US 12,221,997 B2
Tubular sleeve
Martin Kluge, Röttingen (DE); Bruno Da Rocha, Altena (DE); and Stefan Helbert, Witten (DE)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/685,509.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 105 346.3 U (DE), filed on Mar. 5, 2021; and application No. 10 2022 103 924.2 (DE), filed on Feb. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0282751 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 41/002 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tubular sleeve, for use as a force-absorbing sleeve, having a casing wall and a through-opening, wherein the sleeve is formed from plastic, and the plastic has a modulus of elasticity between 15000 MPa and 25000 MPa;
wherein the sleeve is formed in two parts from two identical sleeve elements;
wherein each of the sleeve elements comprises an annular disc-shaped base wall and diametrically opposed anti-rotation elements extending axially from the annular disc-shaped base wall, wherein the annular disc-shaped base wall includes diametrically opposed connecting recesses, wherein each anti-rotation element includes a free end from which a connecting pin axially extends such that two connecting pins are provided on each sleeve element;
wherein the sleeve elements are connected together by engagement of the connecting pins into the connecting recesses.