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Granted Patent B2
US 10,514,055 · App. 15/987,901 · Granted Dec 24, 2019

Tapered threaded bolt body and tapered threaded nut

Inventor: Yihua You (Yuhuan, CN)
F16B33/02F16B35/041F16B39/282
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Patent No.
US 10,514,055
App. No.
15/987,901
Granted
Dec 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tapered threaded bolt and nut are provided. The bolt comprises a main body; an outside helical surface and a first end helical surface are defined on the main body; a shape of the outside helical surface is the same as a shape of a lateral surface of a solid of revolution formed by using a right trapezoid as a generatrix, rotating uniformly around a cathetus of the right trapezoid which is coincident with a center axis of the main body, and synchronously, axially and uniformly moving the right trapezoid along the center axis of the main body; a shape of the first end helical surface is the same as a shape of helical end surface with a same direction as an axial moving direction of the solid of revolution. An inside helical surface and a second end helical surface are defined in a screw hole of the nut.

Claims (12)

1. A bolt with a tapered thread, comprising a main body wherein an outside helical surface and a first end helical surface are defined on the main body; a shape of the outside helical surface is the same as a shape of a lateral surface of a solid of revolution formed by using a right trapezoid as a generatrix, rotating uniformly around a cathetus of the right trapezoid which is coincident with a center axis of the main body, and synchronously, axially and uniformly moving the right trapezoid along the center axis of the main body; a shape of the first end helical surface is the same as a shape of helical end surface with a same direction as an axial moving direction of the solid of revolution; a first cone angle (α 1 ) is formed between outside helical surfaces; the tapered thread of the bolt is in a geometrical shape of a helical external cone; the outside helical surface is a helical external conical surface of the helical external cone; the first end helical surface is a helical end surface of the helical external cone; a helical external thread line is formed between two adjacent outside helical surfaces; an external helix guide angle (β 1 ) is defined as an angle between an inclined surface form by a highest point and a lowest point of the external thread line and an axis of the tapered thread, a vertical distance between the highest and lowest points of the external thread line is defined as a height of the external helix guide angle (β 1 ); the bolt with the tapered thread is capable of matching with a nut with a tapered thread or a standard nut; the outside helical surface and an inside helical surface or a standard internal thread of the standard nut are cooperated for sizing until they are in interference fit with each other; the outside helical surface and an inside helical surface or a standard internal thread of the standard nut are centralized under the guiding of the helix until they are in interference contact with each other; self-locking capability, leak-tightness, loading capability of a thread connection pair is determined by values of the first cone angle (α 1 ) of the outside helical surfaces and a second cone angle (α 2 ) of inside helical surfaces; and fastening and connecting functions are realized by sizing of internal and external cones until interference fitting.

2. The bolt according to claim 1 , wherein when the right trapezoid goes through one rotation, a distance that the right trapezoid axially moves is equal to or greater than a length of the cathetus of the right trapezoid.

3. The bolt according to claim 2 , wherein when the right trapezoid goes through one rotation, a distance that the right trapezoid axially moves is equal to the length of the cathetus of the right trapezoid.

4. The bolt according to claim 1 , wherein both the outside helical surface and the first end helical surface are continuous helical surfaces or non-continuous helical surfaces.

5. The bolt according to claim 1 , wherein a first transitional guiding surface is arranged between the outside helical surface and the first end helical surface on a same rotation.

6. The bolt according to claim 1 , wherein a direction of a big end of the internal cone with the inside helical surface and a direction of a big end of the external cone with the outside helical surface are capable of being the same as or different to each other.

7. A nut with a tapered thread, comprising a tubular body with a screw hole wherein an inside helical surface and a second end helical surface are defined in the screw hole; a shape of the inside helical surface is the same as a shape of a lateral surface of a solid of revolution formed by using a right trapezoid as a generatrix, rotating uniformly around a cathetus of the right trapezoid which is coincident with a center axis of the screw hole, and synchronously, axially and uniformly moving the right trapezoid along the center axis of the screw hole; a shape of the second end helical surface is the same as a shape of helical end surface with a same direction as an axial moving direction of the solid of revolution; a second cone angle (α 2 ) is formed between inside helical surfaces; the tapered thread of the nut is in a geometrical shape of a helical internal cone; the inside helical surface is a helical internal conical surface of the helical internal cone; the second end helical surface is a helical end surface of the helical internal cone; a helical internal thread line is formed between two adjacent inside helical surfaces; an internal helix guide angle (β 2 ) is defined as an angle between an inclined surface form by a highest point and a lowest point of the internal thread line and an axis of the tapered thread, a vertical distance between the highest and lowest points of the internal thread line is defined as a height of the internal helix guide angle (β 2 ); the nut with the tapered thread is capable of matching with a bolt with a tapered thread or a standard bolt; the inside helical surface and an outside helical surface or a standard external thread of the standard nut are cooperated for sizing until they are in interference fit with each other; the inside helical surface and an outside helical surface or a standard external thread of the standard nut are centralized under the guiding of the helix until they are in interference contact with each other; self-locking capability, leak-tightness, loading capability of a thread connection pair is determined by values of a first cone angle (α 1 ) of outside helical surfaces and the second cone angle (α 2 ) of the inside helical surfaces; and fastening and connecting functions are realized by sizing of internal and external cones until interference fitting.

8. The bolt according to claim 7 , wherein when the right trapezoid goes through one rotation, a distance that the right trapezoid axially moves is equal to or greater than a length of the cathetus of the right trapezoid.

9. The bolt according to claim 8 , wherein when the right trapezoid goes through one rotation, a distance that the right trapezoid axially moves is equal to the length of the cathetus of the right trapezoid.

10. The bolt according to claim 7 , wherein both the inside helical surface and the second end helical surface are continuous helical surfaces or non-continuous helical surfaces.

11. The bolt according to claim 7 , wherein a second transitional guiding surface is arranged between the inside helical surface and the second end helical surface on a same rotation.

12. The bolt according to claim 7 , wherein a direction of a big end of the internal cone with the inside helical surface and a direction of a big end of the external cone with the outside helical surface are capable of being the same as or different to each other.

Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (2)
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