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Self-drilling connecting unit

US5213459A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 25, 1991
Grant dateMay 25, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16B25/103
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A self-drilling connecting unit includes a shaft and a platelet-like cutting tool attachable to the shaft in a form- and/or force-fitted manner. The platelet-like cutting tool has a platelet-like protrusion lying in the plane of the cutting tool in its end region facing the shaft. The end region of the shaft, which bears the cutting tool, has a central opening. The protrusion of the cutting tool is insertable into the opening of the shaft and is braced by a pressure seat in the opening against two diametrically opposed boundaries of the inner wall of the opening whereby a sufficient mount and an exactly axis-parallel alignment of the cutting tool against the shaft are provided.

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