Screw with anti-loosening means

摘要

A screw with anti-loosening means, which includes a securing element with a ring portion and that can be inserted about a shaft of the screw under a head thereof and, with the screw in a state in which it is screwed on a base, prevents the screw from being turned back counter to a screwing-in direction. The securing element has on the ring portion, on a side facing the surface of the base, at least one projection which can be pressed into the surface when screwing in the screw. The securing element can have an outer circumferential region of the ring portion, with finger-like extensions which, with the securing element in the inserted state, extend along the circumference of the head and under spring-elastic forces of the securing element, contact a surface structure of the body that has an inhibiting action counter to the screwing-in direction. The extensions can have inwardly bent-off end portions which engage over the head, or a circumferential portion thereof protruding radially thereon, on an upper side thereof facing away from the shaft.

主权项

1. An anti-loosening screw apparatus, comprising:
a screw (1) including a head (12) with a top surface and a circumference surface that protrudes radially from the head (12), wherein at least one of the head (12) and the circumference surface includes a surface structure comprising first flanks (123) that slope in a tightening direction of the screw (1), which transition into one another by second flanks (124) that slope at a steeper angle than the first flanks (123) and in a direction opposite from the tightening direction; and a securing element (2) including a ring section (21) positionable around a shaft (11) of the screw (1) under a head (12) of the screw and with the screw (1) screwed to a base, to prevent the screw (1) from turning back in a direction opposite the tightening direction; at least one projection (231) extending from the ring section (21) of the securing element (2) on a side opposite the head (12) of the screw (1) and oriented toward an associated surface of the base, wherein the at least projection is pressed into a surface as the screw (1) is tightened; and finger-like appendages (22) extending from an outer circumference region of the ring section (21) and which when the securing element (2) is in an installed position extend along a circumference of the head (12) and under spring-elastic forces of the securing element (2) contact with the surface structure of the head (12) and exerts an inhibiting action against the second flanks (124) in the direction opposite from the tightening direction, wherein the appendages (22) have end sections (223) bent inward and disposed over the top surface of the head (12), an edge region of the top surface, or a circumferential groove in the top surface and containing the surface structure oriented away from the shaft (11).