I.t.w. De France

Samsonite Corporation

Henri Morel

Renato P Castelli

Willy Van Hoye

Jean M Nowacki

Bernard Massie

Eric Sijmons

Jean-Claude Agrimonti

An adjustable stop which has a socket (1) of which the end surface (2) forms a stop-surface, a housing (3) fitted with holding means for securing the same to a first element (4) and a clamping rod (7) for radially expanding an inner tube portion (6) of the housing (3) so as to lockingly engage the socket (1).

Adjustable stop

The straps connecting the lid of a brief case and the outer panel of an expansible portfolio are adjustably connected to the outer panel through a track and buckle arrangement. The buckle is ordinarily locked in place on the track by a locking element spring urged into engagement with a complementary locking element on the track. A button connected to the buckle locking element allows the user to overcome the force of the spring and slide the buckle along the track to adjust the associated strap. The locking element and the spring are integrally formed components from a unitary molded plastic part which is carried by the buckle casing.

Adjustable portfolio strap arrangement

The object of the invention is a unitary part for ensuring comfort to the seat of a vehicle, more particularly the back of a seat of automotive vehicle having a frame, elastic means connecting said unitary part to said frame, said unitary part consisting of a supple grid, integrally made spacer elements of said grid being hooked on said elastic means whereby said unitary part forms a part both for accompanying the back of the sitter in his vertical motions and for accompanying lateral rolling motions of the back mainly through deformation thereof.

Part adapted to ensure comfort in a vehicle seat, especially an

A clamping self locking collar includes a split ring, an actuating lever, and a buckle. The lever engages one end of the clamping split ring and the buckle is associated with the other end of the ring. The lever coacts with the buckle in an overcenter manner to positively lock the clamping collar around an article of a predetermined size. The various elements of the collar are produced from a single injection moulding step and are kept together prior to assembly by the inclusion of frangible connections and flexible filaments. No tool is necessary for installation of the clamp or for ensuring safety and intensiveness of the clamping.

Self locking clamping collar

The invention relates to a coupling or connecting end part for a flexible element such as a cable, wire or other element, whatever the cross-section thereof. In accordance with the invention, the part is formed from two separate portions forming a whole with the flexible element when assembly is completed. The first portion is a cage receiving the flexible element and includes laterally at least one extending flexible strip normally projecting outside of the cage. A second portion being a slider being adapted to be slid over said cage, in order to urge said strip inwardly, so that a portion of the strip is embedded in the flexible element. The device has means provided to produce effective locking of the slider on the cage. The invention is applied to the fastening of parts on flexible elements such as cables, wires or other elements.

Coupling or connecting end part for flexible elements such as cables,

This invention is a terminal connector device for electrical wires and comprises a flap member movable under the action of an actuating button, which flap is interposed, in a biased position, between a terminal entry member and a wire receiving support. The withdrawal of said flap from this interposing position, under the action of said button, permits the introduction of the wire whose connecting is obtained automatically by lateral wedging of the wire inserted into said receiving support by the action of said flap, when the button is released. The button is lockable to hold said flap in its retracted position permitting introduction of the wire, which position also enables the disconnection of a previously positioned wire.

Terminal connector device for electrical conducting wires

The invention relates to an unextractable fastening device for mounting in an opening formed in a panel. The device is of the kind comprising a head, a curved retaining cam and a flexible locking element and is characterized in that it has a body complementary to and without clearance with the perimeter of the opening and in that a gap formed in said body enables said locking element to withdraw into said gap when the device is inserted into the opening. The device is applicable to standard round, rectangular or square openings and withstands considerable loads without play.

Non-removable fastening devices

A sealing plug device for fitting holes, orifices, and openings formed in panels, of the dish plug type having a bottom portion, a lateral wall, engagement means on said wall, an elastic collar to be applied against the forward edge of the hole and thermofusible means disposed between the panel and said elastic collar; said sealing plug device comprises application or collar means having in particular a peripheral channel, thermofusible means having in particular a peripheral cord liable to be crushed and melted between said channel and panel within the space that may occur between said sealing plug device and the hole to be fitted in, so that after cooling such device becomes perfectly integral with said panel in said hole due to solidification of the thermofusible means to be exact required shape without any loss of material whatever the planarity and position in space of said panel may be.

Closure for sealing openings in panels

The invention relates to a fixing device for securing any part to a holding member. The fixing device comprises spreadable means in a hole or bore formed in the holding member on the one hand, and on the other hand spreading means. An actuating means is provided to drive the spreading means into the spreadable means so that depending on the length of penetration of the spreading means thereinto the fixing device can be blocked on the holding member and accommodates any thickness variations of said holding member. The invention is used to secure by means of a screw or rivet any part on a holding member such as a panel.

Fixing device for securing any part to a holding member such as a panel

The invention relates to a one-piece plastics fastener for positively fastening an element to a support, permitting removal of such element while the fastener is self-retained thereon. The subject fastener of this invention is so devised as to enable it if necessary to be mounted on the element to be fastened prior to mounting of the two together on the support, which is important in the event of assembly-line operations. A one-piece self-retained and reusable fastener according to this invention is characterized essentially in that it is constituted of two parts which are joined together before use by connecting means breakable at will, said first part being adapted, after the second part has been mounted by elastic deformation into at least the appropriate opening formed in the element to be fastened and, if necessary, into the appropriate opening formed in the supporting element, to penetrate, after said connecting tips have been broken, into the second part whereby to cause, on the one hand, its own sliding maintenance within the second part and positive and final locking of said second part in the opening formed in the element to be fastened and, on the other, when it is pushed home into the second part, locking thereof in the opening formed in the supporting element. As is known, one-piece plastics fasteners are generally used to fasten various elements to a support. As a rule, such fasteners serve to receive a secondary fastening means such as a screw, and the two together secure such various elements to the support. Removal is effected by separating the secondary fastening means from the plastics fastener, whence the risk of losing one or the other of these two fastening elements when reassembling.

Self-retained and reusable fastener

Fastening device of plastics material for a round hole, designed to receive a screw enabling mounting with a high gripping torque and this even in thin sheet metal. It includes a principal element capable of becoming clipped in a round hole of a support and a complementary element which is engaged in the upper portion of the first element. A mounting screw passes through the element and becomes self-tapping in the lower portion of the body. The advance of the screw causes, at the same time, the descent of the wedge and the reascent of the low portion of the principal element, which results in gripping expansion of the whole within the hole. The invention can be used for the mounting of any parts by means of a screw in a member clipped in a round hole with high gripping torque.

Screw fastener for a round hole

A ball and socket joint cap having a plurality of elastic latching elements for accepting a ball therein, each of said elastic latching elements being locked in installed position by a rigid member positioned behind the latching element and each locking member being simultaneously activated by a common operator so that the latching elements are all simultaneously locked for retention of the ball. The cap has secondary means for attachment to a rod and/or for mounting it in an apertured panel.

Ball and socket joint cage

A mechanical assembly for rotating an axle comprises means for actuating said axle and means for fixing said actuating means together in which the axle comprises an end adapted to receive said actuating means. On this end, are at least one flat and at least one groove extending over a circular arc situated at right angles with respect to the flat. The actuating means is constituted by a knob or crankhead including a central recess adapted to receive said axle end and at least two flexible parts mounted in the recess and arranged at right angles to one another. One of these parts is adapted to bear on said flat and the other provided with a pin adapted to be engaged in said groove. The fixing means is constituted by a ring adapted to encircle and grip the two parts of the actuating means respectively against and in the flat and the groove of the axle end. The ring comprises means adapted to render it itself fast to the actuating means.

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Maule, France

Henri Morel