Abstract: A lever mechanism (1) for clamping a panel (3) to a housing has a support block (2) which, in use, is attached to a panel (3). A first lever (4) is pivotally connected to the support block (2), and arranged so that, in use, it can engage with the housing when in a first position and disengage from the housing when in a second position. A second lever (9) is pivotally mounted on the first lever, and arranged to hold the first lever in its first position by engagement with the support block. A spring or springs (8) biases the first lever towards the second position and/or biases the second lever towards the position in which it engages with the support block. The first lever (4) is mounted for translational movement relative to the support block (2) against the action of a further spring (15) to provide, in use, a predetermined clamp load between the panel (3) and housing.

Abstract: A fasting device has a shaft and a clamping assembling. The clamping assembly has an outer housing shaped so as to retain the object to be clamped in position and an inner core rotatably disposed within the outer housing and in threaded engagement with a hole in one of the outer housing. A sprag is disposed within the outer housing and located in a slot in the inner core, both the inner core and the sprag plate having through holes to receive the shaft. A bias spring biases the sprag into engagement with the inner core.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lever mechanism for clamping a board to a housing. A support block is provided and is adapted to be attached to the board. A first lever, pivotally connected to the support block, is movable between first and second positions, and adapted to engage with the housing when in the first position and disengage from the housing when in the second position. A second lever is pivotally mounted on the first lever and adapted to hold the first lever in the first position by engagement with the support block. A spring is also provided for biasing the first lever towards the second position and also for biasing the second lever toward the position in which it engages with the support block.

Abstract: A two-part front mounted receptacle for a quick-release fastener is disclosed. The receptacle has a body part (10) having a first, substantially planar, front element (11) with an aperture (13) therethrough, and a pair of leg elements (14,18) depending from the ends of the front element (11). A first one (14) of the leg elements has a sprung barb or barbs (15) in use engaging the rear face of the support (30) in which the receptacle is mounted. The receptacle also has a substantially U-shaped spring retainer (20), one side (21) of which is arranged to be engaged and held to each of the legs of the body part and which projects beyond the end of the body part remote from the first leg (14), and the second side (22) of which has a retention mechanism (27,28) for engaging and retaining in use a stud (2) connected therewith.

Abstract: A one-piece receptacle (1) for a quick-release fastener, has a base portion (2) and a stud-retaining structure (4) connected to the base portion by a pair of resilient webs (3) substantially C-shaped in cross-section. The base portion has a cross-cut slot (8) in a plane transverse to the central axis of the receptacle. The C-shaped webs (3) are integrally connected to the base portion (2) in extension of a thin walled portions (2") closer to the stud-retaining structure (4). The slot (8) extends from one side of the receptacle across the central axis thereof, so that the opposing thin walled portions (2,2") of the base on opposite sides of the cross-cut slot (8) can engage opposite surfaces of the support member at an aperture in which the receptacle is to be mounted.

Abstract: A quick-release fastener comprises a threaded stud (11) and a complementarily threaded receptacle (1), the stud and receptacle each having one or more longitudinally extending threaded and unthreaded portions (15,8). The or each threaded portion (15,8) of the stud (11) and receptacle (1) respectively has a lesser angular width than the unthreaded portions of the receptacle and stud respectively. The fastener has at least one stop (9) at one edge of the or one of the threaded portions (8,15) on the stud or receptacle, whereby the stud can be inserted into the receptacle with the threaded (8,15) and unthreaded portions of the stud (11) and receptacle (1) respectively aligned and can thereafter be rotated to engage the respective threaded portions. The stop (9) prevents over-rotation of the stud (11) within the receptacle (1) thereby to define a fastened orientation of the stud within the receptacle.

Abstract: A quarter-turn fastener has a bolt having a head and a screw-threaded shank, and a retainer assembly threadably secured to the shank as a tight friction fit thereon. The retainer assembly has a pair of abutments for engagement with the rear of a support, through an aperture in which the retainer assembly locates in use. The retainer assembly includes at least one pair of stops for engagement with the sides of the aperture in the support or a corresponding aperture in a panel in which the fastener is mounted in use, to define the inoperative and operative positions of the retainer assembly. A compression spring is located in use between the retainer assembly and an opposed surface of the panel to retain the retainer assembly in its inoperative position under the action of friction, when the retainer assembly is disengaged from the support.

Abstract: The invention relates to a quarter-turn fastener for fastening a panel to a support, the fastener comprising an integrally moulded plastics stud having a head and a shank. The shank extends in use through elongate slots in the panel and support and is formed by a pair of depending resilient legs each of which has at its end remote from the head a transverse flange for engaging the rear surface of the support adjacent the slot in which the stud is mounted. Each leg includes an abutment arranged to engage the side of the slot in the support or in the panel after rotation of the stud through substantially a quarter of a turn to prevent further rotation in the same sense.

Abstract: In a vehicle disc brake of the single sided sliding reaction caliper type the drag on the friction pad assemblies is taken by a drag-taking member. The caliper is slidably mounted for movement relative to the disc on a guide in the form of a single pin which is located on the same side of the disc as that on which an actuator for the brake is located.

Abstract: The invention relates to a quarter-turn fastener comprising a plastics stud and a spacer, the stud having a head and shank. The shank has, at its end remote from the head, a cross-head and includes an abutment arranged to engage the side of an aperture through which the stud is mounted in use, on rotation of the stud through a quarter of a turn, to prevent further rotation in the same sense. The spacer is resilient and defines an aperture through which the shank of the stud passes in use, said spacer including a distance piece for preventing two members to be fastened together by said fastener, one situated on either side of the spacer, from coming into contact with one another adjacent said spacer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pawl latch which comprises a bush having a head, and a latching arm spaced axially from the head and extending in a direction transverse to the axis of the bush. The latch includes at least one resilient leg positioned on a side of the bush opposite the latching arm and extending back towards the head. The latch is adapted so that it may be inserted in an aperture in a panel at an angle, latching arm first, and then pushed completely into the aperture until the underside of the head engages the front face of the panel and the resilient leg, having been deflected on being pushed through the aperture, springs out to engage the rear face of the panel. The latch is maintained in position in the aperture on the one side between the leg and the underside of the head and on the other side between the latching arm and the underside of the head.

Abstract: In a vehicle disc brake of the single sided sliding reaction caliper type the drag on the friction pad assemblies is taken by a drag-taking member. The caliper is slidably mounted for movement relative to the disc on a guide in the form of a single pin which is located on the same side of the disc as that on which an actuator for the brake is located.

Abstract: In a vehicle disc brake of the single sided sliding reaction caliper type the drag on the friction pad assemblies is taken by a drag-taking member. The caliper is slidably mounted for movement relative to the disc on a guide in the form of a single pin which is located on the same side of the disc as that on which an actuator for the brake is located.