This application is a U.S. National Stage Application which claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Patent Application No. PCT/KR2019/014299 filed on Oct. 28, 2019, which claims foreign priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Korean Patent Application 10-2018-0170253 filed on Dec. 27, 2018, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the contents of both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a stud having a high resistance force against a torque.
Generally, a stud is a part used to screw a component to a sheet metal.
In the case of TV, studs are used to connect PCBs, separate brackets, a stand, a wall mount, and the like.
A stud includes a body on which a screw thread is formed to which a screw is fastened, and a flange press-fitted into a sheet metal.
While a component is fastened by a screw to the stud press-fitted into the sheet metal, in a process of fastening the component by the screw, a phenomenon in which the stud is loosened from the sheet metal may occur due to a torque applied to the stud.
In order to prevent the stud from being loosened from the sheet metal, the flange is formed with a rotation preventing portion having a resistance force against a torque applied to the stud.
However, in a case in which a torque receiving angle of the rotation preventing portion is small when a torque is applied to the stud, a resistance force against the torque is weak, so that the stud may be loosened from the sheet metal.
The present disclosure is directed to providing a stud improved to prevent loosening of the stud press-fitted into a sheet metal by increasing a resistance force against a torque.
An aspect of the present disclosure provides a stud, which is press-fitted into a sheet metal to fasten a component to the sheet metal with a screw, including a body provided to be inserted into a stud mounting hole formed on the sheet metal and formed with a screw thread to which the screw is fastened therein, a flange provided on one side of the body to have a larger diameter than the stud mounting hole and press-fitted into the sheet metal, and a rotation preventer protruding from the flange to have a diameter larger than the stud mounting hole and smaller than the flange and press-fitted into the sheet metal to prevent rotation of the stud, wherein the rotation preventer includes a plurality of rotation preventing protrusions having asymmetric shapes, and each of the plurality of rotation preventing protrusions includes a rotation preventing surface provided to be perpendicular to a tangent line of a circle connecting ends of the plurality of rotation preventing protrusions.
The body may have a tapered shape in which a diameter gradually decreases in a direction away from the flange.
The rotation preventer may protrude from the flange toward the body.
The rotation preventer may be provided such that when the stud is press-fitted into the sheet metal, a portion of the sheet metal coming into contact with the rotation preventer is dented.
The rotation preventer may be provided to increase a resistance force against a torque so that the stud is prevented from being loosened from the sheet metal by the torque.
The flange may be provided to have a hexagonal shape.
The flange may be provided to have a circular shape.
According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a resistance force of a stud against a torque is increased, so that the stud press-fitted into a sheet metal can be prevented from being loosened.
The embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only examples of preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, and various modifications may be made at the time of filing of the present disclosure to replace the embodiments and drawings of the present specification.
Like reference numbers or signs in the various drawings of the application represent parts or components that perform substantially the same functions.
The terms used herein are for the purpose of describing the embodiments and are not intended to restrict and/or to limit the present disclosure. For example, the singular expressions herein may include plural expressions, unless the context dearly dictates otherwise. Also, the terms “comprises” and has are intended to indicate that there are features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, and do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, parts, or combinations thereof.
It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various components, these components should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. The term “and/or” includes any combination of a plurality of related items or any one of a plurality of related items.
In this specification, the terms “front side,” “rear side,” “upper portion,” “lower portion,” “upper end,” “lower end,” “left side,” and “right side” used in the following description are defined with reference to the drawings, and the shape and position of each component are not limited by these terms.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As illustrated in
The stud may include a body 10 provided to be inserted into a stud mounting hole 41 formed on the sheet metal 40 and formed with a screw thread 11 to which a screw (not shown) is fastened therein, a flange 20 provided on one side of the body 10 to have a larger diameter than the stud mounting hole 41, and a rotation preventer 30 provided to protrude from the flange 20 to prevent rotation of the stud.
The body 10 may be inserted into the stud mounting hole 41 formed on the sheet metal 40 when the stud is press-fitted into the sheet metal 40.
The body 10 may have a diameter smaller than or equal to the stud mounting hole 41 so that the stud may be inserted into the stud mounting hole 41.
While the stud mounting hole 41 formed on the sheet metal 40 and the body 10 of the stud are formed in accordance with a predetermined standard, in the case of the stud mounting hole 41 formed on the sheet metal 40, a tolerance may occur due to a work process or the like.
The body 10 of the stud is manufactured according to a predetermined standard, and when a large tolerance occurs with respect to a size of the stud mounting hole 40, the body 10 may not be properly inserted into the stud mounting hole 40.
Accordingly, the body 10 may be provided to have a tapered shape so that the body 10 of the stud may be inserted into the stud mounting hole 41 even when a tolerance occurs to some extent with respect to the size of the stud mounting hole 41.
Specifically, the body 10 of the stud may be provided to have a tapered shape in which a diameter gradually decreases in a direction away from the flange 20.
Inside the body 10, the screw thread 11 to which a screw is fastened when a component is screwed to the sheet metal 40 may be formed.
The flange 20 may be provided on one side of the body 10 to have a hexagonal shape.
The flange 20 may be provided to have a diameter larger than a diameter of the stud mounting hole 41 so as not to be inserted into the stud mounting hole 41 formed on the sheet metal 40 when the stud is press-fitted into the sheet metal 40.
Accordingly, the flange 20 may be press-fitted into the sheet metal 40 by coming into contact with the sheet metal 40 when the stud is inserted into the stud mounting hole 41.
The rotation preventer 30 is provided to protrude from the flange 20 so that when the stud is press-fitted into the sheet metal 40, the rotation preventer may be press-fitted into the sheet metal 40 together with the flange 20.
The rotation preventer 30 may protrude from the flange 20 toward the body 10.
It may be appropriate that the rotation preventer 30 has a thinner thickness than the flange 20.
The rotation preventer 30 may be provided to have a diameter larger than the stud mounting hole 41 and smaller than the flange 20 so that the rotation preventer is not inserted into the stud mounting hole 41 when the stud is press-fitted into the sheet metal 40.
The rotation preventer 30 may include a plurality of rotation preventing protrusions 31 having asymmetric shapes.
Each of the plurality of rotation preventing protrusions 31 may include a rotation preventing surface 33 provided to increase a resistance force against a torque applied to the stud so that the stud is prevented from being loosened from the sheet metal 40 by the torque.
A component is fastened to the stud press-fitted into the sheet metal 40 by a screw, and a torque may be applied to the stud in a process of fastening the component by the screw.
The rotation preventing surface 33 may be a surface to prevent the stud from being loosened from the sheet metal 40 by generating a resistance force against a torque applied to the stud when the torque is applied to the stud.
The rotation preventing surface 33 may be provided to be perpendicular to a tangent line of a virtual circle connecting ends of the plurality of rotation preventing protrusions 31.
An angle between the tangent line of the virtual circle connecting the ends of the plurality of rotation preventing protrusions 31 and the rotation preventing surface 33 will be referred to as a receiving angle.
Because the larger a receiving angle is in an angle of 90 degrees or less, the greater a resistance force against a torque applied to the stoke, it may be appropriate that a receiving angle of the rotation preventing surface 33 is provided at 90 degrees.
When the stud is press-fitted into the sheet metal 40, the rotation preventer 30 may be press-fitted into the sheet metal 40 while denting a portion of the sheet metal 40 coming into contact with the rotation preventer 30.
Because the rotation preventer 30 is press-fitted while denting the sheet metal 40, the rotation preventer 30 may prevent the stud from being loosened from the sheet metal 40 by generating a resistance force against the torque applied to the stud toward the sheet metal 40.
As illustrated in
The drawing illustrates that the flange 20 of the stud has a hexagonal shape or a circular shape, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
As illustrated in
Because the configurations other than a configuration of the rotation preventer 50 are the same as those of the stud illustrated in
The rotation preventer 50 is provided to protrude from the flange 20 so that when the stud is press-fitted into the sheet metal 40, the rotation preventer may be press-fitted into the sheet metal 40 together with the flange 20.
The rotation preventer 50 may protrude from the flange 20 toward the body 10.
It may be appropriate that the rotation preventer 50 has a thinner thickness than the flange 20.
The rotation preventer 50 may be provided to have a diameter larger than the stud mounting hole 41 and smaller than the flange 20 so that the rotation preventer is not inserted into the stud mounting hole 41 when the stud is press-fitted into the sheet metal 40.
The rotation preventer 50 may include a plurality of rotation preventing protrusions 51 having asymmetric shapes.
Each of the plurality of rotation preventing protrusions 51 may include a rotation preventing surface 53 provided to increase a resistance force against a torque applied to the stud so that the stud is prevented from being loosened from the sheet metal 40 by the torque.
A component is fastened to the stud press-fitted into the sheet metal 40 by a screw, and a torque may be applied to the stud in a process of fastening the component by the screw.
The rotation preventing surface 53 may be a surface to prevent the stud from being loosened from the sheet metal 40 by generating a resistance force against a torque applied to the stud when the torque is applied to the stud.
A receiving angle of the rotation preventing surface 53 may be provided at 60 degrees.
When the stud is press-fitted into the sheet metal 40, the rotation preventer 50 may be press-fitted into the sheet metal 40 while denting a portion of the sheet metal 40 coming into contact with the rotation preventer 50.
Because the rotation preventer 50 is press-fitted while denting the sheet metal 40, the rotation preventer 50 may prevent the stud from being loosened from the sheet metal 40 by generating a resistance force against the torque applied to the stud toward the sheet metal 40.
As illustrated in
The drawing illustrates that the flange 20 of the stud has a hexagonal shape or a circular shape, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
As illustrated in
Because the configurations other than a configuration of the rotation preventer 60 are the same as those of the stud illustrated in
The rotation preventer 60 is provided to protrude from the flange 20 so that when the stud is press-fitted into the sheet metal 40, the rotation preventer may be press-fitted into the sheet metal 40 together with the flange 20.
The rotation preventer 60 may protrude from the flange 20 toward the body 10.
It may be appropriate that the rotation preventer 60 has a thinner thickness than the flange 20.
The rotation preventer 60 may be provided to have a diameter larger than the stud mounting hole 41 and smaller than the flange 20 so that the rotation preventer is not inserted into the stud mounting hole 41 when the stud is press-fitted into the sheet metal 40.
The rotation preventer 60 may include a plurality of rotation preventing protrusions 61 having asymmetric shapes.
Each of the plurality of rotation preventing protrusions 61 may include a rotation preventing surface 63 provided to increase a resistance force against a torque applied to the stud so that the stud is prevented from being loosened from the sheet metal 40 by the torque.
A component is fastened to the stud press-fitted into the sheet metal 40 by a screw, and a torque may be applied to the stud in a process of fastening the component by the screw.
The rotation preventing surface 63 may be a surface to prevent the stud from being loosened from the sheet metal 40 by generating a resistance force against a torque applied to the stud when the torque is applied to the stud.
A receiving angle of the rotation preventing surface 63 may be provided at 45 degrees.
When the stud is press-fitted into the sheet metal 40, the rotation preventer 60 may be press-fitted into the sheet metal 40 while denting a portion of the sheet metal 40 coming into contact with the rotation preventer 60.
Because the rotation preventer 60 is press-fitted while denting the sheet metal 40, the rotation preventer 60 may prevent the stud from being loosened from the sheet metal 40 by generating a resistance force against the torque applied to the stud toward the sheet metal 40.
As illustrated in
The drawing illustrates that the flange 20 of the stud has a hexagonal shape or a circular shape, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
While the present disclosure has been particularly described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it should be understood by those of skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.
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