Notched Thread Screw Structure for Fast Chip Removal

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional screws experience high screwing resistance due to complete thread convolutions, leading to ineffective fiber severing, slow chip removal, and potential workpiece cracking, with loose engagement and reduced screwing speed.

Innovation Solution

The screw design features axially spaced thread convolutions with notches and troughs, incorporating knurl portions and cutting units to reduce contact area, enhance cutting efficiency, and facilitate rapid chip removal and accommodation, ensuring tight engagement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If complete thread convolutions are used, then thread strength is improved, but screwing resistance increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvethread strengthVSAvoidscrewing resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSForce

Solution Approach 1:

The thread convolutions are segmented by introducing notches that divide each thread convolution into multiple cutting units. This segmentation reduces the continuous contact area between the thread and workpiece, thereby reducing screwing resistance while maintaining structural integrity through the distributed cutting units.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The notches are strategically positioned at specific locations on the thread convolutions to create localized cutting edges. This local modification allows the thread to have different properties at different locations: sharp cutting edges at the notches for reduced resistance, and continuous thread structure elsewhere for maintained strength.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Strength

If complete thread convolutions are used, then thread strength is improved, but fiber severing effectiveness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvethread strengthVSAvoidfiber severing effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The thread convolutions are divided into multiple cutting units by notches, creating multiple discrete cutting points along each thread. This segmentation enables more effective fiber severing as the multiple cutting units can cut fibers at different positions simultaneously, improving cutting efficiency while the overall thread structure maintains strength.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The introduction of notches changes the geometric parameters of the thread convolutions by creating sharp cutting edges at the notch locations. This parameter change transforms the thread from a continuous contact surface to a series of discrete cutting points, significantly improving fiber severing effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Device complexity

If conventional thread design is used, then structural simplicity is maintained, but chip removal efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvethread structure simplicityVSAvoidchip removal efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The notches segment the thread convolutions into cutting units, and these notches simultaneously form channels that facilitate chip removal. The segmentation creates natural chip discharge paths without requiring additional complex structures, maintaining relative simplicity while improving chip removal efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The notches serve multiple functions: they create cutting edges for fiber severing, form channels for chip removal, and reduce contact area for lowering screwing resistance. This multi-functionality improves chip removal efficiency without adding separate dedicated structures, maintaining design simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Area of stationary object

If continuous thread contact is used, then thread engagement area is maximized, but chip accommodation space is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvethread engagement areaVSAvoidchip accommodation space
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The notches segment the continuous thread contact area into discrete cutting units, creating gaps between the units. These gaps provide channels and spaces for chip accommodation and removal, while the overall thread engagement area is maintained through the distributed cutting units along the thread length.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The notches create localized gaps at specific positions on the thread convolutions, providing chip accommodation spaces at these locations while maintaining continuous thread engagement in other areas. This local modification balances chip space requirements with engagement area requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP4488532B1screw
Publication Date: 2025.11.12 TAIWAN SHAN YIN INT CO LTD
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AI summary

A screw (3) includes a shank (31) defining exposed surface sections (311) between spaced-apart thread convolutions (34), a head (32) and a drill portion (33) disposed at opposite ends of the shank (31), and at least one knurl portion (35) having troughs (351) recessedly crossing each other within at least one surface section (311). Each thread convolution (34) has a thread crest (343) formed along a junction of two thread flanks (341, 342), notches (344) cut into the thread crest (343), cutting units (345) each situated between every two adj acent notches (344), and cutting edges (346) each formed around an outer periphery of each notch (344). Each cutting unit (345) of one thread convolution (34) is aligned with each corresponding notch (344) of another adjacent thread convolution (34) . The cutting units (345) and the cutting edges (346) facilitate a quick cutting effect. Chips are allowed to travel in the notches (344) and the troughs (351), thereby attaining a quick removal of chips, achieving a suitable accumulation of chips for a tight engagement, and attaining an anti-loosening effect.