US 12,071,976 B2
Integrated fastener system
Adolph G. Galinski, Burr Ridge, IL (US); Kileean E. Bell, Monee, IL (US); and Timothy D. Pearson, New Lenox, IL (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/853,066.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/239,620, filed on Sep. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061589 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F16B 21/08 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC F16B 5/0664 (2013.01) [F16B 5/065 (2013.01); F16B 21/086 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener for attaching a first component to a second component, the fastener comprising:
a body defining a central longitudinal axis; and
a clip assembly having three retention features resiliently coupled to the body and configured to retain the fastener relative to the second component via an opening in the second component,
wherein each of the three retention features is angled away from the central longitudinal axis and is configured to deflect inward toward the central longitudinal axis as the clip assembly is passed through the opening in the second component, and
wherein the three retention features are spaced about the central longitudinal axis from one another by 120 degrees.