I.t.w. De France

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Laurent Huet

Eric Leverger

Christian Albert Courtin

Rachid Idjakiren

Jesse L Jensen

A fastener assembly is configured to securely couple to one or more components. The fastener assembly includes a retaining clip, and a fluid-tight housing coupled to the retaining clip. The fluid-tight housing is configured to provide fluid-tight interfaces with the retaining clip and the one or more components. The fluid tight housing includes an outer cap and an outwardly-flared skirt extending from the outer cap. The fluid-tight housing further includes couplers extending downwardly from the fluid-tight housing on opposite sides of the fluid-tight housing.

Fluid-tight fastener assemblies

The invention relates to a fastener for securing a panel on a support, including: a securing member including a body delimiting a central recess and including a snapping foot provided with at least two deformable branches protruding relative to the body in a deployed position and being parallel to the direction of the central recess in a folded position, and a rod able to slide in the central recess of the snapping foot between a first position in which the branches are in the deployed position, and a second position in which the folding member acts on the branches to fold them into the folded position.

Fastener for securing a panel on a support

The present invention relates to a clip for fastening a panel on a support, in particular for an automobile equipment. The clip comprises a core and a cage forming two separate parts centered on a central axis. The core includes a head and a body. The body has an outer profile forming an helix, slender on either side of the inflection plane transverse to the central axis. The cage includes a base surrounding the head and a torsion bar housed in the core. The core and the torsion bar include complementary means for rotational securing around the central axis. The bar is elastically deformed during a rotation of the core around the central axis. The invention also relates to a method for implementing such a clip, as well as a motor vehicle comprising such a clip.

Clip for fastening a panel on a support, method for implementing same, and motor vehicle equipment

The invention concerns a fastener comprising a head and a foot comprising a rigid core and three curved flexible wings each joining said rigid core along one side, having opposite a face of said core an inside surface bordered by a longitudinal edge and by a transverse edge, and having an outside surface respectively tapering towards a pointed end which is an opposite end to said head and towards said transverse edge, on respective opposite sides of an inflection plane, each said wing being configured to bend by elastic deformation towards said core; said core comprising a hub and three small walls extending radially from said hub, whereby said core is star-shaped in cross-section; and said inside surface of each said wing is bordered by a said respective small wall which is remotely opposite said longitudinal edge.

Fastener comprising a snap-engagement foot to push through a hole in a panel and an engagement head configured to jut over said panel

The invention concerns a fastener comprising a foot and a head comprising a plate to which said foot is linked, a wedge and a shank connecting said plate to said wedge, which comprises a back-plate, a rim and flexible arms connecting said rim to said back-plate, each arm comprises a first and a second curved section, and an elbow connecting them, said first section is connected to said back-plate by a first end of said arm and said second section is connected to said rim by a second end of said arm, said back-plate and each flexible arm are configured such that the distance between the center of said back-plate and said second section increases along said second section from said elbow to said rim.

Fastener for fastening a panel to a support and assembly to fasten to said support, provided with a fastener and a panel

A fastener for fixing a mat to a carpet includes a female element having a cap and a female eyelet to sandwich a mat therebetween. A base element is engageable with the female element and includes a carpet holding arrangement for holding a carpet. The base element includes an enlarged head provided with an annular groove. The female eyelet includes at least two studs projecting inward, and deformable arms each of which extends between two adjacent studs transversely to a direction of pushing the head of the base element into the female eyelet. Each arm has a central portion disposed in the annular groove when the female element is engaged with the base element.

Fastener for fixing a mat to a carpet

An obturator for an opening of predetermined outline produced in a metal sheet comprising a cap, at least one stiff wall projecting transversely of said cap and at least one snap-fastening blade having a resting position in the absence of urging in which it extends in a direction parallel to said cap, said snap-fastening blade being moveable parallel to said cap against elastic return forces returning it towards said resting position, said snap-fastening blade having an insertion cant adapted to bear on the surface of said metal sheet delimiting said opening when the obturator is pushed therein, said insertion cant sloping relative to a direction transverse to said cap such that said snap-fastening blade is driven to displace to pass through said opening and that slope progressively increasing between said attachment end and said free end.

Obturator

The fastener comprises a head and a snap-engagement foot comprising a rigid core and curved flexible wings. Each wing has a convex surface bordered by said core, by a longitudinal edge surface and by a transverse edge surface. Each transverse edge surface has, viewed by an observer viewing said convex surface, a V-shape of which the point, which is directed outwardly, is located at said inflection plane. The core is a hub about which at least three said wings are regularly spaced. Each wing comprises a corner delimited by said longitudinal edge surface and by a shoulder and a web less thick than the corner, disposed between the hub and the shoulder. Each wing is adapted to flex by elastic deformation towards the convex surface of the neighboring wing.

Fastener provided with a snap-engagement foot for thrusting through a hole in a panel

A fastener for fixing a panel to a support is provided with a snapping-in foot adapted to contract elastically to enter a fixing orifice of the support. The fastener is further provided with a head having a plate, a hub, a shank and a deformable member, the plate and the hub being connected by the shank adapted to be received in a keyhole-shaped groove of the panel formed within the thickness of the panel in which the member and the hub are adapted to be received. The fastener also has a deformable rim including a plurality of arcs and deformable arms, each disposed between one of the arcs and the hub.

Fastener for fixing a panel to a support and provided with a head comprising a deformable member

An obturator () for an opening () has a collar () comprising a peripheral lip () adapted to come into abutment on a face (a) of the opening (), and several teeth () mounted pivotally on the collar () and adapted to come into abutment on an opposite face of the opening () in a locked position of the obturator (). The teeth () are also fixed to a flange () mounted pivotally on a pusher (), the pusher () being adapted to pivotally move the flanges () between an unlocked position and a locked position of the obturator (). The obturator is used notably for sealing closing an opening in a motor vehicle body.

Obturator for an opening produced in a metal sheet

A locking device for a cover and the like which is locked by a first push and unlocked by a second push includes a case () which has at a work face (), an elastic leg () provided with a follower (); and a sliding member () which has, parallel to the work face (), a planar cam surface () from which projects a central island () about which is formed a cam track for the follower (). On the first push, the follower () passes from its free position (R) to its captive position (V) by a first path on the cam track and, on the second push, the follower () passes from its captive position (V) to its free position (R) by a second path distinct from the first path.

Locking device operated by two pushes

An obturator ( ) for an opening ( ) has a collar ( ) comprising a peripheral lip ( ) adapted to come into abutment on a face ( ) of the opening ( ), and several teeth ( ) mounted pivotally on the collar ( ) and adapted to come into abutment on an opposite face of the opening ( ) in a locked position of the obturator ( ). The teeth ( ) are also fixed to a flange ( ) mounted pivotally on a pusher ( ), the pusher ( ) being adapted to pivotally move the flanges ( ) between an unlocked position and a locked position of the obturator ( ). The obturator is used notably for sealing closing an opening in a motor vehicle body.

An obturator for an aperture (,) produced in a metal sheet (,) has a central dome (,), a peripheral lip (,) and an annular part (,) extending between the dome (,) and the lip (,). The annular part (,) has a shoulder (,). The dome (,) is adapted to deform between a starting position and a locking position of the obturator in which the dome (,) is turned inside out in relation to the starting position. The annular part is adapted to expand between the starting position and locking position and is maintained expanded by the inverted dome (,) in the locking position. The lip (,) is adapted to come into abutment against a face (,) of the aperture (,) and the shoulder (,) is adapted to be in abutment against an opposite face (,) of the aperture (,) in the locking position.

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