Female component of a press stud, a method for the manufacture thereof, and a press stud including this female component
AssigneeRiri S.A.
InventorErnesto VIOLATO
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Abstract
A female component of a press stud including a monolithic body made by hot forming and defining a housing seat for a retaining member housed in the housing seat and intended to lock a corresponding male component in position selectively during use. A locking lip, integral with the monolithic body, extends from the housing seat and is deformed so as to partially close the housing seat in order to secure the retaining member therein. In order to produce the female component, the monolithic body is hot formed, and the locking lip is deformed after the introduction of the retaining member into the housing seat, by hot or cold crimping, upsetting or deformation in general.
Claims14
A female component of a press stud comprising a monolithic body made by hot forming and defining a housing seat for a retaining member housed in the housing seat and intended to lock a corresponding male component in position selectively during use, with a locking lip, integral with the monolithic body, extending from the housing seat and deformed so as to partially close the housing seat to secure the retaining member therein, wherein the locking lip is deformed, after the hot forming of the monolithic body, by plastic deformation from an open position, in which the housing seat is open and free to receive the retaining member in a closed position, in which the housing seat is partially closed and the retaining member is secured therein by means of the locking lip.
A press stud, comprising a female component and a male component which can be selectively locked within the female component, the female component comprising a monolithic body made by hot forming and defining a housing seat for a retaining member housed in the housing seat and intended to lock the male component in position selectively during use, a locking lip, integral with the monolithic body, extending from the housing seat and deformed so as to partially close the housing seat to secure the retaining member therein, wherein the locking lip is deformed, after the hot forming of the monolithic body, by plastic deformation from an open position, in which the housing seat is open and free to receive the retaining member in a closed position, in which the housing seat is partially closed and the retaining member is secured therein by means of the locking lip.
A method for producing a female component of a press stud, comprising the steps of:
- hot forming a monolithic body of a female component of a press stud, defining within it a housing seat from which there extends a locking lip which is integral with the monolithic body,
- inserting a retaining member into the housing seat,
- partially closing the housing seat by deforming the locking lip in order to secure the retaining member in the housing seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.