Patent Application
20140356100
1. Field
This disclosure relates to a flanged ribbed nut.
2. General Background
A flange nut has a wide flange at one end that acts as an integrated, non-spinning washer. This serves to distribute the pressure of the nut over the part being secured, reducing the chance of damage to the part and making it less likely to loosen as a result of an uneven fastening surface.
The flange may be serrated to provide a locking action. The serrations are angled such that they keep the nut from rotating in the direction that would loosen the nut. Because of the serrations they cannot be used with a washer or on surfaces that cannot be scratched.[1] Sometimes both faces of the nut are serrated, permitting either side to lock. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flange_nut.
Briefly stated, the flanged ribbed nut devices according to implementations of the present disclosure obviate the shortfalls of prior flanged nuts and nut washer or nut collar combinations.
According to aspects of one or more exemplary implementations, disclosed is a flanged ribbed nut with a central channel or threading guide containing two or more of ribs. Ribs are not threads. Ribs are not oriented or intended to be thread like guides. Ribs are a malleable obstructions in a threading guide. In some instances, displaced rib material, also referred to as rib lips extends into the gap area between ribs. In said gap area, lip material contributes to fastening of a threaded fastener into the nut. In some instances, moving malleable rib material to a gap area when accommodating a threaded fastener reduces pressure that would be applied to the threading guide by the introduction of threads via relocating rib material to gaps.
According to aspects of one or more exemplary implementations, disclosed is a flanged ribbed nut with a central threading guide that contains interfering ribs.
According to aspects of one or more exemplary implementations, disclosed is a flanged ribbed nut with a head or top portion above an extended flange formed integral to said head and a neck integral to and extending from said flange opposite said head.
According to aspects of one or more exemplary implementations, disclosed is a flanged ribbed nut with a head or top portion above an extended flange formed integral to said head and a neck integral to and extending from said flange opposite said head and a threading guide in fluid communication with said head, flange and neck having at least two interfering ribs therein.
According to aspects of one or more exemplary implementations, disclosed is a flanged ribbed nut with a head or top portion above an extended flange formed integral to said head and a neck integral to and extending from said flange opposite said head and a threading guide in fluid communication with said head, flange and neck having at least two interfering ribs therein and said flange is stepped to form two or more concentric flanges of different diameters.
According to aspects of one or more exemplary implementations, disclosed is a flanged ribbed nut with a head or top portion above an extended flange formed integral to said head and a neck integral to and extending from said flange opposite said head and a threading guide in fluid communication with said head, flange and neck having at least two interfering ribs therein and an integral bevel is formed between said flange and neck
According to aspects of one or more exemplary implementations, disclosed is a flanged ribbed nut with a head or top portion above an extended flange formed integral to said head and a neck integral to and extending from said flange opposite said head and a threading guide in fluid communication with said head, flange and neck having at least two interfering ribs therein and an annular wall extends downwards below said flange and around at least a portion of said neck.
The above-mentioned features of the present disclosure will become more apparent with reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals denote like elements and in which:
While the specification concludes with claims defining the features of the present disclosure that are regarded as novel, it is believed that the present disclosure's teachings will be better understood from a consideration of the following description in conjunction with the appendices, figures, in which like reference numerals are carried forward. All descriptions and callouts in the Figures are hereby incorporated by this reference as if fully set forth herein.
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A threading guide 140 is a pathway in communication with the neck, flange and head. said threading guide 140 has an annular wall 145 which is ribbed with ribs 150 extending from the annular wall 145 and both in towards the center of the channel and lengthwise from near the proximal end 101 to near the distal end 102 of the channel. The annular wall 145 of the threading guide 140 is interspersed with said ribs 150, said ribs may extend generally longitudinally along all or most of the length. In some instances said ribs may be half ribs extending from either the distal or proximal ends of the channel and terminating before the other end. Such half ribs may also be not aligned wherein a half rib may extend from distal end to middle of the internal channel, and another half rib may extend from proximal end towards middle of the internal channel, but the ribs may be offset wherein while generally parallel along the channel and to each other, they need not be in line and may be spaced to be generally parallel but offset when viewed from up or down said internal channel. Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that although the ribs are illustrated as substantially uniform and parallel, they also may be formed non-uniform in girth and size, and need not be parallel and such variations are within the scope of this disclosure. However, for injection molding, substantially parallel ribs with minimal draft may be preferred.
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While the method and agent have been described in terms of what are presently considered to be the most practical and preferred implementations, it is to be understood that the disclosure need not be limited to the disclosed implementations. It is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the claims, the scope of which should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structures. The present disclosure includes any and all implementations of the following claims.
It should also be understood that a variety of changes may be made without departing from the essence of the disclosure. Such changes are also implicitly included in the description. They still fall within the scope of this disclosure. It should be understood that this disclosure is intended to yield a patent covering numerous aspects of the disclosure both independently and as an overall system and in both method and apparatus modes.
Further, each of the various elements of the disclosure and claims may also be achieved in a variety of manners. This disclosure should be understood to encompass each such variation, be it a variation of an implementation of any apparatus implementation, a method or process implementation, or even merely a variation of any element of these.
Particularly, it should be understood that as the disclosure relates to elements of the disclosure, the words for each element may be expressed by equivalent apparatus terms or method terms—even if only the function or result is the same.
Such equivalent, broader, or even more generic terms should be considered to be encompassed in the description of each element or action. Such terms can be substituted where desired to make explicit the implicitly broad coverage to which this disclosure is entitled.
It should be understood that all actions may be expressed as a means for taking that action or as an element which causes that action.
Similarly, each physical element disclosed should be understood to encompass a disclosure of the action which that physical element facilitates.
Any patents, publications, or other references mentioned in this application for patent are hereby incorporated by reference. In addition, as to each term used it should be understood that unless its utilization in this application is inconsistent with such interpretation, common dictionary definitions should be understood as incorporated for each term and all definitions, alternative terms, and synonyms such as contained in at least one of a standard technical dictionary recognized by artisans and the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, latest edition are hereby incorporated by reference.
Finally, all referenced listed in the Information Disclosure Statement or other information statement filed with the application are hereby appended and hereby incorporated by reference; however, as to each of the above, to the extent that such information or statements incorporated by reference might be considered inconsistent with the patenting of this/these disclosure(s), such statements are expressly not to be considered as made by the applicant(s).
In this regard it should be understood that for practical reasons and so as to avoid adding potentially hundreds of claims, the applicant has presented claims with initial dependencies only.
Support should be understood to exist to the degree required under new matter laws—including but not limited to United States Patent Law 35 USC 132 or other such laws—to permit the addition of any of the various dependencies or other elements presented under one independent claim or concept as dependencies or elements under any other independent claim or concept.
To the extent that insubstantial substitutes are made, to the extent that the applicant did not in fact draft any claim so as to literally encompass any particular implementation, and to the extent otherwise applicable, the applicant should not be understood to have in any way intended to or actually relinquished such coverage as the applicant simply may not have been able to anticipate all eventualities; one skilled in the art, should not be reasonably expected to have drafted a claim that would have literally encompassed such alternative implementations.
Further, the use of the transitional phrase “comprising” is used to maintain the “open-end” claims herein, according to traditional claim interpretation. Thus, unless the context requires otherwise, it should be understood that the term “compromise” or variations such as “comprises” or “comprising”, are intended to imply the inclusion of a stated element or step or group of elements or steps but not the exclusion of any other element or step or group of elements or steps.
Such terms should be interpreted in their most expansive forms so as to afford the applicant the broadest coverage legally permissible.
This application claims the full Paris Convention benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/454820, filed Mar. 21, 2011, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in its entirety, as if fully set forth herein.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61454820 | Mar 2011 | US |
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | 13095767 | Apr 2011 | US |
| Child | 14460128 | US |
