公开(公告)号：US20140259627A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-18

申请号：US13843199

申请日：2013-03-15

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Conor P. LENAHAN ,  Taylor H. GILBERT ,  Piotr S. TRZASKOS ,  Alex C. Yeung

IPC: F16B39/284

CPC classification number: F16B35/002 ,  F16B19/06 ,  F16B33/006 ,  F16B39/225 ,  Y10T29/49954

Abstract: The embodiments described in this paper relate generally to a fastener configured to reduce a risk of doing damage to a high cost component. Various embodiments of fasteners configured to be threaded during insertion are described. This is accomplished by selecting a material for an engaging portion of the fastener that is soft enough to yield to a set of threads to which it is driven into. In this way, a complementary threading pattern is formed on an exterior surface of the fastener as it is twisted against threading of the high cost component to which the fastener is configured to be coupled.

Abstract translation: 本文中描述的实施例大体上涉及被配置为减少对高成本部件造成损害的风险的紧固件。 描述了在插入期间被配置成螺纹的紧固件的各种实施例。 这是通过选择用于紧固件的接合部分的材料来实现的，该材料足够柔软以屈服于被驱动到其中的一组螺纹。 以这种方式，在紧固件的外表面上形成互补的螺纹图案，因为它被扭转成紧固件被配置为联接的高成本部件的螺纹。