US 11,971,066 B2
Push through retainer connection with integrated hinging seal
Derek Scroggie, Macomb, MI (US); Michelle E. Bozinovski, Oakland Charter Township, MI (US); and Robert A. Murawski, Clinton Township, MI (US)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/984,088.
Application 17/984,088 is a continuation of application No. 16/897,947, filed on Jun. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,578,740.
Application 16/897,947 is a continuation of application No. 15/987,986, filed on May 24, 2018, granted, now 10,683,882, issued on Jun. 16, 2020.
Application 15/987,986 is a continuation of application No. 14/652,819, granted, now 9,982,694, issued on May 29, 2018, previously published as PCT/US2013/073861, filed on Dec. 9, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/739,604, filed on Dec. 19, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0072112 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 5/00 (2006.01); F16B 2/22 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F16B 19/00 (2006.01); F16B 21/08 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/0084 (2013.01) [F16B 2/22 (2013.01); F16B 5/0607 (2013.01); F16B 19/00 (2013.01); F16B 19/008 (2013.01); F16B 21/086 (2013.01); F16B 5/00 (2013.01); F16B 5/0657 (2013.01); F16B 2005/0678 (2013.01); Y10T 24/44026 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49828 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A press-in retainer, comprising:
a retainer head defining a central axis and including a collar and a seal disposed at least partially about the collar, the collar being perpendicular with respect to the central axis and defining an annularly continuous step at an outer end thereof; and
a clip portion projecting from the collar,
wherein the seal includes a main body engaging the collar and a sealing foot disposed entirely outboard from the collar,
wherein the sealing foot is configured to hinge about an intersection of the sealing foot and main body while remaining entirely outboard from the main body,
wherein, in a substantially flattened condition of the sealing foot, an angle between the sealing foot and a distal surface of the main body approaches a flat contiguous surface, and
wherein, in an insertion condition of the press-in retainer, the entire seal is disposed radially farther from the central axis than the entire clip portion.