Bolt

Abstract

The bolt of the present invention can reliably peel coating even when fastened with a low torque, and can secure sufficient conductivity. A coating peeling part for peeling coating is formed at a tip end of an axis part in which a regular screw part is formed. The coating peeling part includes crushing parts having a trapezoidal top part and having a flank which is projected at a different angle with respect to the flank of the regular screw part; and a protruding part which is arranged adjacent to the crushing parts and whose top part projects beyond the outer diameter of the regular screw part.

Claims

1. A bolt comprising a coating peeling part which is formed at a tip end of an axis part in which a regular screw thread is formed, wherein the coating peeling part comprises: trapezoidal crushing parts having a flank which is projected at a different angle with respect to the flank of the regular screw thread; a regular screw thread portion having the regular screw thread; and a protruding part which is arranged adjacent to the crushing parts and the protruding part having a top part that projects beyond the outer diameter of a thread crest of the regular screw thread, wherein the protruding part is formed between the crushing parts and the regular screw thread portion is arranged between respectively adjacent crushing parts, with the crushing parts each having a crest that protrudes outward to a smaller amount than that of the thread crest of the regular screw thread in the regular screw thread portion and the top part of the protruding part.

2. The bolt according to claim 1, wherein the coating peeling parts are formed at a plurality of positions in the circumferential direction.

3. The bolt according to claim 1, wherein a trapezoidal locking part having a flank which is projected with respect to the flank of the regular screw thread is helically formed in the regular screw thread on a bolt head part side apart from the coating peeling part.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

(2) FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of an essential part showing the embodiment of the present invention.

(3) FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view showing a crushing part at the time of coating peeling.

(4) FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view showing a protruding part at the time of coating peeling.

(5) FIG. 5 is a cross section view showing a locking part at the time of completion of fastening.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(6) Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is described.

(7) As shown in FIG. 1, the bolt of the present embodiment includes a head part 3 in an upper end part of an axis part 2 in which a regular screw part 1 is formed. The length of the axis part 2 and shape of the head part 3 are arbitrarily determined, and the shape of the head part 3 is not necessarily limited to a hexagonal head part with a flange 11 as shown. In the present embodiment, the tip end of the axis part 2 serves as a tapered guide part in which an incomplete screw is formed. However, the shape of the guide part is not necessarily limited to a guide shape as shown. Also, the guide part may be omitted.

(8) In the tip end part of this bolt, coating peeling parts 4 for peeling coating are formed at a plurality of positions in the circumferential direction. This coating peeling part 4 includes crushing parts 5 and a protruding part 6 which is formed adjacent to and between the crushing parts 5 and whose top part projects beyond the outer diameter of the regular screw part 1, as shown in FIG. 2.

(9) The crushing part 5 crushes the tip end of the screw thread of the regular screw part 1 into a trapezoidal shape to cause plastic flow of a metal, and has a structure such that a flank 5a is projected at a greater angle relative to a flank 1a of the regular screw part 1 as shown in FIG. 3. This crushing part 5 is a part having the projected flank 5a by which the coating adhered to the screw thread of the nut is peeled.

(10) The protruding part 6 is formed between the crushing parts 5 as shown in FIG. 2, and its top part 6a protrudes equally to or greater than the outer diameter of the regular screw part 1 as shown in FIG. 4. This protruding part 6 is a part which peels the coating adhered to the valley part of a female screw of the nut. In this embodiment, the width in the circumferential direction of the protruding part 6 is approximately equivalent to the width of the crushing parts 5 on both sides thereof. Since the crushing parts 5 having a smaller protruding amount than that of the protruding part 6 are provided on both sides of the protruding part 6, these crushing parts 5 function as coating discharge grooves.

(11) Such coating peeling parts 4 including crushing parts 5 and a protruding part 6 are formed at three positions in the circumferential direction in this embodiment. Also, the coating peeling part 4 is helically formed over 2 to 3 pitches at the tip end of the axis part 2 as shown in FIG. 1. The coating peeling part 4 is a part which peels the coating adhered to the internal surface of the nut when the bolt is screwed into the nut, and thus is preferably provided at the tip end of the axis part 2, but the number thereof can be appropriately determined.

(12) As shown in FIG. 1, in the present embodiment, a locking part 10 is helically formed in the regular screw part 1 on the head part 3 side than this coating peeling part 4. This locking part 10 is also a part obtained by crushing the tip end of the screw thread of the regular screw part 1 into a trapezoidal shape as shown in FIG. 5, but provides a smaller crushing amount than that of the above-described crushing part 5. A flank 10a of the locking part 10 is in a slightly more projected shape than the flank 1a of the regular screw part 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the width in the circumferential direction of the locking part 10 is identical with the width in the circumferential direction of the coating peeling part 4 in this embodiment, but is not limited to this. The locking part 10 is helically formed in order to facilitate rolling by use of a die. Incidentally, the locking part 10 is not an essential requirement for the present invention, and can also be omitted.

(13) When the bolt formed in the above-described manner is screwed into the coated nut, the crushing part 5 of the coating peeling part 4 formed at the tip end of the axis part 2 is firstly brought into contact with the screw thread of the nut. As described above, the flank 5a of the crushing part 5 projects at a different angle with respect to the flank 1a of the regular screw part 1, so that the coating 8 near the screw thread of the nut 7 is peeled and also that a part on the tip end side than the center of the screw thread is forced to spread as shown in FIG. 3. Therefore, plastic flow of a metal occurs in a direction indicated by an arrow so that a space part near the valley bottom of the nut 7 reduces.

(14) Next, the coating 8 near the valley bottom of the nut 7 is peeled by the protruding part 6 arranged adjacent to the crushing part 5 as shown in FIG. 4. The top part 6a of the protruding part 6 protrudes equally to or greater than the outer diameter of the regular screw part 1, as described above. Besides, the space part near the valley bottom of the nut 7 is narrowed by plastic flow. Thus, the coating 8 near the valley bottom of the nut 7 is completely peeled.

(15) This removed coating 8 would be discharged from the space part 9 which is a groove formed between the crushing part 5 and the nut as shown in FIG. 2, and the peeled coating 8 does not remain between the bolt and the nut, thereby making it possible to suppress a conduction failure.

(16) When coating is peeled by the coating peeling part 4 at the tip end of the axis part 2 in this manner and then the bolt is further screwed into the nut, the regular screw part 1 passes through the valley part of the screw of the nut 7, and the locking part 10 also passes through the valley part of the screw of the nut 7. However, at the time of completion of fastening, the locking part 10 strongly digs into the pressure side of the screw of the nut 7, as shown in FIG. 5, by the axial force generated between the bolt and the nut, and the regular screw part 1 also strongly digs into the pressure side of the screw of the nut 7, thereby securing conductivity between the bolt and the nut 7.

(17) Thus, the bolt of the present invention allows the coating peeling part 4 to conduct coating peeling and plastic deformation near the valley bottom of the nut 7, and, thereafter, allows the screw thread of the bolt to dig into the screw thread of the nut 7 by the axial force, and thus provides the advantages that coating can be reliably peeled even when fastened with a low torque as compared with conventional products, thereby securing sufficient conductivity.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST

(18) 1. Regular screw part 1a. Flank 2. Axis part 3. Hexagonal head part 4. Coating peeling part 5. Crushing part 6. Protruding part 7. Nut 8. Coating 9. Space part 10. Locking part 10a, Flank 11. Flange part