# US 2013/0239398 A1 · Method and a connecting system for the joining of moulded parts > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0239398 A1 - Document ID: US20130239398A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/826,918 - Filed: 2013-03-14 - Published: 2013-09-19 - Earliest claimed: 2012-03-14 - Assignees: Airbus Operations GmbH - Applicants: Airbus Operations GmbH - Inventors: Rolf Bense; Eugen Gorr; Joerg Jendrny; Tim Strohbach - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130239398A1 ## CPC - F16B 39/00: Locking of screws, bolts or nuts ({F16B35/005 takes precedence}; locking of bottle closures B65D; locking of rail-fastening bolts for permanent ways E01B9/12; locking of fastening means for railway fishplates E01B11/38; locking devices for valves or cocks F16K) - B21J 15/022: {Setting rivets by means of swaged-on locking collars, e.g. lockbolts} - B21J 15/025: {Setting self-piercing rivets} - B21J 15/36: Rivet sets, i.e. tools for forming heads; Mandrels for expanding parts of hollow rivets - F16B 19/05: Bolts fastening by swaged-on collars (F16B19/08 takes precedence) - F16B 19/086: {Self-piercing rivets} - B29C 65/562: {using extra joining elements, i.e. which are not integral with the parts to be joined (using plastic snap elements B29C65/58; using plastic rivets B29C65/601)} - B29C 66/02242: {Perforating or boring} - B29C 66/1122: {Single lap to lap joints, i.e. overlap joints (B29C66/45, B29C66/472, B29C66/52272 take precedence)} - B29C 66/21: {said joint lines being formed by a single dot or dash or by several dots or dashes, i.e. spot joining or spot welding} - B29C 66/41: {Joining substantially flat articles (B29C66/47 and subgroups take precedence); Making flat seams in tubular or hollow articles (B29C66/51 and subgroups take precedence)} - B29C 66/721: {Fibre-reinforced materials (B29C66/729 takes precedence)} - B29C 66/7212: {characterised by the composition of the fibres} - F16B 5/04: by means of riveting (rivets F16B19/04) - Y10T 29/49948: Multipart cooperating fastener [e.g., bolt and nut] - Y10T 29/5377: Riveter - 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) - B21J: FORGING; HAMMERING; PRESSING METAL; RIVETING; FORGE FURNACES (rolling of metal B21B; making particular products by forging or pressing B21K; cladding or plating B23K; finishing surfaces by hammering B23P9/04; compacting surfaces by blasting with particulate material B24C1/10; general features of presses, presses for consolidating scrap B30B; furnaces in general F27) - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A method for the connection of moulded parts, wherein a locking collar pin with locking grooves or with an external thread, is driven through the moulded parts and subsequently a locking collar is locked together with at least some of the locking grooves, or with threaded sections of the locking collar pin, by the application of radial pressure, or by means of a screwing operation. A connecting system with a locking ring pin, which has a punching section for purposes of punching through the moulded parts, and also locking grooves for purposes of active engagement with a locking ring; the latter extends over at least two adjacent locking grooves in the axial direction, or over at least two adjacent threads in the axial direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for the joining of moulded parts, comprising the steps: punching a locking collar pin through the moulded parts, the locking collar pin having one of locking grooves and an external thread on a portion exposed after the locking collar pin has been punched through the moulded parts, subsequently, locking a locking collar on the exposed portion by one of: applying radial pressure with at least two locking grooves on the locking collar engaging locking grooves on the locking collar pin, and threading at least two threads of the locking collar onto the external thread of the locking collar pin. ### Claim 2 A connecting system for the joining of moulded parts, with a locking collar pin to be punched through the moulded parts, and with a locking collar to be locked on the locking collar pin, wherein the locking collar pin comprises: a punching section and one of a multiplicity of locking grooves and an external thread, the locking grooves or external thread arranged to engage with the locking collar, and wherein the locking collar extends over at least two adjacent locking rings in an axial direction, or over at least two adjacent threads in the axial direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The connecting system in accordance with claim 2, wherein the locking collar has an internal thread. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The connecting system in accordance with claim 2, wherein the locking collar has a cutting edge. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The connecting system in accordance with claim 4, wherein the cutting edge is formed on a shaping projection on an end face of the locking collar. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The connecting system in accordance with claim 2, wherein a cutting ring manufactured discretely from the locking collar is provided with a cutting edge. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The connecting system in accordance with claim 2, wherein a shaping ring manufactured discretely from the locking collar is provided with an integrated cutting edge. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A connecting system for the joining of moulded parts, in accordance with the method of claim 1, including a locking collar pin to be punched through the moulded parts, and with a locking collar to be locked on the locking collar pin, wherein the locking collar pin comprises: a punching section and one of a multiplicity of locking grooves and an external thread, the locking grooves or external thread arranged to engage with the locking collar, and wherein the locking collar extends over at least two adjacent ones of the locking rings in the axial direction, or over at least two adjacent thread sections in the axial direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The connecting system in accordance with claim 8, wherein the locking collar has an internal thread. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The connecting system in accordance with claim 8, wherein the locking collar has a cutting edge. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The connecting system in accordance with claim 10, wherein the cutting edge is formed on a shaping projection on an end face of the locking collar. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The connecting system in accordance with claim 8, wherein a cutting ring manufactured discretely from the locking collar is provided with a cutting edge. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The connecting system in accordance with claim 8, wherein a shaping ring manufactured discretely from the locking collar is provided with an integrated cutting edge.