公开(公告)号：US09599140B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-21

申请号：US14825313

申请日：2015-08-13

申请人： NEWFREY LLC

发明人： Tien The Diep ,  Oday Amer Jamil

IPC分类号： F16B13/06 ,  F16B37/04

CPC分类号： F16B13/063 ,  F16B37/04 ,  F16B37/041 ,  F16B37/043

摘要： A retaining wing can be hingedly coupled to an outer surface of each of two legs along a hinge line. The retaining wing can include a leading edge facing toward, and a trailing edge facing away from, the distal end of the legs, and together with the hinge line can define a substantially triangular shape. When a screw is not present in the screw passage, engagement of the trailing edge against one of the automobile components can operate to direct a servicing removal force applied through the base inwardly on the wings causing the wings to flex inwardly and permit removal of the screw grommet from the aperture without damaging any of the components or requiring a separate inwardly directed force to be directly applied to the wings. An associated method is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US10900513B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US16373275

申请日：2019-04-02

申请人： Newfrey LLC

发明人： Tien The Diep ,  Oday Amer Safry ,  Aaron J. Smith ,  Najwan Rassam

IPC分类号： F16B21/06 ,  F16B21/07 ,  F16B19/10

摘要： A pin and grommet fastener includes a grommet that defines a central aperture and includes at least two adjacent longitudinally extending leg members that each include a frame, a knuckle and a tether. The knuckle is connected to the frame at a hinge region that is designed to permit the knuckle to move relative to the frame. The tether connects the knuckle to a base surface of grommet in order to limit movement of the knuckle relative to the frame. The fastener includes a pin that has a first locking member to retain the pin in a first position relative to the grommet in which the longitudinally extending leg members are in a laterally unexpanded state. The pin also has a second locking member to retain the pin in a second position relative to the grommet in which the longitudinally extending leg members are in a laterally expanded state.

公开(公告)号：US09528540B2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-27

申请号：US14457195

申请日：2014-08-12

申请人： NEWFREY LLC

发明人： Oday Amer Jamil ,  Terri Lynn Wernert ,  Tien The Diep

IPC分类号： F16B13/06 ,  F16B21/07 ,  F16B19/10

CPC分类号： F16B13/063 ,  F16B19/1081 ,  F16B21/073 ,  F16B21/075

摘要： A pin and grommet fastener is assembled into a shipping configuration in which the pin is retained in a first position relative to the grommet with longitudinally extending leg members of the grommet in an unexpanded state. Cooperating members are provided on the pin and the grommet to engage each other in a locking configuration in which the pin is retained in a second position relative to the grommet causing the longitudinally extending leg members to be in a laterally expanded state. A driving member is provided on the pin to engage a periphery of an aperture of a joining part to cause the joining part to automatically drive the pin from the first position to the second position simultaneously with the insertion of the assembled pin and grommet into the aperture of the joining part.

摘要翻译： 销和索环紧固件被组装成运输结构，其中销被保持在相对于索环的第一位置，其具有未扩张状态的索环的纵向延伸的腿部构件。 配合构件设置在销和索环上，以锁定构型彼此接合，其中销相对于护环保持在第二位置，导致纵向延伸的腿构件处于横向膨胀状态。 驱动构件设置在销上以接合接合部分的孔的周边，以使得接合部自动地将销从第一位置驱动到第二位置，同时将组装的销和索环插入到孔中 的加入部分。