US 12,247,602 B2
Fastening device and method for its manufacture
Gerit Vollmer, Linden (DE); Melanie Sindel, Nuremberg (DE); Albert Sbongk, Niederstetten (DE); and Jan Müller, Würzburg (DE)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on May 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/198,074.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 112 526.2 (DE), filed on May 18, 2022; and application No. 10 2023 111 231.7 (DE), filed on May 2, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0375027 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 21/08 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 21/086 (2013.01) [F16B 5/065 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastening apparatus comprising:
a bushing device having a bushing portion delimiting a receiving space for receiving a pin device;
a pin device having a pin portion, wherein the bushing device and the pin device are formed from a first plastic component and are connected to one another integrally and in a hinged manner; and
at least one fastening portion for radially abutting against a recess of a carrier component, wherein;
each of the at least one fastening portions are formed on an outer casing wall of the bushing portion of the bushing device, and
each of the at least one fastening portions are formed from a second plastic component that is softer in comparison to the first plastic component.