Patent ID: 6135690
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: F16B,Y10S

Abstract:
A connecting device for connecting first and second members that are at least partially plate-shaped, said connecting device comprising:a guide sleeve to be inserted through an opening in the first member;a closure pin having a head section to be braced against a front side of the first member, and a shaft section extending from said head section and fitting through an opening in said guide sleeve, said shaft section having a threaded portion;a receiving element to be positioned at a back side of the second member and having a threaded portion to mesh with said threaded portion of said shaft section and to thereby connect the first and second members, whereby the thus connected first and second members are subject to shearing forces;said guide sleeve including at a first end thereof a radially expanded head abutting said head section of said closure pin, and said guide sleeve including at a second end thereof a collar-shaped securing section that is radially outwardly expandable;said guide sleeve surrounding said shaft section with substantially no play therebetween in a region at which the connected first and second members are subject to the shearing forces; anda washer to be positioned at a back side of the first member, said guide sleeve extending through said washer with substantially no play therebetween, said washer comprising a flat annular disk of substantially rectangular cross section, and said securing section when outwardly expanded contacting a side of said washer facing away from the first member.