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US 2013/0199004 A1Published application
Fastener clip assembly
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorJames T. Kirchen
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Abstract
A push-in fastener clip assembly includes a fastener having deflectable legs and compression ring for sliding along the deflectable legs during installation, with the compression ring connected to the fastener by frangible connections that are broken as the fastener clip assembly is being installed. Slots in the fastener guide the broken frangible connections during installation of the fastener, limiting rotation of the compression ring.
Claims20
A push-in fastener clip assembly, comprising:
- a fastener having a plurality of resiliently deflectable legs;
- a compression ring encircling said plurality of resiliently deflectable legs and having an aperture therein of size and shape for engaging and deflecting resiliently deflectable legs of said plurality of resiliently deflectable legs upon relative axial movement between said resiliently deflectable legs and said compression ring;
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- a frangible connection between said fastener and compression ring encircling said plurality of resiliently deflectable legs.
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A push-in fastener clip assembly, comprising:
- a fastener having a head and a plurality of resiliently deflectable legs connected to said head, said plurality of resiliently deflectable legs being joined at distal ends thereof in a tapered distal tip;
- axial slots defined between adjacent resiliently deflectable legs of said plurality of resiliently deflectable legs;
- a compression ring encircling said plurality of resiliently deflectable legs and having an aperture therein of size and shape for engaging and deflecting resiliently deflectable legs of said plurality of resiliently deflectable legs upon relative axial movement between said resiliently deflectable legs and said compression ring;
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- a plurality of frangible connections between said fastener and said compression ring encircling said plurality of resiliently deflectable legs, each said frangible connection of said plurality of frangible connections configured for rupturing upon relative axial movement between said fastener and said compression ring.
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A push-in fastener clip assembly, comprising:
- a fastener having a head and a plurality of resiliently deflectable legs connected to said head, said plurality of resiliently deflectable legs being joined at distal ends thereof in a distal tip;
- a compression ring encircling said plurality of resiliently deflectable legs and having an aperture therein of size and shape for engaging and deflecting resiliently deflectable legs of said plurality of resiliently deflectable legs upon relative axial movement between said resiliently deflectable legs and said compression ring;
- said compression ring having a pre-installation position and a post-installation position encircling said plurality of resiliently deflectable legs, said pre-installation position being nearer to said distal tip than said post-installation position is to said distal tip;
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- a plurality of frangible connections between said fastener and compression ring when said compression ring is in said pre-installation position, each frangible connection of said plurality of frangible connections configured for rupturing upon relative movement between said fastener and said compression ring in said pre-installation position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.