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- the present invention relates to an expansion fastener integrally formed of a sheet metal material, and more particularly to an expansion fastener capable of self-drilling a hole.
- FIG. 1 shows a typical conventional expansion fastener 10 , which includes a barrel body 11 having a plurality of longitudinally extended elongated slots 12 formed thereon to define a plurality of laterally spaced middle bars 13 ; a nut 14 connected to a head of the barrel body 11 ; and a bottom cover 15 connected to a bottom of the barrel body 11 .
- a bolt 16 can be extended through the bottom cover 15 and the barrel body 11 of the expansion fastener 10 to mesh with the nut 14 .
- the middle bars 13 are brought to expand outward and become deformed.
- the deformed middle bars 13 and the bolt 16 together lock an attached object 17 to a supporting object 18 .
- the conventional expansion fastener 10 is disadvantageous in terms of assembling and installation thereof.
- First, the out 14 and the bottom cover 15 are connected to the barrel body 11 by welding, which is time and labor consuming to result in high manufacturing cost of the expansion fastener 10 .
- the above installation is apparently troublesome and consumes a lot of time and labor. It is therefore desirable to overcome these disadvantages.
- a primary object of the present invention is to provide a self-drilling expansion fastener, with which a user can lock two or more sheet workpieces together with only one installation step to largely simplify the working procedure and upgrade the working efficiency.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of integrally forming a self-drilling expansion fastener from a sheet metal material through a series of punching and stamping procedures, so that the self-drilling expansion fastener can be easily manufactured with upgraded production efficiency.
- the self-drilling expansion fastener is integrally formed of a sheet metal material for locking two or more sheet workpieces together, and includes an expansion structure and a drill structure located at a head of the expansion structure.
- the expansion structure has a plurality of internal threads and a plurality of force-distributing bars.
- the drill structure has a chip guard for covering the head of the expansion structure, and a drill forward projected from the chip guard for self-drilling a hole on the sheet workpieces, so that the expansion structure can be extended through the sheet workpieces and tightly received in the drilled hole with the force-distributing bars fully located behind the sheet workpieces.
- the method according to the present invention for integrally forming a self-drilling expansion fastener includes the following steps:
- FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional expansion fastener
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the expansion fastener of FIG. 1 in use
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a self-drilling expansion fastener according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a front plan view of the self-drilling expansion fastener of FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 5 is a developed view of the self-drilling expansion fastener of FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 6 is a cutaway view of the self-drilling expansion fastener of FIG. 3 ;
- FIGS. 7A to 7C sequentially show the steps of installing the self-drilling expansion fastener of the present invention.
- FIGS. 8A to 8I sequentially illustrate the steps included in a method according to the present invention for forming the self-drilling expansion fastener.
- a self-drilling expansion fastener 20 is integrally formed of a sheet metal material, and includes an expansion structure 21 and a drill structure 30 located at a head of the expansion structure 21 .
- the expansion structure 21 has a front portion formed into an internally threaded body portion 22 and a rear portion formed into a barrel body portion 23 .
- the internally threaded body portion 22 is a cylindrical hollow body and defines a plurality of internal threads 24 .
- the barrel body portion 23 is a hexagonal hollow body and internally defines a hex bore.
- the barrel body portion 23 includes a plurality of laterally spaced force-distributing bars 25 . Once the barrel body portion 23 is subjected to an axial pull, stress occurs at the force-distributing bars 25 . In other words, the force-distributing bars 25 together form a weakening zone.
- there are six axially extended force-distributing bars 25 being laterally equally spaced on the barrel body portion 23 , such that a spacing slot 26 is formed between any two adjacent force-distributing bars 25 .
- the barrel body portion 23 includes at least one retaining wing 27 . In the illustrated preferred embodiment, as shown in FIG.
- the barrel body portion 23 there are two retaining wings 27 formed on the barrel body portion 23 by stamping, so that these retaining wings 27 are outward protruded from a wall surface of the barrel body portion 23 and are slant at a fixed angle relative to a horizontal rear end of the barrel body portion 23 .
- the barrel body portion 23 includes at least one stopper 28 formed on the rear end thereof.
- the illustrated preferred embodiment of the present invention has two diametrically opposite stoppers 28 , which are respectively upward bent from the rear end of the barrel body portion 23 to a sidewardly projected position.
- the drill structure 30 includes a chip guard 31 and a drill 32 .
- the chip guard 31 includes two side covers 33 , which are extended from the internally threaded body portion 22 and bent toward each other to together cover a front end of the internally threaded body portion 22 . It is noted two slits 35 are formed at two lateral sides of the joint of each side cover 33 and the internally threaded body portion 22 .
- the drill 32 consists of two drill bits 34 , which are forward projected from top surfaces of the two side covers 33 .
- the expansion structure 21 further includes at least one coupling device 40 , which consists of a lug portion 41 and a notch portion 42 correspondingly located opposite to the lug portion 41 , such that the lug portion 41 and the notch portion 42 can be engaged with and locked to each other.
- at least one coupling device 40 which consists of a lug portion 41 and a notch portion 42 correspondingly located opposite to the lug portion 41 , such that the lug portion 41 and the notch portion 42 can be engaged with and locked to each other.
- FIGS. 7A to 7C illustrate the steps of installing the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 on sheet workpieces.
- more than two layers may be fastened by the fastener of the invention. At this point, as shown in FIG.
- the force-distributing bars 25 are located behind the supporting object 51 and the retaining wings 27 are embedded in a peripheral wall of the drilled hole on the attached object 50 , bringing the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 to firmly associate with the attached object 50 and the supporting object 51 .
- a matching hexagonal tool 54 can be inserted into the barrel body portion 23 to facilitate the rotation of the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 , allowing the drill 32 to drill a hole on the attached object 50 and the supporting object 51 .
- the chip guard 31 functions to prevent any chips of the workpieces 50 , 51 from getting into the expansion structure 21 . Thereafter, as shown in FIG.
- the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 is integrally formed and has the ability of self-drilling a hole, and can therefore be manufactured with fewer components to reduce the production and installation costs thereof.
- the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 is formed of a sheet metal material through a series of punching and stamping procedures.
- FIGS. 8A to 8I sequentially illustrate the steps included in a method of the present invention for forming the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 .
- unnecessary portions are removed from a sheet metal raw material to obtain the sheet metal material having dimensions for forming the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 ;
- a reference line “a” is defined to determine an expansion structure zone 60 and a drill structure zone 70 on the obtained sheet metal material; and the expansion structure zone 60 is punched at a specified location to obtain at least one coupling device 61 and at a rear portion to obtain required stoppers 62 .
- the expansion structure zone 60 is stamped at a specified location, which is defined as a thread forming zone 64 , to obtain required threads 63 .
- the expansion structure zone 60 is punched at a predetermined location, which is defined as a barrel body forming zone 66 , to obtain a plurality of required force-distributing bars 65 ; and the drill structure zone 70 is punched at predetermined locations to obtain required side covers 71 and drill bits 72 . Thereafter, as can be seen in FIG.
- the barrel body forming zone 66 is stamped at predetermined locations to obtain required retaining wings 67
- the thread forming zone 64 is punched at predetermined locations to obtain slits 73 at joints of the side covers 71 and the thread forming zone 64 .
- the stoppers 62 , the side covers 71 and drill bits 72 are bent, no that the side covers 71 together form a required chip guard 74 and the drill bits 72 together form a required drill 75 .
- the thread forming zone 64 and the barrel body forming zone 66 are subjected to a series of stamping to respectively obtain a required configuration.
- the thread forming zone 64 is formed into a near-cylindrical hollow body and the barrel body forming zone 66 is formed into a hexagonal hollow body internally defining a hexagonal bore.
- the coupling devices 61 are closed to complete the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 of the present invention.
- the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 can be easily and quickly completed with largely simplified procedures, shortened working time and lowered manufacturing cost.
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Abstract
A self-drilling expansion fastener is integrally formed of a sheet metal material for locking two or more sheet workpieces together, and includes an expansion structure and a drill structure. The expansion structure has a plurality of internal threads and force-distributing bars. The drill structure has a chip guard for covering a head of the expansion structure, and a drill forward projected from the chip guar for self-drilling a hole. When an externally threaded element is screwed into the expansion structure to mesh with the internal threads, the force-distributing bars are brought to expand outward and are finally compressed into a folded state to thereby tightly lock the sheet workpieces to one another. A method of forming the self-drilling expansion fastener is also disclosed.
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- This application is a Divisional patent application of co-pending application Ser. No. 14/083,641, filed on 19 Nov. 2013, now pending. The entire disclosure of the prior application, Ser. No. 14/083,641 is considered a part of the disclosure of the accompanying Divisional application and is hereby incorporated by reference.
- The present invention relates to an expansion fastener integrally formed of a sheet metal material, and more particularly to an expansion fastener capable of self-drilling a hole.
- An expansion fastening device is usually used to fixedly connect multiple sheet workpieces, such as building panels, to one another, and includes a bolt and an expansion fastener.
FIG. 1 shows a typicalconventional expansion fastener 10, which includes abarrel body 11 having a plurality of longitudinally extendedelongated slots 12 formed thereon to define a plurality of laterally spacedmiddle bars 13; anut 14 connected to a head of thebarrel body 11; and abottom cover 15 connected to a bottom of thebarrel body 11. As shown inFIG. 2 , abolt 16 can be extended through thebottom cover 15 and thebarrel body 11 of the expansion fastener 10 to mesh with thenut 14. When thebarrel body 11 is subjected to a pull, themiddle bars 13 are brought to expand outward and become deformed. Thedeformed middle bars 13 and thebolt 16 together lock an attachedobject 17 to a supportingobject 18. - The
conventional expansion fastener 10 is disadvantageous in terms of assembling and installation thereof. First, the out 14 and thebottom cover 15 are connected to thebarrel body 11 by welding, which is time and labor consuming to result in high manufacturing cost of theexpansion fastener 10. Second, two steps are required to install theconventional expansion fastener 10 on a sheet workpiece, such as a panel or a board. That is, a hole having size corresponding to theexpansion fastener 10 must first be drilled on the supportingobject 18; and then, thebarrel body 11 is driven into the hole with a hammer, for example, so that thebarrel body 11 is tightly fitted in the hole without the risk of rotating relative to the supportingobject 18. The above installation is apparently troublesome and consumes a lot of time and labor. It is therefore desirable to overcome these disadvantages. - A primary object of the present invention is to provide a self-drilling expansion fastener, with which a user can lock two or more sheet workpieces together with only one installation step to largely simplify the working procedure and upgrade the working efficiency.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of integrally forming a self-drilling expansion fastener from a sheet metal material through a series of punching and stamping procedures, so that the self-drilling expansion fastener can be easily manufactured with upgraded production efficiency.
- To achieve the above and other objects, the self-drilling expansion fastener according to the present invention is integrally formed of a sheet metal material for locking two or more sheet workpieces together, and includes an expansion structure and a drill structure located at a head of the expansion structure. The expansion structure has a plurality of internal threads and a plurality of force-distributing bars. The drill structure has a chip guard for covering the head of the expansion structure, and a drill forward projected from the chip guard for self-drilling a hole on the sheet workpieces, so that the expansion structure can be extended through the sheet workpieces and tightly received in the drilled hole with the force-distributing bars fully located behind the sheet workpieces. When an externally threaded element is gradually screwed deeper into the expansion structure to mesh with the internal threads, the force-distributing bars are brought to expand outward and are finally compressed into a folded state to thereby tightly lock the sheet workpieces to one another.
- To achieve the above and other objects, the method according to the present invention for integrally forming a self-drilling expansion fastener includes the following steps:
- (a) obtaining a sheet metal material having dimensions required for forming the self-drilling expansion fastener, and defining an expansion structure zone and a drill structure zone on the obtained sheet metal material;
- (b) stamping the expansion structure zone at a specified location, which is defined as a thread forming zone, to obtain threads having required dimensions;
- (c) punching the expansion structure zone at a specified location, which is defined as a barrel body forming zone, to obtain a plurality of force-distributing bars;
- (d) punching the drill structure zone at a predetermined location to obtain a required chip guard;
- (e) punching the drill structure zone at a predetermined location to obtain a required drill; and
- (f) stamping the thread forming zone and the barrel body forming zone to obtain required configurations for these two zones.
- The structure and the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings, wherein
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FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional expansion fastener; -
FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the expansion fastener ofFIG. 1 in use; -
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a self-drilling expansion fastener according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 4 is a front plan view of the self-drilling expansion fastener ofFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 5 is a developed view of the self-drilling expansion fastener ofFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 6 is a cutaway view of the self-drilling expansion fastener ofFIG. 3 ; -
FIGS. 7A to 7C sequentially show the steps of installing the self-drilling expansion fastener of the present invention; and -
FIGS. 8A to 8I sequentially illustrate the steps included in a method according to the present invention for forming the self-drilling expansion fastener. - The present invention will now be described with a preferred embodiment thereof and with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIGS. 3 to 6 . A self-drilling expansion fastener 20 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is integrally formed of a sheet metal material, and includes anexpansion structure 21 and adrill structure 30 located at a head of theexpansion structure 21. Theexpansion structure 21 has a front portion formed into an internally threadedbody portion 22 and a rear portion formed into abarrel body portion 23. The internally threadedbody portion 22 is a cylindrical hollow body and defines a plurality ofinternal threads 24. - The
barrel body portion 23 is a hexagonal hollow body and internally defines a hex bore. Thebarrel body portion 23 includes a plurality of laterally spaced force-distributingbars 25. Once thebarrel body portion 23 is subjected to an axial pull, stress occurs at the force-distributingbars 25. In other words, the force-distributingbars 25 together form a weakening zone. In the preferred embodiment as shown inFIG. 5 , there are six axially extended force-distributingbars 25 being laterally equally spaced on thebarrel body portion 23, such that aspacing slot 26 is formed between any two adjacent force-distributingbars 25. Further, thebarrel body portion 23 includes at least one retainingwing 27. In the illustrated preferred embodiment, as shown inFIG. 5 , there are two retainingwings 27 formed on thebarrel body portion 23 by stamping, so that these retainingwings 27 are outward protruded from a wall surface of thebarrel body portion 23 and are slant at a fixed angle relative to a horizontal rear end of thebarrel body portion 23. And, thebarrel body portion 23 includes at least onestopper 28 formed on the rear end thereof. Again, as can be seen inFIG. 5 , the illustrated preferred embodiment of the present invention has two diametricallyopposite stoppers 28, which are respectively upward bent from the rear end of thebarrel body portion 23 to a sidewardly projected position. - The
drill structure 30 includes achip guard 31 and adrill 32. As can be seen inFIG. 3 , thechip guard 31 includes twoside covers 33, which are extended from the internally threadedbody portion 22 and bent toward each other to together cover a front end of the internally threadedbody portion 22. It is noted twoslits 35 are formed at two lateral sides of the joint of eachside cover 33 and the internally threadedbody portion 22. Thedrill 32 consists of twodrill bits 34, which are forward projected from top surfaces of the two side covers 33. - The
expansion structure 21 further includes at least onecoupling device 40, which consists of alug portion 41 and a notch portion 42 correspondingly located opposite to thelug portion 41, such that thelug portion 41 and the notch portion 42 can be engaged with and locked to each other. -
FIGS. 7A to 7C illustrate the steps of installing the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 on sheet workpieces. First, as shown inFIG. 7A , apply a rotating force on thebarrel body portion 23 of the self-drilling expansion fastener 20, so that thedrill 32 is brought to drill through multiple layers of sheet workpieces, such as an attachedobject 50 and a supportingobject 51, for thestoppers 28 to tightly press against the attachedobject 50. In addition to the two layers of sheet workpieces shown in the embodiment, more than two layers may be fastened by the fastener of the invention. At this point, as shown inFIG. 7B , the force-distributingbars 25 are located behind the supportingobject 51 and the retainingwings 27 are embedded in a peripheral wall of the drilled hole on the attachedobject 50, bringing the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 to firmly associate with the attachedobject 50 and the supportingobject 51. In practical installation of the self-drilling expansion fastener 20, a matchinghexagonal tool 54 can be inserted into thebarrel body portion 23 to facilitate the rotation of the self-drilling expansion fastener 20, allowing thedrill 32 to drill a hole on the attachedobject 50 and the supportingobject 51. Thechip guard 31 functions to prevent any chips of theworkpieces expansion structure 21. Thereafter, as shown inFIG. 7C , screw an externally threadedelement 52 into thebarrel body portion 23 to fully mesh with theinternal threads 24 in the internally threadedbody portion 22. When the externally threadedelement 52 is gradually screwed deeper into the internally threadedbody portion 22, the latter is gradually pulled backward to thereby compress the force-distributingbars 25, bringing the latter to expand outward and finally be compressed into a fully folded state. The fully folded force-distributingbars 25 are now tightly pressed against an inner side of the supportingobject 51, allowing the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 to firmly lock the attachedobject 50 to the supportingobject 51. At this point, the externally threadedelement 52 has a front end extended beyond thedrill 32 by a predetermined length to push open the side covers 33 of thechip guard 31, so that thedrill bits 34 of thedrill 32 are separated from one another. - In brief, the self-
drilling expansion fastener 20 according to the present invention is integrally formed and has the ability of self-drilling a hole, and can therefore be manufactured with fewer components to reduce the production and installation costs thereof. - The self-
drilling expansion fastener 20 according to the present invention is formed of a sheet metal material through a series of punching and stamping procedures.FIGS. 8A to 8I sequentially illustrate the steps included in a method of the present invention for forming the self-drilling expansion fastener 20. First, as shown inFIG. 8A , unnecessary portions are removed from a sheet metal raw material to obtain the sheet metal material having dimensions for forming the self-drilling expansion fastener 20; a reference line “a” is defined to determine anexpansion structure zone 60 and adrill structure zone 70 on the obtained sheet metal material; and theexpansion structure zone 60 is punched at a specified location to obtain at least onecoupling device 61 and at a rear portion to obtain requiredstoppers 62. Then, as shown inFIG. 8B , theexpansion structure zone 60 is stamped at a specified location, which is defined as athread forming zone 64, to obtain requiredthreads 63. Then, as shown inFIG. 8C , theexpansion structure zone 60 is punched at a predetermined location, which is defined as a barrelbody forming zone 66, to obtain a plurality of required force-distributingbars 65; and thedrill structure zone 70 is punched at predetermined locations to obtain required side covers 71 anddrill bits 72. Thereafter, as can be seen inFIG. 8D , the barrelbody forming zone 66 is stamped at predetermined locations to obtain required retainingwings 67, and thethread forming zone 64 is punched at predetermined locations to obtainslits 73 at joints of the side covers 71 and thethread forming zone 64. Then, as shown inFIG. 8E , thestoppers 62, the side covers 71 anddrill bits 72 are bent, no that the side covers 71 together form a requiredchip guard 74 and thedrill bits 72 together form a requireddrill 75. - As shown in
FIGS. 8F to 8H , when the steps shown inFIGS. 8A to 8E are completed, thethread forming zone 64 and the barrelbody forming zone 66 are subjected to a series of stamping to respectively obtain a required configuration. For example, thethread forming zone 64 is formed into a near-cylindrical hollow body and the barrelbody forming zone 66 is formed into a hexagonal hollow body internally defining a hexagonal bore. Finally, as shown inFIG. 81 , when thethread forming zone 64 and the barrelbody forming zone 66 have been suitably shaped, thecoupling devices 61 are closed to complete the self-drilling expansion fastener 20 of the present invention. - By forming through a series of punching and stamping, the self-
drilling expansion fastener 20 can be easily and quickly completed with largely simplified procedures, shortened working time and lowered manufacturing cost.
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1. A method of integrally forming a self-drilling expansion fastener from a sheet metal material through a series of punching and stamping, comprising the following steps:
obtaining a sheet metal material having dimensions required for forming the self-drilling expansion fastener, and defining an expansion structure zone and a drill structure zone on the obtained sheet metal material;
stamping the expansion structure zone at a specified location, which is defined as a thread forming zone, to obtain threads having required dimensions;
punching the expansion structure zone at a specified location, which is defined as a barrel body forming zone, to obtain a plurality of force-distributing bars;
punching the drill structure zone at a predetermined location to obtain a required chip guard;
punching the drill structure zone at a predetermined location to obtain a required drill; and
stamping the thread forming zone and the barrel body forming zone to obtain required configurations for these two zones.
2. The self-drilling expansion fastener forming method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the chip guard includes two side covers and the drill includes two drill bits.
3. The self-drilling expansion fastener forming method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the barrel body forming zone is stamped at a predetermined location to obtain at least one outward protruded retaining wing, and the retaining wing being slant at a fixed angle relative to a horizontal rear end of the barrel body forming zone.
4. The self-drilling expansion fastener forming method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thread forming zone is stamped into a near-cylindrical hollow body, and the barrel body forming zone is stamped into a hexagonal hollow body internally defining a hex bore.
5. The self-drilling expansion fastener forming method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the barrel body forming zone is punched at a predetermined location to obtain at least one stopper.
6. The self-drilling expansion fastener forming method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the expansion structure zone is punched at a specified location to obtain at least one coupling device for coupling two longitudinal sides of the expansion structure zone to each other to complete the forming of the self-drilling expansion fastener.
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