Fastening element with selectively elongatable body
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsMatthias Hegenbart, Hermann Benthien
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Abstract
A fastening element for fastening a first component to a second component. The fastening element includes an elastically deformable body and an elongated actuating member. The actuating member is movably guided relative to the body to be selectively movable further into or further out of the body. The body is configured to be elongated by moving the actuating member further into the body and applying a corresponding load onto the body and to elastically deform back by moving the actuating member further out of the body and releasing the load applied thereto. Further, the body is configured to have a smaller outer diameter when correspondingly elongated than when non-elongated and/or deformed back.
Claims14
A fastening element for fastening a first component to a second component, the fastening element comprising:
- a body which is elastically deformable;
- and
- an elongated actuating member, movably guided relative to the body to be selectively movable further into or further out of the body,
- wherein the body is configured to be elongated by moving the actuating member further into the body and applying a corresponding load onto the body and to elastically deform back by moving the actuating member further out of the body and releasing the load applied thereto, and the body is configured to have a smaller outer diameter when correspondingly elongated than when at least one of non-elongated or deformed back
- wherein the body is formed from an elastic plastic material.
A fastening element for fastening a first component to a second component, the fastening element comprising:
- a body which is elastically deformable;
- and
- an elongated actuating member, movably guided relative to the body to be selectively movable further into or further out of the body,
- wherein the body is configured to be elongated by moving the actuating member further into the body and applying a corresponding load onto the body and to elastically deform back by moving the actuating member further out of the body and releasing the load applied thereto, and the body is configured to have a smaller outer diameter when correspondingly elongated than when at least one of non-elongated or deformed back,
- wherein the body comprises a first section having a first degree of hardness and an adjoining second section having a second degree of hardness, and the second section has a lesser hardness than the first section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.