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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Centrix Inc., Kent, WA (US);
Inventor:
Travis McClure, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Centrix Inc., Kent, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01); F16B 19/10 (2006.01); F16B 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 5/0258 (2013.01); F16B 19/109 (2013.01); F16B 19/1081 (2013.01); F16B 2013/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fastener system shifting shear stresses away from a collet body and provides clamping action to targeted structures. The fastener system includes feet in the collet body that mate with openings in a sleeve at least partially surrounding the collet body. The sleeve or the collet body includes interior threads that engage with a stud that is configured to extend through the collet body and bend the feet such that they project outward from the sleeve openings in an engaged configuration.