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US 6,746,285 B2Granted
Grounding stud
AssigneeNewfrey LLC
InventorsMark H. Delcourt, Thomas Gouin
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Abstract
A preferred embodiment of an electrical connection employs a stud having a patterned segment, a shoulder and a flange. In another aspect of the present invention, the shoulder has seven or more predominantly flat faces. In a further aspect of the present invention, the shoulder has an octagonal cross sectional shape.
Claims15
An electrical connection comprising:
- an elongated stud having an enlarged flange, a shoulder and a patterned segment, the shoulder being located between the flange and the patterned segment, the shoulder having at least seven substantially flat faces circumferentially located around a longitudinal axis of the stud;
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- a fastener removably secured to the stud, the fastener having an enlarged section operably enclosing at least a portion of the shoulder of the stud, the enlarged section of the fastener having at least four substantially flat faces circumferentially located around a longitudinal centerline of the fastener, and the fastener also having another section, of a different shape than the enlarged section, coaxially aligned with the enlarged section.
An electrical assembly comprising:
- a threaded segment spiraling around a longitudinal centerline;
- a shoulder located adjacent the threaded segment and having at least eight substantially flat faces surrounding the longitudinal centerline and defining a polygonal cross sectional shape;
- an enlarged flange located adjacent the shoulder opposite the threaded segment, the flange being transversely larger than the shoulder and the threaded segment;
- a securing segment located on an opposite side of the flange from the shoulder;
- wherein the threaded segment, shoulder, flange and securing segment are parts of a single metallic member operable to conduct electricity;
- and a fastener removably secured to the threaded segment, the fastener having an enlarged section operably enclosing at least a portion of the shoulder of the stud, the enlarged section of the fastener having at least four substantially flat faces circumferentially located around a longitudinal centerline of the fastener, and the fastener also having another section, of a different shape than the enlarged section, coaxially aligned with the enlarged section.
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An automotive electrical connection system comprising:
- (a) a metallic vehicle panel;
- (b) a grounding stud including:
- a threaded segment spiraling around a longitudinal centerline;
- a shoulder located adjacent the threaded segment and having at least eight angularly offset faces defining a polygonal cross sectional shape;
- an enlarged flange located adjacent the shoulder opposite the threaded segment, the flange being transversely larger than the shoulder and the threaded segment;
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- a securing segment located on an opposite side of the flange from the shoulder, the securing segment being attached to the vehicle panel;
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- (c) a nut having an enlarged segment and a reduced segment, the enlarged segment having a polygonal peripheral shape and the reduced segment having a substantially circular peripheral shape, the reduced section having at least one internal formation operably engaging the threaded segment of the stud, the nut being rotatably securable to the stud, the enlarged section of the nut being operably located around an outside of at least a portion of the shoulder when the nut is fully secured to the stud.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.