Assembly system utilizing a flat, elastic locking element
US9671755B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 7, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49581
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to an assembly system including a member made of at least a first material including a staff and a shoulder, the staff of the member being received in an aperture of a part made of a second material having little or no plastic domain. According to the invention, the assembly system includes a locking element made of a third material arranged to elastically attach the part between the shoulder of said member and the locking element and in that the locking element is a washer whose internal wall radially grips the staff of said member and whose peripheral portion exerts an elastic radial force vertical to the shoulder of said member in order to secure the assembly of the member-part-locking element.
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