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US 9,039,339 B2Granted
Spring nut
AssigneeTRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMichell Kuhm, Jerome Maurer, Jeremy Jacotey
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Abstract
In a spring nut (10) for attachment onto a stud (12), having a substantially oblong seat for the stud (12), the seat having an axial insertion opening (32) for the stud (12) and a holding section for the stud (12), provision is made that the spring nut (10) completely encloses the seat on a front wall (28) opposite the insertion opening (32) and in the peripheral direction.
Claims7
A spring nut for attachment onto a stud comprising:
- a holding section for retaining the stud,
- a base with an axial insertion opening through which the stud can extend,
- an inner wall including at least two radially resilient shackles which extend in an axial direction of the spring nut and are uniformly distributed in a peripheral direction of the spring nut, the inner wall extending in the axial direction of the spring nut, the inner wall being enclosed on a front face opposite the axial insertion opening,
- a web provided on the front face, the resilient shackles having an end resiliently mounted at the web and a free end facing the insertion opening, and
- an outer wall extending in the axial direction of the spring nut that encloses the inner wall in the peripheral direction of the spring nut.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.