USRE36164E - Convoluted bolt retainer - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- the present invention relates generally to fastener retainers and, more particularly, to a convoluted fastener retainer for maintaining a fastener having an extending shank within a bore provided on a structural member.
- the fastener is inserted through a bore contained on a bracket and the sleeve is then disposed over the fastener shank whereby the inwardly extending fingers engage the fastener threads and fixedly hold the sleeve relative to the fastener.
- the fastener is thereby secured on the bracket by the annular sleeve and subsequently applied to second member through a threaded opening.
- the sleeve must be interposed between the two members, however, to maintain them in spaced relation, and therefore the annular sleeve is not suitable for use in most manufacturing applications.
- a bolt retainer operable within a conventional bore is still needed.
- Assembly times may also be improved by providing a means to more easily align the fastener with a corresponding bore on a second component which may or many not be in axial alignment with the central axis of the first bore.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,141,357 which issued Aug. 25, 1992 to Sherman et al., discloses a similar apparatus designed to align fasteners within tapered bores.
- a cone shaped outer body having an eccentric cone shaped aperture extending therethrough is disposed within a tapered bore.
- a cone shaped inner body having an eccentric cylindrical bore is then positioned within the tapered inner bore of the outer body.
- Hammitt nor Sherman provide a device disposable within an axial bore which allows the fastener to be simultaneously tilted and laterally shifted within the bore in order to achieve alignment with a bore on a second member.
- Sherman is disposable within a bore, but does not permit the fastener to tilt away from the central axis of the first bore.
- Hammitt permits the fastener to be inserted into a nonparallel second bore but must be disposed on the fastener shank prior to fastener insertion.
- the primary object of the present invention is to provide such a retainer which will further increase manufacturing productivity.
- a retaining apparatus is disposed within a bore having a central axis and a diameter larger than the diameter of a fastener shank.
- the retainer comprises a substantially annular body having an aperture therethrough including means for resiliently receiving the fastener and thereafter flexibly maintaining the fastener within the bore.
- the resilient means permit selective movement of the fastener shank within the axial bore whereby the fastener shank may be aligned with a non-coincident corresponding bore contained on a second structural member by application of an external force to the fastener head.
- the retainer is comprised of a convoluted annular body made of a polymeric material and having an aperture extending therethrough.
- the annular body is defined in part by a plurality of longitudinally extending radially outwardly projecting resilient ear portions.
- the outermost portions of the ear portions define an outer diameter slightly larger than the bore into which the retainer is to be disposed.
- the unitary body is furthermore defined by a plurality of longitudinally extending radially inwardly projecting rib portions.
- the innermost points of the ribs define an inner diameter which is slightly smaller than the diameter of the fastener shank to be retained.
- the ear portions and ribs are alternately and symmetrically disposed about the annular body and have sufficient circumferential spacing to permit lateral movement of the fastener shank within the axial bore.
- the retainer is manually or robotically inserted into the bore whereby the ear portions become deformed.
- the ear portions produce static forces on the bore wall tending to frictionally maintain the retainer within the bore.
- the fastener is then inserted manually or with a fastening tool into the aperture of the retainer whereby at least a plurality of the resilient ribs become deformed.
- the ribs thus produce static forces on the fastener shank.
- the ear portions and ribs thus cooperate to maintain the fastener along the central axis of the bore.
- the retainer has a longitudinal length, two distinct wall thicknesses, and material stiffness sufficient to successfully maintain the fastener along the central bore axis absent opposing external forces.
- the fastener retainer thus makes it possible to ship or otherwise transport the structural member with the fasteners pre-attached to carry out later occurring manufacturing operations more efficiently.
- the fastener shanks may be shifted within the bores of the first structural member if necessary to align the shanks with the axes of non-aligned corresponding bores.
- An appropriate fastening tool is used to provide any necessary lateral forces to align the fastener with the bore in the second structural member as the fastener is advanced.
- FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an assembly including a fastener having an extending shank, a resilient retainer made in accordance with the teachings of his invention, a first structural member having a stepped bore for receiving the retainer and a second structural member containing a corresponding bore for receiving the distal portion of the fastener's shank;
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the resilient retainer illustrated in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is an end view of the retainer illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2;
- FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of a first structural member having a stepped bore extending therethrough, the resilient retainer disposed within the stepped bore and a fastener having an extending shank inserted through the retainer off-axis from the central axis of the stepped bore;
- FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of an assembly including first and second structural members wherein the retainer has allowed repositioning of the shank of the fastener into an axially aligned position thus allowing the shank to be inserted into a corresponding bore contained on the second structural member;
- FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the assembly wherein the fastener extends off-axis through the stepped bore into a hole in a second structural member;
- FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of an assembly wherein the fastener shank extends through the retainer along the central axis of a corresponding bore contained on the second structural member which is parallel to, but not coincident with, the central axis of the stepped bore.
- a convoluted resilient fastener retainer 10 is demonstrated as having a convoluted, thin-walled annular body 12 having varying wall thicknesses made of a polymeric material and defined by a plurality of longitudinally extending radially outwardly projecting arcuate ear portions 14 and a plurality of longitudinally extending radially inwardly projecting substantially concaved arcuate ribs 16.
- the ribs 16 and ear portions 14 are alternately and symmetrically disposed about the annular body 12 and have sufficient circumferential spacing to permit lateral movement of the retained fastener shank within the bore 34, as discussed below.
- the ear portions 14 include outermost points 18 which seat substantially contiguously against the inner wall of the bore 34 and define an outer diameter shown by the dot and dash lines at reference numeral 20.
- the ribs 16, which occur between the ear portions 14, include innermost points 22 which define an inner diameter shown by dot and dash lines at reference numeral 24. Extending through the retainer 10 is an aperture 26.
- the convoluted annular body 12 has dimensions and material stiffness sufficient to successfully perform the operations described below. Those skilled in the art will recognize that the dimensions will vary depending on bore and fastener size.
- the retainer 10 of FIG. 3 is described as having a longitudinal length l of 6 mm, an ear portion wall thickness t 1 of 0.76 mm, a rib portion wall thickness t 2 of 0.50 mm, an outer diameter 20 of 11.20 mm, an inner diameter 24 of 7.44 mm, a rib portion radius of curvature R of 3.24 mm, and a tangential distance between ear portions d of 4.50 mm. It is intended that these dimensions be scaled appropriately for the desired application.
- the annular body 12 is constructed of injection molded low density polyethylene. Various other manufacturing methods may be used, but injection molding is preferable due to its capacity to preserve dimensional tolerances during production.
- FIG. 1 there is shown an exploded view of an assembly 30 including the fastener retainer 10, a first structural member 32, which is representative of an engine cover plate or other such structure, having a stepped bore 34 extending therethrough, a second structural member 36, which is representative of an engine block or other such structure, including a corresponding bore 38 extending at least partially therethrough and a fastener 28 including a head portion 40 and an extending shank 42.
- first and second structural members 32 and 36 respectively, preferably include a plurality of bores, for exemplary purposes the assembly 30 will be described with reference to a single stepped bore 34 and a single corresponding bore 38.
- the stepped bore 34 includes an enlarged bore portion 44 extending from a surface 64 of the first structural member 32 and a reduced bore portion 46.
- the enlarged bore portion 44 into which the retainer 10 is to be disposed, has a diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the retainer 20. Separating the enlarged bore portion 44 and reduced bore portion 46 is a transversely disposed step 48.
- the second structural member 36 includes a corresponding bore 38 for receiving the distal portion of the fastener shank 42.
- a corresponding bore 38 for receiving the distal portion of the fastener shank 42.
- the configuration of the corresponding bore 38 will vary depending on fastener type, for exemplary purposes it is shown as a threaded bore. While the corresponding threaded bore 38 is shown in FIGS. 5 and 7 as extending partially through the second structural member 36 the invention may also be used when a hole 35 extends through the second structural member to allow for attachment of a coupling such as an internally threaded nut 37 as shown in FIG. 6.
- the fastener 28 as noted generally includes a head portion 40 and an elongated shank 42 extending therefrom.
- the head portion 40 preferably is larger in diameter than the enlarged bore portion 44 so that the head can seat against the surface 64 when the fastener 28 is fully tightened.
- the head 40 for exemplary purposes is shown as including a hexagonal socket 74, although those skilled in the art will recognize that sockets of various configurations may be readily adapted to the present invention.
- the shank 42 is larger in diameter than the retainer inner diameter 24.
- the fastener shank 42 typically includes external threads which matably engage the internal threads of the corresponding bore 38.
- the retainer 10 is manually or robotically inserted into the enlarged bore portion 44 until the retainer 10 comes to rest on the step 48.
- the retainer 10 Upon inserting the retainer 10 within the enlarged bore portion 44, at least a plurality of the ear portions 14 engage the annular wall 50 of the enlarged bore portion 44. Since the retainer outer diameter 20 is larger than that of the enlarged bore 44, the ear portions 14 elastically deform and exert a static force on the annular wall 50 which frictionally maintains the retainer 10 within the enlarged bore portion 44 in the absence of opposing external forces.
- the shank 42 of the fastener 28 is then inserted through the aperture 26 of the retainer 10 by hand or with a fastening tool 72 (See FIGS. 5-7) having a head 76 which mates with the socket 74 of the fastener 28.
- a fastening tool 72 See FIGS. 5-7
- the fastener may be inserted off the bore's central axis 52, as shown in FIG. 4. Since the diameter of the fastener shank 42 is larger than that of the retainer 10, the shank 42 upon insertion engages at least a plurality of the radially inwardly extending ribs 16.
- the ribs elastically deform and produce static forces on the fastener shank 42.
- the ear portions 14 and ribs 16 cooperate to maintain the fastener shank 42 along the central axis 52 of the stepped bore 34, as shown in FIG. 5, in the absence of opposing external forces.
- the first structural member 32 can be shipped or otherwise transported for later attachment to the second structural member 36.
- FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, various methods of attaching the first structural member 32 to the second structural member are demonstrated.
- the first structural member 32 is positioned in close proximity to the second structural member 36 such that the distal portion of the fastener shank 42 is at the mouth 66 of the corresponding bore 38.
- the resilient retainer 10 holds the fastener shank 42 along the central axis 52 of the stepped bore 34 which overlaps the central axis 54 of the corresponding bore 38. Since axial alignment exists absent opposing external forces, the fastener shank 42 may be advanced directly along the central axis 54 manually or with a fastening tool 72 whereby the fastener shank 42 is threaded into the corresponding bore 38 to secure the first and second structural members 32 and 36 together.
- a first structural member 32 containing a pre-attached fastener is aligned with a second structural member such that a stepped bore 34 and a through hole 35 overlap, but are offset.
- the fastener shank 22 can be tilted off the central axis of the stepped bore 52 via a lateral force applied on the fastener head 40 by hand or with a fastening tool 72 whereby the fastener shank 42 can pass through the offset hole 35.
- a nut 37 is thereafter threaded onto the fastener, thus securing the first structural member 32 to the second structural member 36'.
- the retainer will also provide for fastener alignment where the central axis 60 of the corresponding bore 38 and the central axis 52 of the stepped bore 34 are parallel but non-coincident.
- the structural members 32 and 36 are again brought together such that the bore 34 and corresponding bore 38 overlap.
- the fastening tool 72 is then used to apply a lateral force on the fastener head 40, whereby the fastener shank 42 is tilted off the central bore axis 34 and the tip of the fastener shank 42 is introduced into and engaged with the mouth 70 of the corresponding bore 38.
- the fastening tool 72 is then used shift the fastener head 40 such that the fastener shank 42 is aligned with central axis 60 of the corresponding bore 38.
- the net effect of the aforementioned process is that the fastener 28 is shifted laterally within the bore 34 and thereby aligned with the parallel but non-coincident corresponding bore axis 60.
- the fastener shank 42 is then threadably advanced into the corresponding bore 38 with the fastening tool 72 in order to complete the assembly 62.
- the present invention permits the fastener 28 to be shifted and/or tilted within the bore 34 to achieve alignment with improperly aligned corresponding bores.
- fastener 28 and corresponding bore 38 need not be threaded.
- Other types of fasteners such as rivets, studs, and pins are contemplated and are considered to be within the scope of the present invention.
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