Patent ID: 9528540
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: F16B

Claim Text:
1. An insertion-locking pin and grommet fastener comprising: a grommet defining a central aperture with at least two adjacent longitudinally extending leg members; a pin having a first locking member in the form of one of a recess and a protrusion that engages a first cooperating locking member of the grommet in the form of an opposite one of a recess and a protrusion to retain the pin in a first position relative to the grommet in which the longitudinally extending leg members of the grommet are in a laterally unexpanded state; the pin having a second locking member in the form of a second protrusion that engages a second cooperating locking member in the form of a second recess of the at least two adjacent longitudinally extending leg members to retain the pin in a second position relative to the grommet in which the longitudinally extending leg members of the grommet are in a laterally expanded state; the pin having a laterally extending driving protrusion, wherein the driving protrusion is designed to be automatically engageable against a periphery of a joining aperture of a joining part during insertion of the pin and grommet into the joining aperture to drive the pin from the first position relative to the grommet to the second position relative to the grommet to lock the pin and grommet to the joining part; wherein the insertion-locking in and grommet fastener comprises first and second separate, independent components, and wherein the first separate, independent component comprises the in and the second separate, independent component comprises the grommet.