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Publication No. EP4345319

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App No. EP23199036

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Filed by A. RAYMOND ET CIE

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Filed on 2023-09-22

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Issued/Published on 2025-12-17

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Publication No. EP4345319 A1

Application No. EP23199036 Filed: 2023-09-22

Grant Date 2025-12-17 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

La présente invention concerne un dispositif de fixation (1) pour fixer une première pièce (10) sur une deuxième pièce (20) ayant un trou, comportant un pêne (100) et une ancre (200), dans lequel le pêne (100) comporte une tête (120) et une tige (140), et l'ancre (200) comporte un corps (220) ayant une zone d'insertion (250) dans un sens axial du corps (220) pour recevoir la tige (140) du pêne (100).L'ancre (200) comporte au moins deux branches (240) faisant saillie à partir du corps (220) de l'ancre (200), qui déplacent vers l'axe du corps (220) lorsque l'ancre (200) entre dans le trou de la deuxième pièce (20), et les branches (240) comportent chacune au moins deux étages (242). Lorsque l'ancre (200) est introduite dans le trou de la deuxième pièce (20), la deuxième pièce est entre le couvercle (270) et l'un des étages (242) de chaque branche (240).

IPC Classifications

F16B5/06, B60R1/00, F16B21/07, F16B21/08, F16B21/09, B60R13/02

Priority Claims

FR 20220010016 Date: 2022-09-30

Designated Contracting States (39 EPC States)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Applicants

A. RAYMOND ET CIE

113 Cours Berriat, 38019 Grenoble Cedex 1

A. Raymond & Cie

113, Cours Berriat, 38019 Grenoble Cedex 1

Inventors (1)

BOISSIER, Adrien

38000 Grenoble

Representatives / Agents

Santarelli

Tour Trinity, 1 bis Place de la Défense

Ipside

7-9 Allées Haussmann, 33300 Bordeaux Cedex

Meissner Bolte Partnerschaft mbB

Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte, Bahnhofstraße 18 1/2

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2024-10-02

Mention Of Grant Published 2025-12-17

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2025-07-28

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Patent Abstract / Summary

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Designated Contracting States (39 EPC States)

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Illinois Tool Works Inc.

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