprises a pin locking surface which in the connected state is configured to cooperate with a recess locking surface of the second panel recess, and
- wherein a lateral surface of the locking pin comprises a radially extending recess, the recess having an inner sloping surface axially towards the end part of the locking pin and starting at an axial point at a side of a recess opening closest to the end with the spring.
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