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Granted Patent B2
US 11,092,185 · App. 16/599,743 · Granted Aug 17, 2021

Shearable fastener bolt and method for clamping electric wires, and electrical connector comprising a zero-protrusion shearable fastener

Inventors: Bruno Peltier (St. Apollinaire, FR); Julien Dossmann (Gevrey-Chambertin, FR)
Assignee: Tyco Electronics Simel SAS
F16B31/021F16B35/005H01R4/36
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Patent No.
US 11,092,185
App. No.
16/599,743
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fastener bolt for clamping an electric wire includes a bolt part and a nut part. The bolt part has a head section, a thread section, and a shearing section connecting the head section and the thread section. The nut part is screwed onto the thread section. The shearing section is configured to break if a predetermined fastening torque is exceeded. The thread section is hollow and has a predetermined tensile breaking strength.

Claims (11)

1. A fastener bolt for clamping an electric wire, comprising:

a bolt part having a head section, a thread section, and a shearing section connecting the head section and the thread section, the shearing section is configured to break if a predetermined fastening torque is exceeded, the thread section is hollow and has a predetermined tensile breaking strength, the thread section has a breakage line along which the thread section is weakened, the breakage line extends slanted with respect to an external thread of the thread section and to an axial direction and extends helically in a direction opposite to a direction of the external thread, a pitch of the breakage line is larger than a pitch of the external thread; and

a nut part screwed onto the thread section.

2. The fastener bolt of claim 1 , wherein a blind hole extends through a portion of the thread section that is hollow.

3. The fastener bolt of claim 1 , wherein the shearing section has a groove extending circumferentially around the shearing section.

4. The fastener bolt of claim 1 , wherein the head section has a head external drive section and the nut part has a nut external drive section.

5. The fastener bolt of claim 4 , wherein head external drive section and the nut external drive section are aligned when the nut part abuts the head section.

6. The fastener bolt of claim 4 , wherein the nut part has a protrusion protruding in an axial direction from a bottom surface of the nut part.

7. The fastener bolt of claim 6 , wherein the protrusion is a ring-shaped collar extending along the axial direction.

8. The fastener bolt of claim 7 , wherein the protrusion has a smaller outer diameter than the nut external drive section.

9. The fastener bolt of claim 1 , wherein the breakage line extends across a crest of the external thread.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CORRECT NAME OF THE ASSIGNEE IS TYCO ELECTRONICS- SIMEL PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 050691 FRAME: 0364. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: DOSSMANN, JULIEN; PELTIER, BRUNO
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS - SIMEL
Reel/Frame 065612/0239 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2019
From: DOSSMANN, JULIEN; PELTIER, BRUNO
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS SIMEL SAS
Reel/Frame 050691/0364 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 17305443 · Apr 13, 2017 · regional
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2018059467 · Apr 12, 2018
Related Publication 20200040930A1 · Feb 6, 2020
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