Closure for connecting workpieces
AssigneesAnemo Engineering BV, Eyestone BV
InventorBart VANDEZANDE
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Abstract
A system and method for connecting two or more workpieces is provided. The closure is designed in this respect to attach the workpieces together by manipulation of the closure from one side of the workpieces, while the use of the closure in the workpieces requires only openings to be provided and thus does not require any other machining of the workpieces themselves. The closure is also designed to induce a force perpendicular to the workpieces by rotation when the closure is secured to the workpieces so as to hold the workpieces together.
Claims14
-13. (canceled)
A closure for connecting at least two workpieces to be attached together, wherein
- the closure is designed to attach the workpieces together by manipulation of the closure from one side of the workpieces, while the use of the closure in the workpieces requires only one or more openings to be provided, and in that
- the closure is designed to induce a force perpendicular to the workpieces by rotation when the closure is secured to the workpieces so as to hold the workpieces together,
- wherein the closure comprises a first part, a second part and rolling elements, and
- wherein the first part, the second part and the rolling element are designed and positioned such that by relative rotation of the first part and the second part in a reference plane, the rolling elements move about an inclined plane, causing the first part and the second part to make a movement relative to each other in the direction perpendicular to the reference plane.
The structure according to claim 13, wherein the two workpieces are provided with openings,
- wherein in one of the workpieces the opening is not rotationally symmetrical and has a shape through which at least part of the closure fits.
A use of a closure according to claim 13 for connecting two or more workpieces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.