MXPA99004083A - A fastener assembly serving as a product, or combined with other components as a product, allows automatic controlled movements in one direction and prevents movements in the opposite direction when forces are applied - Google Patents

Abstract

A fastener assembly (10), in respect to forces which are subsequently applied, after installation thereof, when a force is applied in one direction, this fastener assembly (10) is self adjusting incrementally, as needed in travel or actuation;yet when a force is applied in the opposite direction, this fastener assembly (10) is not self adjusting and there is not travel or actuation.

Description

ASSEMBLE BRAZIER THAT SERVES AS A PRODUCT, OR COMBINED OR COMBINED WITH OTHER COMPONENTS AS A PRODUCT, ALLOWS CONTROLLED MOVEMENTS AUTOMATIC IN A DIRECTION AND AVOID MOVEMENTS IN THE OPPOSITE ADDRESS WHEN FORCES ARE APPLIED RELATED REFERENCES Provisional patent application of E. U. A. S / N 60 / 030,286, filed on November 4, 1996. Utility application of E. U A. Submitted on November 4, 1997.

BACKGROUND It is believed that there is currently no prior relevant directly known technique.

COMPENDIUM OF THE INVENTION When this fastener assembly serves either directly as a product, or this fastener is combined with other components as a product, then after its installation when a force is applied in one direction, this fastener assembly is of a huge self-adjustment, which is necessary in travel or drive. Even when a force is applied in the opposite direction, this fastener assembly is not self-adjusting and there is no travel or drive. This fastener assembly, in respective embodiments, is arranged in cylindrical, arcuate, tubular and flat configurations. There are at least three members in each modality. There is a first member and a second member, which under a force of sufficient magnitude applied in one direction, will move relative to each other at a preset distance, to wait for another force of sufficient magnitude of similar direction so that occasions a relative movement similar through another preset distance, then repeat the sequences of relative movements with respect to respective designed modes, in this same direction of applied force. Even any force applied in the opposite direction will not cause any essential opposite direction of relative movement between the first members and the second member. This controlled movement of one direction centers the use of alternating placement of a third member, called the closure member, which is controllably confined by both the first member and the second member, when they are closely spaced in the assembled fastener assembly . During the prefixed closing positions, the closure member is partially received internally respectively in both the first member and the second member.

Any attempt to apply a force to this relative position of the first member and the second member, in the opposite direction, is avoided, since the third member serves as the closure member, partially extending internally both towards the first member and towards the second member. Even when a desired self-adjusting force of sufficient magnitude is applied, the first member and the second member move sufficiently, so that the first member completely receives internally the closure member, which is then moved free of the second member. The first member has a complete receiving volume with a cam surface to guide and fully receive the third member, then it is placed outside the closed position. The second member has a partial receiving volume with a cam surface to guide and to partially receive the third member in the closed position. In this mode of only three members, the third member must be elastic enough to either expand or contract from a pre-installed relaxed state, so that when the third member is installed it will always be attempted, through its stored energy, return to its closed position, when it extends partially internally both to the first member and to the second member, to keep it from moving, one in relation to the other. In some other embodiments, the third member is not elastic, such as a spherical closure member, an arcuate closure member or a linear closure member. In these modalities, when the third member is not elastic, then a fourth member, having elasticity and sufficient stored energy, is necessary to complete the particular fastener assembly mode, having at least four members. This fourth member will be placed within the first member at the site of the total reception volume thereof, to always move to direct the closing member, ie, the third member, towards its closing position, when it partially extends both towards the respective reception volumes of the first member as the second member. In some other embodiments, when the third member is an elastic closure member, the first member is formed of two parts, which move relative to each other. Each of these two parts has both partial reception volumes and partial cam surfaces. When the two parts move substantially apart, from a total closure configuration, a clear is provided to completely receive the third member, which through its stored energy, moves completely towards the clear volume of the first member, formed of two parts. Then, the first and second members can be moved relative to each other free of incremental detentions. However, when the two parts are moved only a short distance away from a total closure configuration, the relative movement in one direction is essentially avoided, and the relative movement in the opposite direction is taken in incremental movements between the closing positions. In some other embodiments, when the third member is an elastic closure member, the second member is formed of two parts, which move relative to one another. One of these two parts has a n volume of partial reception. When the two parts move directly towards each other, in contact with each other, then the closure member is completely directed towards the reception volume of the first member, and the first member and the second member relatively move freely in any direction. address. When the two parts move a short distance, then the rapid relative movement allows the third elastic member to be placed partially on both the first member and on the second member having the two parts, locking these first and second members together, preventing movement. relative in any direction. Then, when the two parts of the second member move away, then the relative movement in the direction of relative movement, allows the third elastic member to be moved completely towards the receiving volume of the first part to allow an increasing movement until it is reaches the next closing position. Even a relative movement in the opposite direction results in a rapid reaching of a closing position of the first and second parts, before any substantial incremental movement occurs.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Some of the various embodiments of this fastener assembly, which by themselves are a final assembly, and are also incorporated into other assemblies, which in turn are either final assemblies or are subsequently installed in other final assemblies, structures, machinery or products, are illustrated in the drawings, wherein: Figure 1 is a partial sectional view of a portion of a preferred embodiment having three components, also referred to as three members, having a first member, also referred to as a receiving component. , a second member, also referred to as a coupling component, a third member also referred to as a closure component, with the first member having a complete receiving volume with a cam surface to guide and fully receive the third member, the second member member having a partial reception volume with a cam surface to guide and partially receive the third m member, and the third member being elastic and being either expanded or contracted, when installed depending on the total configuration of the three member modality, for later, when confined between the first and second members, always try to return to your The pre-installation configuration is relaxed, and in doing so it always tends to move towards its closing position, avoiding the relative movement of the first and second members, maintaining positively that they move in one direction, without considering the magnitude of the force is applying, and allowing only relative movements increased in the opposite direction in the presence of a sufficient force that is being applied in this opposite direction; Figure 2 is a partial sectional view of a portion of a preferred embodiment having three components, also referred to as three members, similarly to the one illustrated in Figure 1, however, showing as the second member, also referred to as the component of coupling, has multiple partial receiving volumes, each with a cam surface to guide and partially receive the third member in the respective increasing locking positions, which can occur only in relative movement in a direction of the first and second members , and the circle in faded lines illustrates the relaxed position never reached of the installed elastic closure component, that is, the third member of this three-member mode; Figures 3 to 8 are sequential partial sectional views of the respective change of a portion of a preferred embodiment having three components, also referred to as three members, as similarly shown in Figures 1 and 2. The second member, also referred to as the component coupling, which has multiple partial receiving volumes, each with a cam surface to guide and partially receive the third member in the respective increasing locking positions, which may occur only in relative movement in one direction, are illustrated as moving in relation to the first member. During this sequential movement, the closure component, ie the third member, is directed out of the closing position and then subsequently released to elastically return, through its stored energy, to the next closing position of this sequentially increasing movement. of the second member with respect to the first member. Figures 9 and 10 illustrate how a preferred embodiment of the fastener assembly, shown essentially in Figures 1 to 8, uses other assemblies that comprise respective attachment systems, which anchor constant stress walls in a building constructed from a wooden frame. to reduce the upward forces caused by earthquakes and high winds, Figure 9 being a partial elevation view, partially in section, showing the relative installed placement of the fastener assembly members and their respective connections to other parts of the joining system, and Figure 10 also being the same presentation, except that it shows a subsequent time when the wood, i.e. , the wood, of the building, has undergone shrinkage and / or compression, and the fastener assembly is automatically adjusted to maintain the bonding system completely effective. Figures 11, 12 and 13 illustrate how a preferred embodiment of the fastener assembly shown in Figures 1 to 10 is used in a respective joint system, respectively, in a story building of Figure 11, a history building of the Figure 12 and three wooden frame construction history buildings; Figure 14 is an exploded perspective view of the three separate members of the preferred embodiment of the fastener assembly, which is arranged in cylindrical components and used in other assemblies, such as the joint system illustrated in Figures 9 to 13 , showing second, third and first members, that is, the coupling, closing and receiving components; Figures 15 and 16 are schematic partial sectional views indicating how a three-member mode is disposed respectively, when the first member, i.e. the receiving component, is formed on an arc, and the total reception volumes are on its surface convex, and the partial reception volumes of the second member, i.e., the coupling component, are on its arcuate concave surface, as shown in Figure 15, and then in Figure 16 these convex and concave surfaces are of the configuration opposite of the arcuate cooperation surfaces; Figures 17 to 20 are schematic partial sectional views illustrating how the first member, of the three member mode, is composed of two sections, with one section being movable with respect to the other section, to create a totally changing reception volume of the same; Figures 21 to 24 are schematic partial sectional views illustrating how the second member, of the three member mode, is composed of two sections, one section being movable with respect to the other section, to create a changing partial reception volume; Figures 25 to 32 illustrate how the three member form of the fastener assembly is used with an assembly to both quickly assemble two elongated threaded rods or bolts, without relatively rotating these rods, and still limitingly turning a locknut on the rod, the bars are then quickly separated, without these bars rotating relatively; Figure 25 showing a partial sectional view of how the female member on a bar serves as the first member to place and completely receive the third member; Figure 26 shows a partial enlarged section of the placement of the first and second members; Figure 27 shows a partial sectional view of how the male member on the other bar serves as the second member to partially place and receive the third member; Figure 28 showing a partial enlargement in section of the position of the second member, which has two sections that move together separately; Figure 29 shows a partial sectional view of how the male member has been inserted into the female member, resulting in its closure together, and consequently securing the bars; Figure 30 shows a partial enlarged section of the placement of the first, second and third members when the closure has been made; Figure 21 showing how a locknut has been rotated to change the configuration of the second two-part member and thereby change the configuration of the partial reception volume to move the third member completely to the total reception volume of the first member, and thus not allow any rotation that separates the bars; and Figure 32 shows a partial enlargement in section of the placement of the first, second and third members that later allows the separation of the bars; Figures 33 to 35 illustrate a three-member embodiment of the fastening assembly, arranged in a cylindrical shape, with the third member, i.e. the closure component being externally adjustable to adjust its elastic force, and to release the closure component from its closing position; Figure 33 being a partial cross-sectional view, Figure 34 being a top view and Figure 35 being a side view, with hidden lines being used specifically in Figures 34 and 35 to illustrate the interior arrangements of the three members; Figures 36, 37 and 38 illustrate a three-member embodiment of the fastener assembly, arranged in a substantially flat form, with the third member, i.e. the closure component being externally adjusted to adjust its elastic force, and in this way release the closing component of its closing position; Figure 36 being a top view, Figure 37 being an end view and Figure 38 being a side view, with hidden lines used in the three figures to illustrate the interior arrangements of the three-member assembly; Figures 39 and 40 are partially sectional views illustrating an embodiment having four members of the fastening assembly, arranged with other members to make a total crank-type gear system, and the fourth member is a resilient positioning member, which places several different third members, which are not elastic closure components; Figure 39 being a partially sectioned view, and Figure 40 being a side view with hidden lines that are used in these figures to illustrate the interior arrangements of the four-member assembly and portions of the crank-type gear system; and Figure 41 is a partially sectioned view illustrating one embodiment having four members of the clamping assembly, arranged with other members to make a cylindrical total-tooth gear and a main gear of a drive system, and the fourth member is an elastic positioning member, which places several different third members, which are non-elastic closure components DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PREFERRED MODALITIES General Description of the Modalities The fastener assemblies illustrated in the figures of the drawings, have at least three members. When the third member is non-elastic, then a fourth member is included which is elastic, in the fastener assembly. These respective fastening assemblies, in their various modalities, by themselves they can be a product or they can be combined with other members and assemblies to make another product, which in turn can be a final product, or they can even be installed with other members and assemblies to make another product The fastener assemblies are arranged in cylindrical, arcuate and planar embodiments, and the third member, also referred to as the closure component, is provided in many forms with respect to many embodiments of the fastener assembly.

Each embodiment of the fastening assembly has a first member also referred to as a receiving component, which has a total receiving volume, with a cam surface for completely guiding and receiving the third member. Also each embodiment of the holding assembly has a second member as well. referred to as the coupling component, which has a partial receiving volume with a cam surface to guide and partially receive the third member. The third member, which serves as the closure component, either elastic, or not being elastic, then by the elasticity of the fourth member is always directed towards its closing position. When the third member is in the closed position, the third member is located both in the partial reception volume of the second member and in the total reception volume of the first member. When the third member is in this locked position, the respective receiving volumes are thus formed in their respective total angular positions and contours, that the first and second members closely spaced, while confining the third member, that is, the closure component, they will not move under any force applied in a direction of relative motion of the same. However, when they move in the other direction of relative movement thereof, under a sufficient force applied, the first and second members will move, as the third member moves temporarily by the action of the first and second members, so that it is completely within the total reception volume of the first member In a fastener assembly completed as a product, or incorporated into other products, additional arrangements are made for additional reception volumes, of either or both of the first and second members, and also in some modalities, for additional third members, so that the relative movements of the first and second members are increasing in one direction. Still at any time, any attempted relative movement of the first and second members in the opposite direction is not possible, unless, in a particular embodiment of the fastener assembly, the elastic member is placed to have access in part, to receive a force intentionally applied external, which keeps the back force elastically created from being effective to keep the third member in its closing position.

The Three-Member Modality The bra-10 assembly, in the three-member modality 12, is illustrated in Figures 1 to 8, to present a preferred arrangement of at least the minimum portions of at least three members, and how their respective relative movements occur, during the sequences of their engagement, in the presence of a relative force applied in one direction, and its increasing movement in the presence of a relative force applied in the other direction. The first member 14 also referred to as the receiving component 14, has a full reception volume 16 with a cam surface 18 disposed on a branch, i.e., on an angle, so that the cam surface 18 is effective for guiding the movement of the third member 20, also referred to as the closure component, inside and outside the total reception volume 16. The second member 22, also referred to as the coupling component, has a partial reception volume 24 with a cam surface 26 arranged on a deflection, that is, on an angle, so that the cam surface 26 is effective to guide the movement of the third member in and out of the closing position, together with the cam surface 28 of the first member 14. During the assembly of the first member 14 and the second member 22, the third member 20 is confined by them. The first and second members each have a flat surface 28, 30, which after assembly, are parallel to each other and are slightly separated. The respective inputs 32, 34 of the receiving volumes 16, 24 are located on their respective planar surfaces 28, 30. A portion 36 of the partial receiving volume 24 of the second member 22 is curved to additionally receive a curved portion of the third member 20. , which preferably has a circular cross section 38. In Figure 1, the closed position of the fastening assembly 10 is illustrated. The third member, during the closing position, is positioned by this curved portion 36 and the cam surface 26 of the second member, and the cam surface 18 of the first member.

In this locked position of the first and second members, the transverse distance A measured in the combined angular receiving volumes 16, 24, and extending between the half 36 of the curved portion 38 of the second member 22 and the cam surface 18 of the first member 14, is long enough to accommodate the circular cross section 40 of the third member 20, ie, the closure component 20. This transverse distance A is greater than the parallel transverse distance B, measured in the combined angular receiving volumes 16 , 24 and extending between the term 42 of the curved portion 38 on the flat surface 30 of the second member 22 and the cam surface of the first member 14. This parallel transverse distance B is not long enough to adapt the circular cross section 40 of the third member 20, that is, the closure component 20, and, therefore, the third member 20 is confined in its closed position. When the third member 20, i.e. the closure component, is in this closed position, the first and second members 14, 22 will essentially not move relative to each other, with respect to one direction of their relative movement, without considering the applied force, nothing less than a totally destructive force. However, if sufficient force is applied in the opposite relative direction, as indicated by the movement arrows in Figure 1, then the first and second members 14 will move relative to each other.

When this desired movement concurs, when a designated or specified sufficient force is applied, the respective cam surface 26 of the second member and the cam surface 18 of the first member are effective to direct the third member 20 towards the total reception volume 16 of the first member 14. The respective transverse distance B is eliminated during this direction of the intended relative movement of the first and second members. In Figure 1, the angle between the flat surface 28 of the first member 14 and the cam surface 18 of the first member 14 is preferably <; 90 degrees: "less than" 90 °. The angle between the flat surface 30 of the second member 22 and the cam surface 26 of the second member 22 is preferably > 45 degrees: "greater than" 45 °. The selection of these respective selected angles results in the placement of the respective cam surfaces 18, 26 effectively guiding the third member 20 in and out of the closing position. The angled cam surfaces 18, 26 continue to reach the respective tangent locations 44, 46 with the curved portion 36 of the partial reception volume 24, and preferably the middle circular portion 48 at the end of the total reception volume 16. As illustrated in FIG. Figure 2, the three members of the fastening assembly 10. with respect to this embodiment 12, are altered, so that the second member 22, the coupling component 22 has additional partial reception volumes 24. separated one from the other. Therefore, the desired relative directional movements are increasing between the times when the closing component 20, ie the third member 20, reaches another separate closing position. As illustrated by the faded circular lines in the Figure 2, if the third member 20 can freely expand again, this position could be reached. In this three-member embodiment, the third member 20 must be an elastic member, and always try to move towards the closing position, when the third member 20, the closing component 20, is confined by both receiving volumes 16, 24 of the first and second members 14, 22 respectively. The increasing movement between the two closing positions of this three-member embodiment 12 of the fastening assembly 10 is illustrated in the respective sequences shown in Figures 3 to 8. In Figure 3, the closure has occurred with respect to the first receiving volume. particular partial 24, and then sequential movements are shown in Figures 4,5, 6 and 7, Figure 8 showing the next closure occurring with respect to a second partial reception volume 24, which is then in cooperation with the volume of total reception 16 of the first member. In other embodiments, there are additional additional total receiving volumes 16 and additional third members 20, i.e. closure members 20, to meet different design requirements and specifications for different products in which the fastening assembly 10 is used.

Utilization of the Fastener Assembly in the Conduction of Wood Frame Buildings The fastener assembly 10 disposed in the three member mode 12 illustrated in Figures 1 to 9, and as described with reference to these figures, is further illustrated in another modification of FIG. embodiment, which is cylindrically arranged and combined with other components to become a joining system 50 for wooden frame structures, as shown in Figures 9 to 14. In Figure 9, a joining system 50 is shown, only in part, after the initial installation of an automatically adjusting assembly 52 centered on the use of the fastener assembly 10, arranged in a three-member mode 12, arranged in a total cylindrical shape. In Figure 10, this portion, with respect to this assembly 52, of the joining system 50 is shown after the expected life of automatic adjustments to compensate for shrinkage and compression of the structural components of the wooden frame. This portion, with respect to this assembly 52 of the joining system 50. is illustrated in Figure 11 during use in a portion of a story building 54 having structural components of wooden frame 56. This automatic adjustment assembly 52 is shown in FIG. Figure 12 in use in a portion of a two-story building 58 having structural components of wooden frame 56. Also this assembly 52 and another assembly 52 are illustrated in Figure 13 during use in a portion of a three-story building 60 The automatically adjusting assembly 52, as particularly illustrated in Figures 9 and 10, is positioned around a threaded joint bar 62, which is essentially continuous from a selected height starting position in a structure building. of respective wood 54, 58 or 60, below an anchor connection lock 63 with the base 64 of the respective building. The threaded connecting rod 62, through this automatic adjustment assembly 52, which includes the fastening assembly 10, is automatically and adjustably secured to a selected wood member, such as a transverse member called a plate 66, and / or to another transverse wooden member 68, specially positioned and interconnected with the structural components of wooden frame 56. The threaded connecting rod 62, through the original connections made and the subsequent adjustments that will be automatically made with respect to the frame structural components of wood 56, by using one or more of these automatic adjustment assemblies 52, is now ready to withstand any possible tremor and / or wind forces that might occur, and thus protect the building.

In Figure 9, the automatic adjustment assembly 52 is shown after its installation, before any compression of the wood occurs, and before shrinkage of the wood has occurred due to the dryness of the wood. At a location of a transverse wooden member 68, a metal base member 70 of this automatic adjustment assembly 52 is secured to this transverse wooden member 68. Previously, the second member 22, i.e., the engaging member 22 , made of metal, has been secured to this metal base 70. Also, previously the first member 14, made of metal, after the placement of two third members 20, each formed as a ring or component of elastic metal closure Nearly complete 20, as illustrated in Figure 14, has been assembled with the second member, as shown in Figure 9. The total separate reception volumes 16 of the first member 14 that is, the receiving component 14, have received the two respective closure components 20, i.e., the two third elastic members 20. Also the separate partial reception volumes placed below respective 24 of the second member 22, ie the com Coupling Speaker 22, have also received a portion, or are about to receive a portion, of a respective resilient third member 20, ie, a respective closure component 20. This automatic adjustment assembly 52 also includes a notch 72 threadably secured to the threaded tie bar 62 and positioned at a designated distance above the second member 22, ie, the coupling component 22 for initially placing a fully compressed helical spring 74 around the threaded connecting rod 62, while this axially confined spring between the groove 72 and the second member 22, that is, the coupling member. After the wooden frame structural components 56 of a building constructed with a wooden frame have been placed in place for a period, they move due to shrinkage and / or compression of the wood and other building materials. To compensate for this movement, the automatic adjustment assemblies 52 are adjusted, as illustrated in Figure 10. The separate partial reception volumes located in the upper part 24 of the second member 22, ie, the coupling member 22, then serve to receive the third members 20, i.e., the closure components 20. Then to compensate for the changing distance, now longer between the groove 72 and the second member 22, ie the coupling member 22, the coil spring 74 axially it extends, yet the force created by the coil spring 74 remains sufficient to keep the total joint system 50 firmly in place to react quickly to any possible occurring force caused by a tremor and / or wind force.

Other Modes of the Bracket Assembled Array with Three Members Other embodiments of the fastener assembly 10 focused on the cooperation of essentially the three members, i.e. the first member 14, also referred to as the receiving component 14, the second member 22 also referred to as the component of coupling 22, and the third member 20 also referred to as the closure component 20, which in this three-member embodiment must be a third elastic member 20, are illustrated essentially and schematically in the respective partial section views of Figures 15 at 24. The first and second members 80, 82 are formed into complementary arched portions, as illustrated in Figure 15. The first member 80 has a convex surface 84, interrupted by the total reception volumes 86. The second member 82 has a concave surface 88, interrupted by the partial receiving volumes 90. The closing components 20, is of cir, the third members 20, they have a circular cross section. In Figure 16, the first and second members 92, 94 are also formed into complementary arcuate portions. However, the arcs are oppositely arranged. The first member 92 has a concave surface 96 interrupted by the total reception volumes 98. The second member 94 has a convex surface 100 interrupted by the partial reception volumes 102. The closure components 20, ie the third member 20, It has a circular cross section. The first member 104 is formed of two sections 106, 108, which move relative to each other, to thereby change the configuration of the total reception volume 110, as illustrated in Figures 17 to 20. The second member 112 and their partial reception volume 114 remain similar with respect to the other modalities. The third member 20, the closure component 20, remains circular in cross section. The first member 104 is formed of two sections 106, 108, which move relative to each other, to thereby change the configuration of the total reception volume 110, as illustrated in Figures 17 to 20. The second member 112 and their partial reception volume 114 remain similar with respect to the other modalities. The third member 20, the closure component 20, remains circular in cross section. In Figure 27, the closure component 20 is placed ready to create a closure. In Figure 18, the locked position is shown. In Figure 19, the closure component 20 is not locked and is being carried in the total reception volume 110. In Figure 20, the closure component 20 is being placed to be quickly moved into its closed position. In Figures 21 to 24, the second member 116 is shown formed into two sections 118, 120, which move relative to each other, to thereby change the configuration of the partial reception volume 122. The first member 124 and the Total reception volume 126 thereof remain similar with respect to the other modalities. The third member, the closure component 20, remains circular in cross section. In Figure 21, the closure component 20 is almost in its closed position. In Figure 22, the closure component 20 is in the closed position. In Figures 23 and 24, the closure component 20 is fully placed in the total receiving volume 126 and thus kept out of the closed position. These schematic views in Figures 15 to 24 indicate several selected embodiments of the fastener assembly 10, which have the three members, the third member 20 being an elastic closure component 20.

A Component Assembly that includes a Three-Member Fastener Assembly with the Second Member having two sections, is ready to insert quickly and also a Reasonably Rapid Release Total Fastener for jointly joining the Respective Ends of the Bars, such as Union Joints. a Support System of a Wooden Structure The fastener assembly 10, with respect to the three-member modalities, has many applications, wherein this fastener assembly 10 is combined with other assemblies, which in turn serve for many dynamic installations and / or static. With respect to one of these applications, illustrated in Figures 25 to 31, wherein elongated members, such as threaded tie rods 62, will be joined together end-to-end to thereby create a longer threaded tie rod 62, the fastener assembly 10 is placed to a larger assembly of components 128 to create a total connector 129. When this total connector 129 is used to join the threaded joint bars 62 together, all the movement that is required is a rapid axial movement in line of the respective ends of the threaded connecting rods 62 together. There is no need to rotate any of the parts during these assurance operations. Then, when release is desired, only one notch is first rotated through a few limited turns, and then a rapid inverse axial movement in line of the respective ends of the threaded tie bars 62 is taken to quickly separate the tie bars respective threaded 62. The first member 130, also referred to as a female member 130, has a total receiving volume 14 by placing the elastic ring closure component 20, ie, the third elastic member 20. A notch 132 is used to secure this first end-to-end member 130 of the threaded connecting rods 62. as illustrated in Figures 25 and 26. The male assembly 134 to be inserted into the female member 130. has a first groove 132 threaded onto the other threaded connecting rod 62, followed by two sections 135, 136 of the second member 132 and then followed by the second notch 140. As the two sections 135, 136 move in relation to each other, the pal reception volume 142 that they form is changed, as illustrated in Figures 27 and 28. The respective threaded connecting rods 62, disposed with the respective female member 130 and the male assembly 134, then they are joined axially using axially directed forces, and then locked together, as illustrated in Figures 29 and 30. If at the last moment these threaded connecting rods 62 are to be separated, the first groove 132, also referred to as a counter-door 132 it is rotated far enough to move the sections 135 and 136 of the second member 138, together. When this occurs, the pal reception volume 142 is sufficiently eliminated, so that the closing component 20, that is, the third member 20, is completely received in the total reception volume 16 of the female member 130, ie the first member, as illustrated in Figures 31 and 32. Then, a rapid axial release tension separates the threaded tie rods 62.

Fastener Assembly having the Three Basic Members that is Arranged in Way that the Elastic Third Member can be Conveniently Manipulated from an External Location When the fastener assembly 10 is arranged in three members and is joined with other components in some applications, sometimes The fastener assembly 10 must be quickly released. One embodiment serving this need is illustrated in Figures 33, 34 and 35. The two different closure components 144 that serve as the third elastic members 144, have finger access pons 146, which extend through depressions. 148 on the first member 14 and beyond to the open surrounding area that will be manipulated with the finger. When the pons 146 accessible to the finger are moved, the closing pon of the third member 20 is temporarily removed. Then, the first and second members 14, 22 are axially and rapidly separated, together with the other components to which they are connected, which are not illustrated.

A Fastener Assembly Having the Three Basic Members That Are Arranged in a Plane Assembly In Figures 36, 37 and 38, a fastener assembly 10 having the three basic members is disposed in a flat assembly 150.

The second member 152 has a central past passage 154, and the partial reception volumes 156 are accessible from this passage 154. The first member 158 is inserted in the second member 152 and has two curved volumes of total reception 160, which subsequently moving relative to the partial reception volumes 156 and the lengths of the first member 158 and the second member 152 are equal. The third members 162, that is to say, the closure components 162, are elastic, and elastically fixed both in the curved volumes of total reception 160 and in the multiple partial reception volumes 156.

Assemble Bra that has Four Basic Members with Other Members to Create, for example, a Crank-Type Gear System, the Four Members Being Required since the Third Members are not Elastic As illustrated in Figures 39 and 40, a fastener assembly 10 having at least four basic members, i.e., components, is arranged with other components that will be a crank-type gear system 168. The fourth member becomes the elastic member, which is used to position the member. third non-elastic member, which is the closing component. The driving gear 170 transmits power to the driven gear 172, through components, which function as the components previously described as a clamping assembly 10, and in effect are a clamping assembly 174 or a connecting assembly 174, placed between the driving gear 170 and the driven gear 172. The driving gear 170 has at its outer periphery the first member 176, which has the total reception volumes 178. The driven gear 172 has in its internal circular structure, the second member 180, which has all partial receiving volumes 182. A circular spring 184 is positioned, within a circular volume 186, provided in the first member 176 to be in constant elastic contact with the closure components 188, i.e., the third members 188, which have a cylindrical shape and are placed within each volume of total reception 178. During movement according to the clock hands of the driving gear 170, the closing components 188 move to occupy the space in both the total receiving volumes 178 and the partial receiving volumes 182, and thus lock the driving gear with the driven gear. During the counter-clockwise movement of the driving gear 170, the closing components 188 move periodically to be totally within the total receiving volumes 178, releasing the driven gear 172 from the driving gear 170, through increasing motions. .

Another Bra having four Basic Members Arranged with Other Members to Create, for example, a Cylindrical Drive Gear and a larger Drive Gear System or Assembly, the Fourth Member being Required since the Third Members are not Elastic lustrated in Figure 41, a fastener assembly 10, having at least four basic members, i.e., four basic components, is provided with other components that will be a cylindrical drive gear and a larger driven gear system 192. The peripheral structure 194 of the cylindrical driving straight gear 196 is formed to serve as the first component 198, ie, the receiving component 198, having the total receiving volumes 200. The peripheral structure 202 of the large driven gear 204 is formed to serve as the second member 206, that is, the coupling component 206, having the partial receiving volumes 208. The third members 210. the closing components 210, are cylindrical members which are not elastic. They are continuously forced out of the total receiving volumes 200, through a circular spring 212. They serve as the fourth elastic member, which is placed in a receiving volume 214 of the cylindrical straight driving gear 196. These third members 210 are restricted from leaving the total receiving volumes 200 through a non-rotating circumferential guide structure 216, also referred to as a guide stroke 216. This guide structure 216 is not completely encircled, thus leaving an open circumferential distance of so that the third members 210 will move radially outward, under the force of the circular spring 212, that is, the fourth member 212, to make contact with the partial receiving volumes 208 of the largest driving gear 204. During rotation according to the clock hands of the straight-bore cylindrical gear 196, the third member 210, in its cylindrical form of closure components 210, moves, through the force of the circular spring, while being guided through the cam surfaces of both the total and partial reception volumes 200, 208, for reaching their respective sequential closing positions, thus transmitting the driving power to the larger driven gear 204, to rotate this gear 204 in a counter-clockwise direction. During the possible counterclockwise rotation of the cylindrical straight driving gear 196, the third members 210 are sequentially guided back to the total receiving volumes 200 against the force of the circular spring 212, serving as the fourth member 212 , and then there is essentially no clockwise rotation of the largest driven gear 204.

Common Aspects and Common Objects that Belong to all the Various Modes of the Fastener Assembly that Serves as a Product or Incorporated to Other Assemblies that Serve as Products Through the illustrated and non-illustrated embodiments of the direct use of the fastener assembly 10 as a product , or the incorporation of the fastener assembly 10 into other products, the objects are similar or similar. Any sustained movement of a first member relative to a second member in one direction is essentially avoided, nothing less than the unwanted force destruction of either or both of the first member and / or second member. Meanwhile, the relative movement in the other direction of the first member and the second member caused by an intended force is sequentially controlled, when there is an active force that is being provided by the elastic member. In some embodiments, when a special force is used to withdraw the force in another active manner provided by the elastic member, during a designated time, then the unrestricted movement of the first and second members in any relative direction is taken. In some embodiments, the elastic member is the third member that serves as the closure component. In other embodiments the third member, which serves as the closure member, is not elastic and must be constantly directed towards its closing position, through the elastic force created by a fourth member. In all modalities, the first member has the total reception volumes to receive completely, in sequential moments, the third member, which serves as the closing component. In all modalities, the second member has the partial reception volumes to receive portions of the third member, when the closing portions of the first, second and third members occur. When the relative movement is attempted in one direction, the closing position of the first, second and third members occurs rapidly and remains to maintain the first and second members of the relative movement to each other. When the relative movement is taken in the opposite position, the sequential periods of the relative movements occur with reference to periods of force that are applied to move the first member relative to the second member.

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1. CLAIMS 1. - A fastener assembly, when, with respect to the forces, which are subsequently applied to this fastening assembly is self-adjusting, when a force is applied in one direction, and when a force is applied in the opposite direction, this fastener assembly does not self-adjusts, and resists this applied force in the opposite direction, comprises: a. a flexible and resilient closure member capable of being placed to complete the securing of a first member and a second member together; b. a first member, having a receiving volume for guiding and fully receiving the elastic and flexing closure member; c. a second member, having a receiving volume for guiding and partially receiving the elastic and flexing closure member; the first and second members are closely spaced, and together they confine the elastic and flexing closure member; therefore, relative movement in a relationship between the first and second members is avoided, and in the opposite direction relative movement can be initiated between the first and second members, only the first member is confining and then receiving the closing member. , and the relative free movement continues until the elastic and flexing closure member is again confined by both the first and the second members, in their respective receiving volumes.
2. 2. A fastening assembly, according to claim 1, wherein the reception volume of the first member is located at an angle with respect to the only direction of travel of the first member, the flexible and foldable closure member is guided in an angular direction away from the second member in this reception volume of the first member, when the first member moves relative to the second member.
3. 3.- A fastener assembly, according to the claim 2, wherein the reception volume of the second member is located at an opposite angle in the direction of the angle of reception volume of the first member, and the elastic and flexing closure member is guided in an angular direction for partial insertion in this volume of receiving the second member, and when the elastic and flexing closure member is in this position, and also extending partially towards the receiving volume of the first member, then no relative movement occurs in the opposite direction of the first and second members.
4. 4.- A fastener assembly, according to the claim 3. wherein the elastic and flexing closure member, when confined between the first and second members always tends to expand to reach the closing position and the trajectory that carries the load between the first member and the second member.
5. 5.- A fastener assembly, according to the claim 3, wherein the elastic and flexing closure member, when confined between the first and second members, always tends to contract to reach the closing position and the path that carries the load between the first member and the second member.
6. 6. A fastening assembly, according to claims 4 or 5, wherein the second member has a second separate receiving volume for guiding and partially receiving the elastic and flexing closure member, whereby the relative force movement it only continues until the elastic and flexing closure member is again confined by both the first and second members in their respective receiving volumes.
7. 7. A fastening assembly, according to claims 4, 5 or 6, wherein the second member has additional separate receiving volumes for partially guiding and receiving the elastic and flexing closure member, whereby relative free movement only it continues until the elastic and flexing closure member is again confined by both the first and the second members in their respective receiving volumes.
8. 8.- A fastener assembly, according to claims 4, 5, 6 or 7, wherein the first member has additional separate receiving volumes for completely guiding and receiving the elastic and flexable closure members, and wherein the additional elastic and flexing closure members are placed in the additional separate receiving volumes of the first member, whereby no relative movement occurs in one direction between the first member and the second member, and in the opposite direction the relative movements always occur under some frictional constraint between the first member and the second member, during the relative movements between separate closing positions.
9. 9. A fastener assembly according to claim 1, arranged in a cylindrical embodiment, comprising: a. a flexible and elastic closing member arranged as an almost complete ring; b. a first member, arranged as a cylinder, having a circular receiving volume accessible from the outside to guide and fully receive the elastic and flexing closure member; c. a second member, disposed like a cylinder, telescopically on the first member, and having a circular receiving volume accessible from the inside to guide and partially receive the elastic and flexing closure member; the first and second members are closely spaced, while they are telescopically joined, and together they confine the elastic and flexionable closure member; therefore, relative movement in a relation between the first and second members is avoided, and in the opposite direction relative movement can be initiated between the first and second members, only the first member is confining and then receiving the closing member. , and the relative free movement continues until the elastic and flexing closure member is again confined by both the first and the second members, in their respective receiving volumes.
10. 10. A fastener assembly according to claim 1, arranged in a cylindrical embodiment, comprising: a. a flexible and elastic closing member disposed as an almost complete ring; b. a first member arranged as a cylinder, having a circular receiving volume accessible from the inside to guide and fully receive the elastic and flexing closure member; c. a second member, disposed like a cylinder, telescopically within the first member, and having a circular receiving volume accessible from the outside to guide and partially receive the elastic and flexing closure member; the first and second members are closely spaced, while they are jointly telescoped, and together they confine the elastic and flexionable closure member; therefore, relative movement in a direction between the first and second members is avoided, and in the opposite direction relative movement can be initiated between the first and second members, only the first member is confining and then receiving the closing member. , and the relative free movement continues until the elastic and flexing closure member is again confined by both the first and the second members, in their respective receiving volumes.
11. 11.- A fastener assembly according to the claim 1, arranged in a flat mode, comprising: a. a flexible and elastic bending member arranged in a substantially linear, slightly curved configion; b. a first member arranged as a plate, having an accessible linear receiving volume for completely guiding and receiving the elastic and flexiable closing member; c. the second member, arranged as a plate, having an accessible linear receiving volume for guiding and partially receiving the elastic and flexing closing member; the first and second members are closely spaced, and together they confine the elastic and flexing closure member; therefore, relative movement in a direction between the first and second members is avoided, and in the opposite direction relative movement can be initiated between the first and second members, only the first member is confining and then receiving the closing member. , and the relative free movement continues until the elastic and flexing closure member is again confined by both the first and the second members, in their respective receiving volumes.
12. 12. - A fastener assembly according to claim 1, arranged in a curved mode, comprising: a. a flexible, flexibly closing member disposed in an arcuate configion; b. a first member arranged as an arcuate member having on the concave surface side thereof an accessible arcuate receiving volume for completely guiding and receiving the elastic and flexible closure member; c. a second member disposed as an arcuate member having on its convex surface side an arcuate receiving volume accessible to guide and partially receive the elastic and flexable closure member disposed in an arched configion, the first and second members are closely spaced, and together they confine the elastic and flexionable closure member; therefore, relative movement in a direction between the first and second members is avoided, and in the opposite direction relative movement can be initiated between the first and second members, only the first member is confining and then receiving the closing member. , and the relative face movement continues until the elastic and flexing closure member is again confined by the first as well as the second member, in their respective receiving volumes.
13. 13 - A fastener assembly according to claim 1, in combination with: a threaded joint bar, a metal base member, a coil spring and a notch, whereby: the first member is secured to the tie rod threaded the second member is secured to the metal base member; the notch is threaded to the tie rod at a distance spaced from the first member; and the helical member is positioned around the threaded connecting rod and compressibly confined between the notch and the second member.
14. 14. A fastening assembly and the combination according to claim 13, in combination in addition with a shear wall of a building, whereby: the shear wall is restricted when the metal base member is secured to the wall of shear stress.
15. 15. A fastener assembly and the combination according to claim 14, in combination in addition with other similar combinations for further restricting the shear wall at other locations along the threaded joint bar.
16. 16.- A fastener assembly according to the claim 1, wherein the first member is of two portions that move relative to each other to controllably change the contour of the receiving volume during guidance and the final total reception of the position of the collapsible closure member.
17. 17. A fastener assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second member is of two portions, which move relative to each other to controllably change the contour of the receiving volume during the guide of the collapsible closure member. .