Plug and method for fixing at least two devices
View Patent ↗A plug and a method for fixing at least two devices, includes a tension element, a pin, a lever element and a compression element. In one example, the tension element includes a tension stamp on a first end and a coupling member on a second end and a lever element includes a first sliding and a coupling element, with the pin coupling the lever element with the tension element. A compression element having an area-shaped contact that is capable of sliding onto the tension element until the area-shaped contact contacts the tension stamp. When the lever element is coupled to the tension element by a pin and is engaged by using a lever movement, a compression element is compressed by shortening a distance between the tension stamp and the lever element.
1. A plug for fixing at least two devices, comprising:
a tension element having a tension stamp on a first end and a coupling member on a second end;
a pin;
a lever element having a first sliding face and a coupling element such that the pin is capable of coupling the coupling element of the lever element with the coupling member of the tension element;
a compression element having an area-shaped contact such that the compression element is capable of sliding onto the tension element until the area-shaped contact contacts the tension stamp, and when the lever element is coupled to the tension element by the pin and the lever element is engaged using a lever movement, the compression element is compressed by shortening a distance between the tension stamp and the lever element;
a guide sleeve slidably mounted onto the tension element such that the guide sleeve contacts the compression element, wherein the guide sleeve includes a plurality of grooves;
a plurality of O-rings accommodated in at least a plurality of the plurality of grooves; and
a limit stop element capable of engaging one of the plurality of the grooves.
2. The plug of claim 1 , wherein the guide sleeve comprises a disc-shaped collar.
3. The plug of claim 1 , wherein the limit stop element is a captive lock washer.
4. A method for fixing at least two devices, each having a through hole diameter, by means of the plug of claim 1 , comprising:
disposing the plug of claim 1 in through-openings of each of the at least two devices; and
compressing the compression element of the plug of claim 1 using the lever movement of the lever element until the limit stop element engages one of the plurality of the grooves of the guide sleeve of the plug of claim 1 .