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Quick-positioning screw assembly

US7922432B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2008
Grant dateApr 12, 2011
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53978
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A quick-positioning screw assembly includes a cap having an inside annular flange and a locating groove or locating rib extending around the inside wall, a mounting socket bonded to a mounting through hole of a first plate member and having a top positioning flange extending around the periphery and detachably forced into engagement with the locating groove or locating rib of the cap, a screw press-fitted into the inner diameter of the inside annular flange of the cap for threading into a screw hole on a second plate member to secure the first plate member to the second plate member, and a compression spring mounted in the cap around the screw and stopped between the inside annular flange of the cap and an inside annular flange of the mounting socket.

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