IP Library Granted Patent US 11,187,260
Granted Patent B2
US 11,187,260 · App. 16/429,556 · Granted Nov 30, 2021

Facade panel screw and fastening arrangement therewith

Inventors: Roland Mair (Gotzis, AT); Oliver Bachmann (Widnau, CH); Markus Andersag (Lustenau, AT)
Assignee: SFS intec Holding AG
F16B25/0063F16B25/0068F16B25/00
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Patent No.
US 11,187,260
App. No.
16/429,556
Granted
Nov 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A facade panel screw for the optimized fastening of facade panel elements to a substructure has a head having a very large diameter, a subsequent, essentially cylindrical shaft section ( 22 ) extending along a central longitudinal axis (A) and a subsequent tip region ( 23 ). The shaft section ( 22 ) includes, as viewed from the head, a threadless underhead section ( 24 ), a stop collar ( 25 ) and a threaded section ( 28 ). The thread in a first part ( 26 ) of the threaded section ( 28 ) subsequent to the stop collar ( 25 ) has an outer diameter D r , which is attenuated compared to the thread in a second part ( 27 ) with outer diameter D n , over several convolutions, so that D r <D n . This threaded section 26 allows a controlled overwinding of the facade panel screw in use. A corresponding fastening arrangement includes a facade panel, a substructure for transferring the load to a building surface and the facade panel screw.

Claims (26)

1. A facade panel screw ( 20 ), comprising:

a head ( 21 );

a cylindrical shaft section ( 22 ) that extends along a central longitudinal axis (A);

a tip region ( 23 );

the cylindrical shaft section ( 22 ), viewed from the head, comprises:

a threadless underhead section ( 24 ),

a stop collar ( 25 ), and

a threaded section ( 28 );

a thread in a first part ( 26 ) of the threaded section ( 28 ) subsequent to the stop collar ( 25 ) has an outer diameter D r , which is attenuated over several convolutions compared to the thread in a second part ( 27 ) having an outer diameter D n , so that D r <D n .

2. The facade panel screw ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the thread of the first part of threaded section ( 26 ) merges continuously into the thread of the second part of the threaded section ( 27 ).

3. The facade panel screw ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein a pitch in an entirety of the threaded section ( 28 ) is equally large.

4. The facade panel screw ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the thread in the threaded section ( 28 ) includes multiple threads.

5. The facade panel screw ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein D r =a D n , and a can assume values between 0.7 and 0.9, each inclusive.

6. The facade panel screw ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the attenuation is achieved by axially parallel removal of thread crests ( 29 ).

7. The facade panel screw ( 30 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the stop collar ( 25 ) has a diameter D b for which applies: D b =b D n , wherein b assumes values between 1.07 and 1.24, each inclusive.

8. The facade panel screw ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the stop collar ( 25 ) has an axial extent of less than 1 mm.

9. The facade panel screw ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the stop collar ( 25 ), viewed radially, protrudes beyond thread crests of the thread in the second part of the threaded section ( 27 ) by less than 1 mm.

10. The facade panel screw ( 20 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the tip region ( 23 ) is self-drilling, self-tapping, or a drill bit.

11. A fastening arrangement comprising:

a substructure;

a facade panel; and

the facade panel screw ( 20 ) according to claim 1 that connects the facade panel to the substructure.

12. The fastening arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the substructure is a metal construction and at a fastening point has a material thickness of 2 to 6.5 mm of aluminum or 0.9 to 2.5 mm of steel.

13. The fastening arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the facade panel is made of plastic, metal, fiber cement, insulation materials or a composite of one or more such materials.

14. The fastening arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the underhead section ( 24 ) has an extension in an axial direction, which results as a thickness of the facade panel plus 2-4 mm.

15. The fastening arrangement ( 20 ) according to claim 11 , further comprising at least one of a damping, insulating, friction-reducing or adhesive intermediate layer attached between the substructure and the facade panel.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2022
From: SFS INTEC HOLDING AG
To: SFS GROUP INTERNATIONAL AG
Reel/Frame 061328/0559 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2019
From: MAIR, ROLAND; BACHMANN, OLIVER; ANDERSAG, MARKUS
To: SFS INTEC HOLDING AG
Reel/Frame 049349/0588 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 8175689 · Jun 4, 2018 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190368529A1 · Dec 5, 2019