A gravity-orientation coupler is shown and described. The gravity-orientation coupler includes a first coupler half and a second coupler half, wherein the coupler halves are shaped to fit flush together. Each coupler half is comprised of a tongue having a ball chamber which is located within one end of the tongue. The ball chamber movably houses a ball. The ball chamber has an opening located at one side. The tongue of one coupler half is configured to align with and fit flush against the other coupler half. The ball and ball chamber are configured such that when the coupler halves are fitted together the ball in at least one of the ball chambers will apply pressure to the respective tongue securing it therein.
F16B 2/16 - Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening using rollers or balls
F16B 5/00 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
F16B 21/16 - Means without screw-thread for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft, or the like and a member surrounding itStud-and-socket releasable fastenings without screw-thread by separate parts with grooves or notches in the pin or shaft
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
A rotating clinching clasp is shown and described. In one example the rotating clinching clasp is part of a removable securement system for at least two items. The system includes at least one rotating clinching clasp. The rotating clinching clasp has a head with a shank protruding therefrom. The shank has an undercut located between the head and the guide end. The system further includes a first item having a top surface. The at least one rotating clinching clasp is secured within and protrudes from the top surface of the first item. The system includes a second item having at least one aperture therein. The second item is placed against the top surface of the first item and is removably held in place by the head of the at least one clinching clasp when the head is rotated from a first position to a second position.
F16B 19/02 - Bolts or sleeves for positioning of machine parts, e.g. notched taper pins, fitting pins, sleeves, eccentric positioning rings
F16B 17/00 - Fastening means without screw-thread for connecting constructional elements or machine parts by a part of or on one member entering a hole in the other
A clinching sleeve fastener is shown and described. The clinching sleeve fastener includes a first fastener part and a second fastener part. The first fastener part includes a head located at a first end and a shank located at a second end. The head is tapered such that it narrows the further away from the center of the first fastener part. An undercut is located between the first and second end of the first fastener part. The first fastener part further includes knurls located between the head and the undercut. A threaded opening extending through the first fastener part from the first end to the second end. The opening includes a step where the opening is wider on one side of the step. The second fastener part is a collar having a cross section which matches that of the first part. The collar has an opening extending therethrough.
A gravity-orientation coupler is shown and described. The gravity-orientation coupler includes a first coupler half and a second coupler half, wherein the coupler halves are shaped to fit flush together. Each coupler half is comprised of a tongue having a ball chamber which is located within one end of the tongue. The ball chamber movably houses a ball. The ball chamber has an opening located at one side. The tongue of one coupler half is configured to align with and fit flush against the other coupler half. The ball and ball chamber are configured such that when the coupler halves are fitted together the ball in at least one of the ball chambers will apply pressure to the respective tongue securing it therein.
B23P 11/00 - Connecting or disconnecting metal parts or objects by metal-working techniques, not otherwise provided for
B23P 19/04 - Machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects, or metal and non-metal parts, whether or not involving some deformationTools or devices therefor so far as not provided for in other classes for assembling or disassembling parts
H05K 5/00 - Casings, cabinets or drawers for electric apparatus
H05K 7/00 - Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
H01R 4/50 - Clamped connectionsSpring connections using a cam, wedge, cone or ball
F16B 2/16 - Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening using rollers or balls
A gravity-orientation coupler is shown and described. The gravity-orientation coupler includes a first coupler half and a second coupler half, wherein the coupler halves are shaped to fit flush together. Each coupler half is comprised of a tongue having a ball chamber which is located within one end of the tongue. The ball chamber movably houses a ball. The ball chamber has an opening located at one side. The tongue of one coupler half is configured to align with and fit flush against the other coupler half. The ball and ball chamber are configured such that when the coupler halves are fitted together the ball in at least one of the ball chambers will apply pressure to the respective tongue securing it therein.
F16B 2/16 - Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening using rollers or balls
F16B 1/04 - Means for securing elements of mechanisms after operation disengaged by movement of the actuating member of the element
F16B 5/00 - Joining sheets or plates to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them
G06F 1/16 - Constructional details or arrangements
F16B 1/00 - Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts
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