IP Library Granted Patent US 11,933,343
Granted Patent B2
US 11,933,343 · App. 17/614,915 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Washer and fastening structure

Inventor: Jun Zheng (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
F16B43/001F16B5/02
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,933,343
App. No.
17/614,915
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A washer includes a conductive main body, a first seal portion, and a second seal portion. The main body includes an annular plate-shaped body and a protruding portion. The protruding portion protrudes in the thickness direction from the outer peripheral portion of the plate-shaped body. The first seal portion covers the inner peripheral surface at the inner peripheral portion and both surfaces in the thickness direction of the plate-shaped body. The second seal portion covers at least the distal end portion of the protruding portion.

Claims (10)

1. A fastening structure comprising:

a washer including a conductive body including an annular plate-shaped body and a protruding portion protruding in a thickness direction from an outer peripheral portion of the plate-shaped body, a first seal portion configured to cover an inner peripheral surface of an inner peripheral portion and both surfaces in the thickness direction of the plate-shaped body, and a second seal portion configured to cover at least a distal end portion of the protruding portion;

a conductive annular member that contacts the main body and the first seal portion on the same side as the protruding portion in the thickness direction of the washer, and that contacts a first fixing member together with the second seal portion; and

a conductive screw configured to fix the first fixing member and a second fixing member disposed on a side opposite to the second seal portion and the annular member in a thickness direction of the first fixing member,

wherein the screw includes

a head contacting the main body and the first seal portion on a side opposite to the protruding portion in the thickness direction of the washer; and

a shaft portion configured to be inserted into through holes of the washer, the annular member and the first fixing member, and to be fixed to the second fixing member in an electrically connected state.

2. The fastening structure to claim 1 , wherein the washer further includes a radial protruding portion that protrudes radially from the distal end portion and is covered by the second seal portion.

3. The fastening structure according to claim 1 , wherein the annular member includes a tooth portion configured to penetrate an electrically insulating coating layer that covers a surface of the conductive body of the first fixing member and to contact the conductive body.

4. The fastening structure according to claim 2 , wherein the annular member includes a tooth portion configured to penetrate an electrically insulating coating layer that covers a surface of the conductive body of the first fixing member and to contact the conductive body.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067244/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: ZHENG, JUN
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058229/0624 →
Continuity (1)
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