US 12,117,037 B1
Fastener assemblies, cam locking fastener components, and cam interfaces
Zoltan A. Kemeny, Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed by Zoltan A. Kemeny, Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed on May 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/666,094.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/580,367, filed on Sep. 2, 2023.
Int. Cl. F16B 39/24 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 39/24 (2013.01) 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washer, comprising:
a split ring arranged about an axis, the split ring including a head, a tail, an end gap separating the head from the tail, a cam radial surface, and a base radial surface, the split ring tapering and extending helically outward from the head to the tail;
the cam radial surface spiraling helically outward along a first helical slope to a plane normal to the axis from the head to the tail;
the base radial surface spiraling helically outward along a second helical slope to the plane from the head to the tail; and
the first helical slope greater than the second helical slope.