# US 12,594,867 B2 · Device for attaching a tube onto a holder

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- Number: US 12,594,867 B2
- Document ID: US12594867B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/254,938
- Filed: 2021-11-22
- Published: 2024-02-08
- Granted: 2026-04-07
- Earliest claimed: 2020-11-30
- Assignees: Safran Seats
- Applicants: Safran Seats
- Inventors: Samuel Cauquil; Pascal Beving
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12594867B2

## CPC

- B60N 2/68: Seat frames
- B60N 2/682: {Joining means}
- F16B 2/065: {using screw-thread elements (F16B2/08 - F16B2/12 take precedence)}
- F16B 35/06: Specially-shaped heads (special shape in order to rotate the bolt F16B23/00 {; separate hook adaptors for bolts F16B43/025})
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

## Abstract

A device for attaching a tube onto a holder includes the tube, the holder, a through screw and a nut, the holder receiving the tube in a cylindrical housing transversely pierced by a port, the tube having two piercings facing each other, the screw passing through the port and the two piercings and securing the tube and the holder, wherein the cylindrical housing of the holder has a longitudinal slot facing the port, the slot having two inner edges disposed on the side of the housing and two outer edges disposed on the side opposite the housing, the nut including at least one inclined face, each outer edge having a bell crank cooperating with the inclined face of the nut.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for attaching a tube onto a holder, comprising the tube, the holder, a through screw and a nut, the holder receiving the tube in a cylindrical housing transversely pierced by a port, the tube having two piercings facing each other, the screw passing through the port and the two piercings and securing the tube and the holder, wherein the cylindrical housing of the holder has a longitudinal slot facing the port, the slot having two inner edges disposed on the side of the housing and two outer edges disposed on the side opposite the housing, the nut including at least one inclined face, each outer edge having a bell crank cooperating with the inclined face of the nut.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The attachment device according to claim 1, wherein the inclined face is conical.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The attachment device according to claim 1, wherein the nut has two inclined faces facing each other.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The attachment device according to claim 1, wherein the tube and the cylindrical housing have a circular cross-section.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The attachment device according to claim 1, wherein the holder is metallic.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The attachment device according to claim 1, wherein the tube is metallic.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The attachment device according to claim 1, wherein the tube is of composite material.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The attachment device according to claim 1, wherein the holder is a bracket.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The attachment device according to claim 8, wherein the bracket is a component of a seat.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A seat comprising an attachment device according to claim 1.