US 12,055,177 B2
Captive fastener with push out pin and hold out clip
Benjamin Phan, Arcadia, CA (US); Simon Ly, Rosemead, CA (US); An Tran, Rosemead, CA (US); Patrick Tran, Arcadia, CA (US); Yuriy Bern, No. Hollywood, CA (US); Larisa Zilber, Northridge, CA (US); Jeffrey Hang, Rosemead, CA (US); and Dennis Suedkamp, Porter Ranch, CA (US)
Assigned to Fastener Technology Corporporation, North Hollywood, CA (US)
Filed by Fastener Technology Corporation, North Hollywood, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/204,794.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/004,080, filed on Apr. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0310506 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. F16B 39/06 (2006.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 5/0266 (2013.01) [F16B 39/06 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A captive fastener having a head, a neck, and a threaded shaft, the fastener further comprising:
an elongate longitudinal slot along the threaded shaft retaining a cantilevered hold-out clip having a distal end extending outside the elongate longitudinal slot in an absence of a radially inward force and said distal end including a tip portion curved toward said elongate longitudinal slot such that contact with a surface normal an axis of said shaft directs the hold-out clip fully inside the elongate longitudinal slot, the elongate longitudinal slot sized to enclose the hold-out clip entirely therein; and
an extendable push out pin disposed within a chamber in the threaded shaft, the extendable push out pin including a compression spring biasing the extendable push out pin radially outward from the chamber to extend out of the shank, the chamber sized to receive the extendable push out pin fully within.