US 12,146,315 B2
Connector insert with rod accommodation hole
Michael Ziltener, Siebnen (DE)
Assigned to Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Schaan (LI)
Appl. No. 17/628,708
Filed by Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Schaan (LI)
PCT Filed Aug. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/072443
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/032527, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19192855 (EP), filed on Aug. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0259845 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. E04B 1/41 (2006.01); F16B 37/08 (2006.01)
CPC E04B 1/4121 (2013.01) [F16B 37/0864 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A threaded rod connector comprising:
a housing having a cavity for receiving a threaded rod therein, the cavity having a mouth for inserting the threaded rod into the cavity; and
an insert including a plurality of rod engagement segments arranged within the cavity, each of the rod engagement segments having a mating thread structure for engaging the thread of the threaded rod,
the cavity having a tapered zone tapering towards the mouth of the cavity for wedging the rod engagement segments against the threaded rod,
the insert further including a plurality of interconnected segment carrying arms, wherein each of the rod engagement segments is connected to at least one of the segment carrying arms,
the segment carrying arms forming a cage for accommodating the threaded rod,
the insert further including a collar positioned within the cavity, wherein the segment carrying arms are interconnected via the collar, and wherein the collar surrounds a rod accommodation hole aligned with the cage, a straight threaded rod being simultaneously positionable both within the rod accommodation hole and within the cage.