US 12,085,200 B2
Clamp
Yong Seok Jang, Chungcheongnam-do (KR); Yong Gyo Seo, Suwon-si (KR); and Han Il Jung, Daegu (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and DONG—A METAL CO., LTD., Gyeongsangbuk-do (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and DONG-A METAL CO., LTD., Gyeongsangbuk-do (KR)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/971,904.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0069077 (KR), filed on Jun. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392724 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 33/04 (2006.01); F16L 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 21/065 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp apparatus comprising:
a band portion configured to wrap a circular member;
a nut portion and a washer portion integrally formed on opposite ends of the band portion, respectively, and bent outward and facing each other; and
a bolt passing through and being engaged to the nut portion and the washer portion and configured to reduce or increase a diameter of the band portion while rotating,
wherein an end portion of the bolt includes an extended portion with a diameter smaller than a diameter of a thread of the bolt,
wherein the washer portion has a washer hole through which the extended portion passes,
wherein an end of the extended portion has a head portion with a diameter greater than a diameter of the washer hole to prevent the bolt from being removed from the washer hole, and
wherein the washer hole is formed in an oval extended in a longitudinal direction of the washer portion.