Retaining clip

US4570303A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• USM Holding AG · US

Inventors

• John F. Richmond · Stafford, GB
• Dieter Mauer · Lollar, DE
• Heinz-Otto Baum · Katzenelnbogen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 1984
• Grant date: Feb 18, 1986
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T24/4556
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A clip for releasable attachment to a stud having a screw thread or annular ribs comprises a mount, which is elliptical in cross-section and has transverse flanges on its long sides to engage the thread or ribs of the stud. Squeezing the mount by applying pressure onto the ends of its major axis forces the flanges apart and releases the clip. Such a deformation of the mount is checked by abutments at opposite ends of its major axis.