US 12,066,047 B2
Shearable fastener bolt and method for clamping electric wires, and electrical connector comprising a zero-protrusion shearable fastener
Bruno Peltier, St. Apollinaire (FR); and Julien Dossmann, Gevrey-Chambertin (FR)
Assigned to TYCO ELECTRONICS-SIMEL
Filed by Tyco Electronics-Simel, Gevrey-Chambertin (FR)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,572.
Application 17/380,572 is a division of application No. 16/599,743, filed on Oct. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,092,185.
Application 16/599,743 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2018/059467, filed on Apr. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17305443 (EP), filed on Apr. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0348637 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16B 31/02 (2006.01); F16B 35/00 (2006.01); H01R 4/36 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 31/021 (2013.01) [F16B 35/005 (2013.01); H01R 4/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric connector, comprising:
a wall surrounding a receptacle that receives a strand of an electric wire, the wall has a threaded hole extending through the wall and opening into the receptacle; and
a fastener bolt screwed into the threaded hole and clamping the electric wire, the fastener bolt including:
a bolt part having a head section, a thread section, and a shearing section connecting the head section and the thread section, the shearing section is configured to break if a predetermined fastening torque is exceeded, the thread section is hollow and has a predetermined tensile breaking strength, the thread section has an external thread and a breakage line along which the thread section is weakened, a pitch of the breakage line is larger than a pitch of the external thread; and
a nut part screwed onto the thread section.