IP Library Granted Patent US 10,113,572
Granted Patent B2
US 10,113,572 · App. 14/904,744 · Granted Oct 30, 2018

Device having two parts

Inventors: David Schippers (Eindhoven, NL); Pritesh Patel (Eindhoven, NL)
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
F16B7/042A47L5/28A47L9/00
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Patent No.
US 10,113,572
App. No.
14/904,744
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device includes a first part and a second part. The first part comprises a first fastening tool (FT 1 ) and a first receptor (R 1 ). The second part comprises a second receptor (R 2 ) for engaging with the first fastening tool (FT 1 ), and a movable latch (L) for engaging with the first receptor (R 1 ). A single act of engaging the first fastening tool (FT 1 ) with the second receptor (R 2 ) to establish a first connection between the first and second parts, also makes the movable latch (L) engage with the first receptor (R 1 ) to establish a second connection between the first and second parts. The second connection is spaced apart from the first connection. Both the first and second connections result from operating only the first fastening tool (FT 1 ).

Claims (9)

1. A device comprising:

a first part that comprises a first fastening tool (FT 1 ) and a first receptor (R 1 ); and

a second part that comprises a second receptor (R 2 ) for engaging with the first fastening tool (FT 1 ), and a movable latch (L) for engaging with the first receptor (R 1 ),

wherein said first and second parts are arranged for being connected together by a single act of engaging the first fastening tool (FT 1 ) with the second receptor (R 2 ) to establish a first connection between the first and second parts, and to make the movable latch (L) engage with the first receptor (R 1 ) to establish a second connection between the first and second parts, the second connection being spaced apart from the first connection, wherein both said first and second connections are completed in response to operating only said first fastening tool (FT 1 ), wherein the first fastening tool (FT 1 ) includes a bolt (B) locked by a clip ring (CR) in its construction to prevent the bolt (B) from becoming loose from the first fastening tool (FT 1 ), wherein the first fastening tool (FT 1 ) further includes a spring (S 1 ), wherein the bolt (B) is spring-loaded via the spring (S 1 ) and the clip ring (CR) so that the bolt (B) has no interference when the first part is positioned on top of the second part, and wherein the second receptor (R 2 ) includes a nut (N), and further wherein the bolt (B) can be fastened to the nut (N) after the bolt (B) is pushed against the spring-loading of the spring (S 1 ).

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second receptor (R 2 ) receives the first fastening tool (FT 1 ) at an angle with regard to a contact area between the first and second parts.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the movable latch (L) includes a slanted side configured to engage with the first fastening tool (FT 1 ) in response to the first fastening tool (FT 1 ) engaging the second receptor (R 2 ), further wherein the movable latch (L) is moved towards the first receptor (R 1 ) in response to the first fastening tool (FT 1 ) further engaging the second receptor (R 2 ).

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the movable latch (L) engages with the first receptor (R 1 ) against spring pressure by a spring (S 2 ).

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first part includes a rim, and further wherein the first receptor (R 1 ) comprises the rim.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first fastening tool (FT 1 ) and the second receptor (R 2 ) ensure the first connection near a first side of the device, and wherein the movable latch (L) and the first receptor (R 1 ) ensure the second connection at a second side of the device, opposite to the first side.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 17, 2023
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
To: VERSUNI HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 064618/0115 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2016
From: SCHIPPERS, DAVID; PATEL, PRITESH
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Reel/Frame 037474/0039 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 14172758 · Jun 17, 2014 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170097028A1 · Apr 6, 2017