Lockbolt with swage collar
OwnerChun-Ju Yeninventor
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Abstract
A fastening assembly includes a lockbolt, a swage collar, and a magnetic washer having a circular arc angle. The lockbolt includes a lockbolt head and a shank. The shank includes a grip section, a groove section, and a pull section having a reverse tapered surface. The lockbolt head is connected to one side of the grip section of the shank. An end surface of the lockbolt head connected to one side of the shank has a circular arc surface. The grip section is a portion of the shank close to the lockbolt head. The groove section is disposed on the shank and connected to the grip section. The pull section has a reverse tapered surface disposed on the shank and connected to the groove section. The swage collar includes a through hole matching the lockbolt, a swage collar body, and a protruding edge structure.
Claims3
A fastening assembly, comprising a lockbolt, a swage collar, and a magnetic washer having a circular arc angle, wherein:
- the lockbolt comprises a lockbolt head and a shank having a diameter of d, the shank including a grip section, a groove section, and a pull section having a reverse tapered surface;
- the lockbolt head is connected to one side of the grip section;
- and an end surface of the lockbolt head is connected to one side of the shank and has a circular arc surface with a radius of R;
- the grip section is a portion of the shank close to the lockbolt head;
- the groove section is disposed on the shank and connected to the grip section;
- the groove section has a diameter of d-d/8 to d-d/16;
- the groove section is configured with offset-style radial annular groove portions and a separate axial line-style slot structure;
- the separate axial line-style slot structure has four air slots that are 90° apart;
- and the groove section has a groove depth of d/48 to d/32;
- the pull section having the reverse tapered surface is disposed on the shank and connected to the groove section;
- the pull section having the reverse tapered surface that is a conical structure, which has a reverse tapered surface angle of 3° to 8°, and is configured with a structure of annular grooves having the reverse tapered surface;
- the structure of the annular grooves having the reverse tapered surface increases the gripping force during a pulling process;
- a length of the pull section having the reverse tapered surface is reduced while the gripping force of the pull section having the reverse tapered surface remains unchanged;
- the overall length of the lockbolt is reduced;
- and a production cost is also reduced;
- the swage collar comprises a through hole that matches and is plugged with the lockbolt, a swage collar body, and a protruding edge structure;
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- the magnetic washer having the circular arc angle has a through hole that matches and fits onto the lockbolt;
- one side of the magnetic washer has the circular arc surface with a radius of R that engages and joins with the circular arc surface with the radius R of the lockbolt head;
- and the magnetic washer is configured to calibrate a deviation, caused by an eccentric force created during the pulling step, through the circular arc surface of the radius R thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.