Locking member and device
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Management Services AG
InventorAugustin Nussbaum
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Abstract
There is disclosed a device (1, 34) for positioning a first element (24) with respect to at least a second element (25) by means of a resilient locking member made in a single piece and having two ends (2, 3) connected by a bar (4) capable of being resiliently deformed in its axial direction (5). The longitudinal resilience of the bar (4) is due to the fact that it includes a plurality of apertures (11) over its length, said apertures (11) being located alternately on either side of a median plane (14) of the bar (4). This locking member can easily be manufactured in the form of a moulded plastic part.
Claims18
An arrangement holding a first element with respect to a second element, comprising
- a locking member comprising a head, one end opposite said head and an intermediate portion able to be deformed resiliently in a longitudinal direction of said member and made in a single piece with said head and said end, said intermediate portion being formed by a longitudinal bar which, transversely, has smaller external dimensions than said head and said opposite end,
- said head having, in a distal portion, a truncated end with a section decreasing in diameter in the direction away from said intermediate portion,
- said arrangement comprising a hole opening out in a surface of said first element and in which is arranged said locking member,
- said arrangement further comprising a recess provided in a surface of said second element facing said surface of said first element,
- wherein said locking member is able to be compressed into said hole to allow a translation movement of said second element with respect to said first element in a direction substantially transverse to said longitudinal direction to a point when said recess faces said hole, at which point said locking member relaxes so that said distal portion penetrates into said recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.