# US 6,296,432 B1 · Bolt with extension to prevent thread misalignment

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- Number: US 6,296,432 B1
- Document ID: US6296432B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 09/586,063
- Filed: 2000-06-02
- Granted: 2001-10-02
- Earliest claimed: 1999-07-13
- Assignees: Meidoh Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Takashi Kato
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6296432B1

## CPC

- F16B 35/044: {Specially-shaped ends}
- 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)

## Abstract

A bolt is provided in the present invention. When said bolt is screwed in a nut, said bolt is guided by engaging the spiral guide groove of said guide boss with the thread of the nut to prevent the encroaching, the seizure, or the racing between the bolt and the nut.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A bolt which is screwed into a female screw, said bolt having an axle with a thread and a guide boss extending from the front end of said axle wherein said thread has a root and said guide boss has an external diameter smaller than an internal diameter of a female screw in which said bolt is screwed and a spiral guide groove is formed on said guide boss, and said spiral guide groove connects to said thread of said axle, said spiral groove has the same pitch as a pitch of said thread of said axle, and the root of said spiral guide groove is situated at a deeper position than the root of said thread except for both end parts of said spiral guide groove.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A bolt in accordance with claim 1 wherein said thread comprises an incomplete thread portion extending from the front end to a fixed thread position, said incomplete thread portion has a height gradually increasing from 0 to the height of said thread at said fixed position, and said incomplete thread portion extends over an arc on the circumference of said axle of between 50° and 100°.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A bolt according to claim 2 wherein the root of said spiral guide groove is situated at a deeper position than said root of said thread of said axle except for both end parts of said spiral guide groove and the root of said spiral guide groove connects to the root of said thread, wherein said spiral guide groove is gradually shallower toward said thread of said axle so that the rear end of said groove root is situated at the same level as the root of said thread.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A bolt in accordance with claim 3 wherein the depth of said spiral guide groove except for both end parts of said spiral guide groove is between 10 and 70% of the depth of the thread of the female screw in which said bolt is screwed.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A bolt in accordance with claim 1 wherein the root of said spiral guide groove is situated at a deeper position than said root of said thread of said axle except for both end parts of said spiral guide groove and the root of said spiral guide groove connects to the root of said thread, wherein said spiral guide groove is gradually shallower toward said thread of said axle so that the rear end of said groove root is situated at the same level as the root of said thread.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

A bolt in accordance with claim 3 wherein the depth of said spiral guide groove except for both end parts of said spiral guide groove is between 10 and 70% of the depth of the thread of the female screw in which said bolt is screwed.