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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 29, 2023
Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Wen-Ji Lan, New Taipei, TW;
Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A reworkable fixing element includes a screw having a spring fitted thereon, a screw head with two opposite cuts, and a retaining ring for stopping the screw from axially moving down any further; a sleeve disposed outside the screw and the spring, and including two opposite windows near an upper end thereof and a coupling zone located below the windows; a spring retaining ring fitted around the coupling zone and including two upward hooked arms extended through the windows to press the spring to a compressed state. The used fixing element has an elastically released spring but is reworkable using a reworking tool, which pushes the spring into the sleeve via the two cuts. Then, the hooked arms are allowed to extend through the windows to press on and hold the spring in the compressed state again, and the fixing element is ready for use a second time.