公开(公告)号：US4892342A

公开(公告)日：1990-01-09

申请号：US296636

申请日：1989-01-13

申请人： Howard G. Newman ,  David G. Monette ,  Michael D. Koczara ,  Duane J. Ribant ,  Ronald D. Papke ,  Alfred A. Bien ,  Richard A. Hawkins

发明人： Howard G. Newman ,  David G. Monette ,  Michael D. Koczara ,  Duane J. Ribant ,  Ronald D. Papke ,  Alfred A. Bien ,  Richard A. Hawkins

IPC分类号： E05B65/20

CPC分类号： E05B79/06 ,  E05B85/18 ,  Y10S292/53 ,  Y10S292/64 ,  Y10T292/57 ,  Y10T292/82

摘要： A vehicle door outside handle housing is mounted in a door panel rectangular opening such that the housing peripheral lip flange portion is in flush contact with the panel outboard surface with the housing main portion inserted in the panel opening. A central hub extends inboard from the housing main portion with its principal axis aligned on the geometric center of the opening. The hub is formed with an external thread for engagement by the internally threaded lead-in collar portion of a piloted nut. A bent spring rod retainer in its unrestrained state is assembled between the inboard surface of the panel and the undersurface of the nut driving head. The spring rod retainer includes a looped central eye formation defining a semi-circular eyelet that is self-aligned on the hub axis and telescopically receives the nut collar. Upon threaded engagement the piloted nut captures the retainer and the housing in the panel opening. As the nut is tightened the spring rod retainer is axially compressed between the panel inner surface and the nut undersurface to induce a preload locking the nut against loosening such as by vehicle induced vibrations and the like.

摘要翻译： 车门外手柄壳体安装在门板矩形开口中，使得壳体周缘唇缘部分与壳体主体部分插入面板开口中与面板外侧表面齐平。 中心毂从壳体主体部分内侧延伸，其主轴线对准开口的几何中心。 轮毂形成有用于通过引导螺母的内螺纹导入套环部分接合的外螺纹。 在其无限制状态下的弯曲弹簧杆保持器组装在面板的内侧表面和螺母驱动头的下表面之间。 弹簧杆保持器包括环形的中心眼睛形状，其限定半圆形孔眼，其在轮毂轴线上自对准并且可伸缩地容纳螺母套环。 在螺纹接合时，引导螺母在面板开口中捕获保持器和壳体。 当螺母被拧紧时，弹簧杆保持器在面板内表面和螺母下表面之间被轴向地压缩，以引起预加载锁定螺母以防止松动，例如由车辆引起的振动等。

公开(公告)号：US4848032A

公开(公告)日：1989-07-18

申请号：US290116

申请日：1988-12-27

申请人： John R. Ballor ,  Elton H. Ireland ,  Alfred A. Bien

发明人： John R. Ballor ,  Elton H. Ireland ,  Alfred A. Bien

IPC分类号： B60J1/17 ,  E05D7/04 ,  E05F11/38

CPC分类号： E05F11/385 ,  B60J1/17 ,  E05F2011/387 ,  E05Y2600/50 ,  E05Y2600/51 ,  E05Y2800/692 ,  E05Y2900/55

摘要： An arrangement for mounting a window glass sheet to a liftplate movable within a vehicle door. A plastic spacer bushing, having a through bore formed with an internal left-hand thread, is sandwiched between the glass sheet and the liftplate. A retainer assembly includes a plastic capped retainer, having an external left-hand threaded stem portion, and a metal T-nut. The T-nut head portion is concentrically anchored to the retainer cap portion with the T-nut tubular portion, having a right-hand internally threaded bore, telescopically received within the stem portion bore. The retainer stem portion is inserted through a hole in the glass sheet and is formed with its left-hand external thread engaging the bushing bore internal left-hand thread. The liftplate is secured to the glass sheet by a bolt having a right-hand threaded stem passed through a liftplate aperture for engagement with the T-nut internally threaded tubular portion. Upon initial tightening of the bolt the flex ring is readily deformed for flush tight contact of the spacer rim with both the glass sheet and the liftplate. The counterclockwise tightening of the bushing left-hand thread on the stem portion obviates slippage of the retainer during clockwise torquing of the bolt. Further, the bushing rim portion clamping load is removed from the edge of the glass sheet hole thus obviating glass sheet breakage.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将窗玻璃板安装到在车门内可移动的升降板的装置。 具有形成有内部左旋螺纹的通孔的塑料间隔套管夹在玻璃板和升降板之间。 保持器组件包括具有外部左侧螺纹杆部分的塑料封盖保持器和金属T形螺母。 T形螺母头部分用T形螺母管状部分同心地锚固到保持器盖部分，具有可伸缩地容纳在杆部孔内的右侧内螺纹孔。 保持器杆部分穿过玻璃板中的一个孔插入，并且其左侧的外螺纹与衬套孔内部的左旋螺纹啮合。 升降板通过具有右螺纹杆的螺栓固定到玻璃板上，该螺栓杆穿过升降板孔，用于与T形螺母内螺纹管状部分接合。 在初始拧紧螺栓时，挠性环容易变形，以使间隔件边缘与玻璃板和升降板同时紧密接触。 杆部分上的衬套左手螺纹的逆时针紧固在螺栓的顺时针扭转期间避免了保持器的滑动。 此外，衬套边缘部分夹紧负载从玻璃板孔的边缘移除，从而避免了玻璃板断裂。

公开(公告)号：US4504164A

公开(公告)日：1985-03-12

申请号：US637989

申请日：1984-08-06

申请人： Alfred A. Bien

发明人： Alfred A. Bien

IPC分类号： B62D1/16 ,  F16B7/10 ,  F16C3/03 ,  F16D1/04

CPC分类号： B62D1/16 ,  F16B7/105 ,  F16C3/03 ,  F16D1/04 ,  Y10T403/32483 ,  Y10T403/608 ,  Y10T403/7091

摘要： A coupling for inner and outer telescoping shafts comprises a one-piece sheetmetal clip having a sleeve portion slidably received on the outer shaft. A resilient leg portion extends longitudinally from the sleeve portion and is provided at its free end with an inwardly projecting locking hub and an outwardly projecting internally threaded collar. In its collapsed retained mode the locking hub extends through an aperture in the outer tubular shaft and flexes the leg portion biasing the inner shaft into frictional retained engagement with the outer shaft. Upon the shafts being axially moved to an extended locked mode the hub is snapped into an inner shaft blind bore. This aligns an inner shaft through bore with opposed holes in the outer shaft and the collar for threaded reception of a through bolt.

摘要翻译： 用于内部和外部伸缩轴的联接器包括具有可滑动地容纳在外轴上的套筒部分的一体式金属片夹。 弹性腿部从套筒部分纵向延伸并且在其自由端处设置有向内突出的锁定毂和向外突出的内螺纹套环。 在其折叠的保持模式中，锁定毂延伸穿过外部管状轴中的孔，并且将使内部轴偏置成与外部轴承摩擦保持接合的腿部弯曲。 当轴被轴向移动到延伸的锁定模式时，轮毂被卡扣到内轴盲孔中。 这通过孔与内轴对准，外轴上有相对的孔和用于螺纹接收贯穿螺栓的套环。

公开(公告)号：US4364591A

公开(公告)日：1982-12-21

申请号：US256884

申请日：1981-04-24

申请人： Alfred A. Bien

发明人： Alfred A. Bien

IPC分类号： B60R19/44 ,  B60R19/08

CPC分类号： B60R19/445 ,  Y10T403/49

摘要： A protective flexible trim molding strip for attachment to an automotive body fascia panel. A plurality of metal gromments, each in the form of an eyelet tubular sleeve, having their outer circular head flanges cemented in a recess on the back of the molding strip. A retaining metal disc is received on each sleeve free end by means of a centrally located hole of a predetermined diameter for close contact with the sleeve outer diameter. The sleeve free end is compressed by a suitable tool applying a transverse pinching force. This force laterally expands the sleeve providing a bulbous portion capturing the disc to retain the plastic strip on body panels of varying thickness while obviating dimpling of the strip.

摘要翻译： 一种用于连接到汽车车身面板的保护柔性装饰模制条。 多个金属密封件，每个都是孔眼管状套筒的形式，其外圆形头部凸缘胶合在模制条背面的凹部中。 保持金属盘通过位于中心的预定直径的孔容纳在每个套筒自由端上，以与套筒外径紧密接触。 套筒自由端由施加横向夹紧力的合适工具压缩。 该力横向地膨胀套筒，提供捕获盘的球形部分，以将塑料条保持在不同厚度的身体板上，同时避免条带的凹陷。

公开(公告)号：US5344208A

公开(公告)日：1994-09-06

申请号：US803928

申请日：1991-12-09

申请人： Alfred A. Bien ,  Jerry F. Loughlin, Jr.

发明人： Alfred A. Bien ,  Jerry F. Loughlin, Jr.

IPC分类号： B29C44/18 ,  B62D29/00 ,  B60R27/00

CPC分类号： B62D29/002 ,  B29C44/188

摘要： An improved one-piece plastic bracket for supporting a sealer block of heat expandable reinforcement material on the substructure of a vehicle. The sealer block is adapted, upon being heated during an assembly line operation, to form a closed cell foam stiffener bridging a tolerance varying space between the substructure and an exterior panel. The one-piece bracket provides an initial function of readily supporting the sealer block in a snap-action manner on the vehicle substructure. Additionally, the bracket is operative to precisely guide the heat activated sealer into a predetermined foamed-in-place configuration wherein it sealingly bonds to both the substructure and the opposed inner surface of the panel.

摘要翻译： 一种改进的一体塑料支架，用于在车辆的底座上支撑热膨胀增强材料的密封块。 密封块在组装线操作期间被加热时适于形成闭合泡沫加强件，桥接在底部结构和外部面板之间的公差变化空间。 一体式支架提供了一种初始功能，可以快速方式在车辆底座上支撑密封块。 此外，支架可操作以将热活化的密封剂精确地引导到预定的现场发泡构造中，其中其密封地结合到底板和面板的相对的内表面。

公开(公告)号：US5061108A

公开(公告)日：1991-10-29

申请号：US632832

申请日：1990-12-24

申请人： Alfred A. Bien ,  Gerald T. Niemitalo ,  Russell A. Simms ,  Robert L. Stewart ,  Riad E. Michael ,  Alfred W. Christenson ,  Herbert J. Keller, Jr.

发明人： Alfred A. Bien ,  Gerald T. Niemitalo ,  Russell A. Simms ,  Robert L. Stewart ,  Riad E. Michael ,  Alfred W. Christenson ,  Herbert J. Keller, Jr.

IPC分类号： B60R19/24 ,  F16B21/09

CPC分类号： B60R19/24 ,  F16B21/09 ,  B60R2019/247 ,  Y10T403/18 ,  Y10T403/61 ,  Y10T403/7015

摘要： The present invention provides an arrangement for attaching a flexible elastomeric panel integrally formed with one or more female connectors to an automotive body support surface having one or more associated male connectors in a blind assembly connection. Each female connector comprises a cutting-tooth shaped notch molded in an attaching flange of the panel while the male connector comprises a elongated stem projecting from the support surface. The elongated stem includes a backing plate positioned in parallel spaced relation to the support surface defining a layered gap therebetween. The panel flange is moved into flush contact with the support surface enabling the support flange to be received in a layer-like gap with the stem adapted to be received in a lean-in passage of the female connector. As a result the blind assembly connection is permitted upon the panel being slid relative to the support surface in a self guided manner whereby the stem is cammed into a retaining groove portion of the notch in a resilient snap-in manner.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于将与一个或多个阴连接器一体形成的柔性弹性体面板连接到具有盲组件连接中的一个或多个相关联的阳连接器的汽车主体支撑表面的布置。 每个阴连接器包括模制在面板的附接凸缘中的切割齿形凹口，而阳连接器包括从支撑表面突出的细长杆。 细长杆包括与支撑表面平行间隔设置的背板，其间限定了它们之间的分层间隙。 面板凸缘移动到支撑表面的平齐接触中，使得支撑凸缘能够被容纳在与柱塞相适应的层状间隙中，该杆适于被接收在阴连接器的倾斜通道中。 结果，当面板以自导向的方式相对于支撑表面滑动时允许盲组件连接，由此杆以弹性卡扣方式凸轮到凹口的保持槽部分中。

公开(公告)号：US4370794A

公开(公告)日：1983-02-01

申请号：US193327

申请日：1980-10-01

申请人： Alfred A. Bien ,  Frederick W. Heidt

发明人： Alfred A. Bien ,  Frederick W. Heidt

IPC分类号： F16B37/06 ,  B21D39/00 ,  B23P11/00

CPC分类号： F16B37/068 ,  Y10T29/49915 ,  Y10T29/49934

摘要： A clinch nut having a projecting rectangular pilot and opposed laterally extending flanges. The side edges of the pilot are inclined inwardly from the pilot end face and the flanges have opposed projecting abutment portions extending laterally from the inclined pilot faces to an edge spaced from the side faces of the flanges. The method includes punching a rectangular opening in a panel to receive the nut pilot and ramming the nut abutment portions against the panel to deform the panel beneath the inclined pilot side faces. The nut and nut ram-die are configured to fully seat the nut and fill the spaces beneath the pilot side faces.

摘要翻译： 具有突出的矩形导向件和相对的横向延伸凸缘的紧固螺母。 飞行员的侧边缘从导向端面向内倾斜，并且凸缘具有从倾斜导向面横向延伸到与凸缘的侧面间隔开的边缘的相对的突出抵接部。 该方法包括在面板上冲压矩形开口以接收螺母导向件并将螺母抵靠部分压靠在面板上，以使面板在倾斜导向侧面下方变形。 螺母和螺母压头模具配置成完全固定螺母并填充导向侧面下方的空间。

公开(公告)号：US4643610A

公开(公告)日：1987-02-17

申请号：US880443

申请日：1986-06-30

申请人： Alfred A. Bien

发明人： Alfred A. Bien

IPC分类号： F16B37/04 ,  F16B37/02 ,  F16B41/00

CPC分类号： F16B37/043 ,  Y10S403/11 ,  Y10S411/97 ,  Y10T403/60

摘要： Disclosed is a fastener assembly for application to a support panel to receive a threaded bolt extending through a passage in the support panel. A sheet metal element body portion has means for threadably engaging the bolt. The sheet metal element is formed with an integral attaching ramp portion of a size to pass through an open loop strap struck from a pierced transversely extending slot in the support panel. A V-shaped cut-out in said ramp portion defines a spring arm struck therefrom terminating in a downwardly bent tongue. The ramp portion has a pair of stop shoulders operative to engage the strap transversely facing walls thereby aligning the body thread engaging means with the support panel passage upon the tongue being snapped into interlocking relation with the slot.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于施加到支撑板以接收延伸穿过支撑板中的通道的螺栓的紧固件组件。 钣金元件主体部分具有用于螺纹地接合螺栓的装置。 钣金元件形成有一个整体的安装斜面部分，其大小通过从支撑面板中的穿孔的横向延伸槽打开的开环带。 所述斜坡部分中的V形切口限定了弹簧臂，从而终止于向下弯曲的舌部。 斜坡部分具有一对止动肩部，其操作以接合带横向面对的壁，从而使得主体螺纹接合装置与支撑面板通道对准，舌部被卡扣成与缝隙互锁关系。

公开(公告)号：US3962744A

公开(公告)日：1976-06-15

申请号：US523305

申请日：1974-11-13

申请人： Alfred A. Bien ,  Robert W. Glover

发明人： Alfred A. Bien ,  Robert W. Glover

IPC分类号： B60S1/34

CPC分类号： B60S1/34 ,  B60S1/3493 ,  B60S1/349 ,  Y10S411/947

摘要： Windshield wiper coupling, including a tubular member having a threaded portion extending through a hole in an automotive vehicle structural part. A rotatable member extends through the tubular member and is connected at opposite ends to the wiper and to an actuating assembly. A washer surrounds a threaded portion of the tubular member and is and has a deformable finger in a slot in the threaded portion. A nut deforms the deformable portion when tightened on the threaded portion.

摘要翻译： 挡风玻璃刮水器联接器，包括具有延伸穿过机动车辆结构部件中的孔的螺纹部分的管状构件。 可旋转构件延伸穿过管状构件并且在相对的端部处连接到擦拭器和致动组件。 垫圈围绕管状构件的螺纹部分，并且在螺纹部分中的槽中具有可变形的手指。 螺母在拧紧在螺纹部上时使可变形部变形。

公开(公告)号：US4973102A

公开(公告)日：1990-11-27

申请号：US437248

申请日：1989-11-16

申请人： Alfred A. Bien

发明人： Alfred A. Bien

IPC分类号： B62D29/04 ,  F16B1/00 ,  F16B5/04 ,  F16B19/04 ,  F16B19/10 ,  F16B43/00

CPC分类号： F16B19/1054 ,  B62D29/048 ,  F16B19/04 ,  F16B43/00 ,  F16B5/04 ,  F16B2001/0078

摘要： The present invention relates to an improved arrangement for attaching a plastic panel and metal mounting strip sub-assembly to an automotive body metal substructure enabling controlled distortion free thermal expansion and contraction of the plastic panel relative to the mounting strip. The attaching arrangement comprises a metal spacing washer having a tubular sleeve portion formed with an integral frusto-conical spring flange. The washer sleeve portion free end extends through an elongated slot in the mounting strip and an aligned circular opening in the panel. A blind breakstem rivet is inserted through the washer bore and upon being set applies a predetermined axial clamping force biasing the washer flange into contact with the mounting strip. The rivet head undersurface may be provided with an annular locking ring adapted to engage the plastic panel out surface. Upon the panel being heated to its thermal-relaxation temperature the locking ring is embedded in the softened plastic panel thereby reducing excess load on the washer spring flange in a tolerance self-compensating manner.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于将塑料面板和金属安装带子组件附接到汽车车身金属底座结构上的改进布置，使得塑料面板相对于安装条具有可控制的无变形的热膨胀和收缩。 连接装置包括金属间隔垫圈，其具有形成有整体截头圆锥形弹簧凸缘的管状套筒部分。 垫圈套部分自由端延伸穿过安装条中的细长槽和面板中对齐的圆形开口。 盲孔突起铆钉插入穿过垫圈孔，并且在被设置时施加预定的轴向夹紧力，以将垫圈凸缘偏置成与安装带接触。 铆钉头下表面可以设置有适于接合塑料面板外表面的环形锁定环。 当面板被加热到其热松弛温度时，锁定环嵌入在软化的塑料面板中，从而以公差自补偿的方式减少垫圈弹簧凸缘上的过载。