Hilti Aktiengesellschaft

Erich Infanger

Hideki Shimahara

A device for torque limiting is provided, including a holding element for a nut or a screw head, the holding element including a top part having an entrainment profile in a rear area of the holding element for the rotatably fixed coupling of the top part with a setting tool, and the holding element including a receiving part having a receptacle in a front area of the holding element for rotatably fixedly accommodating the nut or the screw head. According to the invention, the holding element includes three torque-transmitting webs, which connect the receiving part and the top part and which form a predetermined breaking point. The invention also relates to a fastening arrangement made up of a device of this type and an expansion anchor.

Torque limitation device having three webs

A device for torque limiting, which includes a nut and a holding element including a top part having an entrainment profile in a rear area for the rotatably fixed coupling of the top part with a setting tool. A receiving part has a receptacle in a front area of the holding element, in which the nut is rotatably fixedly accommodated. A device for torque transmission from the top part to the receiving part connects the top part and the receiving part and breaks at a limiting torque, interrupting the connection between the top part and the receiving part. The holding element includes at least one holding claw situated on the receiving part and securing the nut in the receptacle on the front side of the nut. A fastening arrangement made up of an expansion anchor and a device of this type for torque limiting as well as a method for manufacturing a device of this type.

Torque limiting device having holding claws

A device for torque limiting, has a nut having a female thread. A holding element includes a top part having an entrainment profile in a rear area of the holding element for the rotatably fixed coupling of the top part with a setting tool and a receiving part having a receptacle in a front area of the holding element, in which the nut is rotatably fixedly accommodated, the top part having a passage, through which a threaded rod screwed into the nut may be led out of the holding element through the top part along the longitudinal axis of the device. The holding element includes a web connecting the receiving part and the top part and which forms a predetermined breaking point. In at least one longitudinal sectional plane of the device, the smallest wall thickness of the at least one web is present on a line segment of minimum wall thickness, which runs at an angle greater than 45&#xb0; with respect to the longitudinal axis of the device. A fastening arrangement includes the device.

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Erich Infanger