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AssigneeProfil Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
InventorJiri Babej
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A functional element having a shaft part and a head part has at least one feature providing security against rotation which is provided in the region of a sheet metal contact surface of the functional element. The functional element is characterized in that each feature providing security against rotation comprises a recess provided in the sheet metal contact surface of the functional element with a raised portion disposed at least substantially centrally in the recess or with a raised portion surrounding the recess. With this design the functional element can be straightforwardly be inserted in a thick sheet metal part or in a sheet metal part of higher strength and thus a security against rotation of high quality can be achieved.
A functional element (12) being one of a rivet element and a press-in element, the functional element having a shaft part (14), a head part (16), an annular sheet metal contact surface (20, 24) which surrounds the shaft part, and a plurality of uniformly distributed features (32) providing security against rotation which are provided at the annular sheet metal contact surface (20, 24), each feature (32) providing security against rotation consisting of a recess (31) having a boundary (37) provided in the sheet metal contact surface (20, 24) of the functional element (12) and of a raised portion (33) having the shape of an elongate rib and a rounded apex and being arranged substantially centrally in the likewise elongate recess (31), wherein the recess (31) surrounds the raised portion (33) in the shape of a horseshoe, an end of the horseshoe directed away from the shaft part (14) splitting into two regions directed toward the shaft part (14) on both sides of the rib-like raised portion (33), the annular sheet metal contact surface (20, 24) lying in a local plane (E) in a region of and around the features (32) providing security against rotation and the volume of the raised portion (33) projecting beyond this local plane (E) or one side thereof substantially corresponding to the volume of the recess (31) at the other side of the plane (E).
A functional element (12) having a longitudinal axis (30), a shaft part (14), a head part (16), an annular sheet metal contact surface (20, 24) which surrounds the shaft part, and a plurality of uniformly distributed features (32) providing security against rotation which are provided at the annular sheet metal contact surface (20, 24), the features (32) providing security against rotation being adapted to engage a sheet metal part only by movement in the direction of the longitudinal axis (30), each feature (32) providing security against rotation consisting of a recess (31) having a boundary (37) provided in the sheet metal contact surface (20, 24) of the functional element (12) and of a raised portion (33) having the shape of an elongate rib and a rounded apex and being arranged substantially centrally in the likewise elongate recess (31), wherein the recess (31) surrounds the raised portion (33) in the shape of a horseshoe, an end of the horseshoe directed away from the shaft part (14) splitting into two regions directed toward the shaft part (14) on both sides of the rib-like raised portion (33), the annular sheet metal contact surface (20, 24) lying in a local plane (E) in a region of and around the features (32) providing security against rotation and the volume of the raised portion (33) projecting beyond this local plane (E) or one side thereof substantially corresponding to the volume of the recess (31) at the other side of the plane (E).
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