PANEL FASTENING RIVET MECHANISM

摘要

A retention clip assembly to join individual panels with aligned pilot holes comprises a body having an enlarged flange and a generally cylindrical leg defined by a plurality of spaced leg segments surrounding a pin insertion hole. The leg segments are separated by spaced slits and define a central passage. A pin having an enlarged head and an elongate shaft is slidable in the central passage. It engages cam projections on the interiors of the leg segments and expands the segments to secure the body to the panels. The pin includes flexible fingers having radially outer surfaces spaced apart a distance greater than the body leg deformable toward the pin shaft. The flexible fingers pass through the body flange and expand after surpassing the pilot holes in the panels. The flexible fingers slide in diametrically opposed slits, contact the edges of the pilot holes and stabilize the clip assembly within the pilot holes.

主权项

1. A retention clip assembly comprising:
a body having a longitudinal axis; an enlarged flange with a pin insertion hole; a leg comprising:
a plurality of spaced leg segments depending from said enlarged flange surrounding said pin insertion hole and defining a central passage;each said leg segment including a radially inward cam projection at a distal end, a pin having
an enlarged head portion;an elongate shaft depending from said head longitudinally slidable in said central passage and engageable with said cam projections on insertion of said pin into said body;said pin including flexible fingers with radially outer surfaces spaced apart a distance greater than the diameter of said shaft of said pin;said fingers deformable toward said shaft of said pin.