US 12,258,992 B2
Fastener insert
Thomas Michael Semrow, Waukesha, WI (US); and Albert J. Dapoz, Sterling Heights, MI (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/860,450.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/232,824, filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0051901 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 37/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 37/125 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener insert, comprising:
an embeddable shank defining a longitudinal axis and having an exterior surface and an axial opening therethrough, said embeddable shank configured to be inserted, embedded, and locked into a component,
wherein the exterior surface defines a plurality of lobes extending about said embeddable shank, each of the plurality of lobes having a leading edge; and
a plurality of grooves on the exterior surface, the plurality of grooves comprising a first groove series composed of a first series of parallel grooves, each groove of the first groove series defining a first lateral axis and a second groove series composed of a second series of parallel grooves, each groove of the second groove series defining a second lateral axis,
wherein the first lateral axis and the second lateral axis are angled relative to the leading edge and intersect one another at the leading edge, and
wherein the first groove series and the second groove series are positioned on opposite sides of the leading edge.