US 11,692,580 B2
Expandable collet bodies with sectional finger-based anti-rotation feature, clips, inserts and systems thereof
Travis McClure, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to Centrix Inc., Kent, WA (US)
Filed by Centrix Inc., Kent, WA (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/179,140.
Application 16/543,457 is a division of application No. 15/442,609, filed on Feb. 24, 2017, granted, now 10,465,734, issued on Nov. 5, 2019.
Application 17/179,140 is a continuation of application No. 16/543,457, filed on Aug. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,460,066.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/300,491, filed on Feb. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0190121 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. F16B 37/04 (2006.01); F16B 33/00 (2006.01); F16B 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 37/043 (2013.01) [F16B 19/1081 (2013.01); F16B 33/002 (2013.01); F16B 37/04 (2013.01); F16B 37/044 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sleeve insert, comprising:
a cylindrical wall;
a flange extending outwardly from the cylindrical wall;
a bore defined between a proximal opening and a distal opening; and
a first protuberance disposed within the bore at the distal opening;
wherein the first protuberance extends radially inward from an interior surface of the cylindrical wall;
wherein the first protuberance is profiled to fit in a space between two gripping fingers in a collet body and prevent rotation of the two gripping fingers of the collet body; and
wherein the proximal opening is sloped inward.