Multi-Sided Screw and a Method of Using such a Multi-Sided Screw

Abstract

According to the disclosure, a screw is provided. It includes a head element having a base portion and a drive portion, and a threaded element connected thereto, wherein the drive portion includes at least two drive elements extending in the axial direction, which are springingly connected to the base portion in such a way that the drive portion, in an unstressed starting position, has in some regions a greater clearance than a tool, in particular a nut, a ratchet, or a socket, which corresponds to the drive portion, for actuating the drive, and such that, in a stressed mounting position in which the drive elements can spring inwardly in a radial direction via impingement by means of a tool, the drive portion has a clearance in some regions, which corresponds to approximately a clearance of a tool, such that the screw can be received and held in a tool in a loss-proof manner via a radially-outward acting force of the drive elements.

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