Metal-plastic system for fixing pieces
US6454507B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S411/913
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In the system there participates one of the parts that is to be joined (8), sheet like, preferably of metallic nature, with a window (9), the other part that is to be joined (20), supplied with a shaft (10) of a plastic nature, and a staple, metallic and intermediate (1). The staple is composed of a first pair of tabs (2), with brackets (3) in their ends, that constitute the means for an elastic connection to a transversal beam (12) of the shaft (10), a second pair of tabs (4), pronouncedly divergent, finished off in “U” shaped folds (5), oriented outwards and designed for their connection, by elastic deformation, to the window (9) of the part (8), and a third pair of tabs (6-7) designed to support over the sheet (8) outside the window (9), being able to insert optionally, between these two pieces (8) and (20), an intermediate piece (21), as for example a panel. The system results particularly ideal for the coating of the interior of automobiles.
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