US 11,988,239 B2
Screw nut and electronic device having the same
Hsin-Chuan Hsu, New Taipei (TW); and Ming Chun Wang, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to WISTRON CORP., New Taipei (TW)
Filed by WISTRON CORP., New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/121,798.
Claims priority of application No. 109137348 (TW), filed on Oct. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0128083 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 37/04 (2006.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01); F16B 37/12 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 37/04 (2013.01) [F16B 5/02 (2013.01); F16B 5/0266 (2013.01); F16B 37/12 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A screw nut, configured for fixation of a fastener, the screw nut comprising:
an inner nut component, having a screw hole portion configured for fixation of the fastener;
a cushioning component, sleeved on the inner nut component, wherein the cushioning component is a spiral flat wire spring; and
an outer nut component, sleeved on the cushioning component, wherein the cushioning component is connected between the inner nut component and the outer nut component so that the inner nut component is movably connected to the outer nut component;
wherein the outer nut component has a plurality of teeth arranged along an edge of the outer nut component and spaced apart from one another, the cushioning component has a plurality of teeth radially protruding outward from an edge of the cushioning component and spaced apart from one another, the plurality of teeth of the outer nut component are meshed with the plurality of teeth of the cushioning component.