12 mm Internal Retaining Ring (Bore Circlip), DIN 472
The 12 mm internal retaining ring (DIN 472) fits a 12 mm bore with a groove diameter of 12.5 mm, and is 1 mm thick. Here as simplified STEP files.

How these parts are made, and what the levels mean: read the method
- Also searched as: 12 mm circlip
- Model id:
din472-d12
- Standard: DIN 472:2017 · size 12 mm
Files
| Part key | Simplified |
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din472-d12 | STEP |
Dimensions

| Symbol | Name | min | nom | max | Modeled | Rule | Level |
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| s | Ring thickness | | 1 | | 1 | nominal | L1 |
| s_lim | Ring thickness, limits | 0.94 | | 1 | 0.97 | midpoint of min–max | L0 (max: one source) |
| d3 | Free diameter | | 13 | | 13 | nominal | L1 |
| d3_lim | Free diameter, limits | 12.9 | | 13.36 | 13.13 | midpoint of min–max | L1 |
| a | Lug height | | | 3.4 | 3.4 | single limit (max), modeled at the limit | L1 |
| b | Radial width | | 1.7 ref | | 1.7 | reference value | L1 |
| d5 | Plier hole diameter | 1.5 | | | 1.5 | single limit (min), modeled at the limit | L1 |
| d2 | Groove diameter | | 12.5 | | 12.5 | nominal | L1 |
| m | Groove width | | 1.1 | | 1.1 | nominal | L1 |
| n | Groove edge margin | 0.8 | | | 0.8 | single limit (min), modeled at the limit | L1 |
Drawing

As a PDF: CC-DIN472-SZ-12.pdf.
The 12 mm internal retaining ring beside the 11 mm and the 13 mm
The 12 mm is number 5, counting from the smallest, of the 17 DIN 472 internal retaining rings published here, from 8 mm to 25 mm.
- Ring thickness (s): 1 mm on the 12 mm internal retaining ring, the same on the 11 mm and the 13 mm.
- Ring thickness, limits (s_lim): 0.94 to 1 mm on the 12 mm internal retaining ring, the same on the 11 mm and the 13 mm.
- Free diameter (d3): 13 mm on the 12 mm internal retaining ring, against 11.8 mm on the 11 mm and 14.1 mm on the 13 mm.
- Free diameter, limits (d3_lim): 12.9 to 13.36 mm on the 12 mm internal retaining ring, against 11.7 to 12.16 mm on the 11 mm and 14 to 14.46 mm on the 13 mm.
- Lug height (a): up to 3.4 mm on the 12 mm internal retaining ring, against up to 3.3 mm on the 11 mm and up to 3.6 mm on the 13 mm.
- Radial width (b): 1.7 mm (reference) on the 12 mm internal retaining ring, against 1.5 mm (reference) on the 11 mm and 1.8 mm (reference) on the 13 mm.
- Plier hole diameter (d5): at least 1.5 mm on the 12 mm internal retaining ring, against at least 1.2 mm on the 11 mm and at least 1.5 mm on the 13 mm.
- Groove diameter (d2): 12.5 mm on the 12 mm internal retaining ring, against 11.4 mm on the 11 mm and 13.6 mm on the 13 mm.
Other sizes
Documents
Sources
fasten-it-din472, fasteners-eu-din472, hc-maschinentechnik-din472, seeger-din472. Full citations: the method page and this size's datasheet.
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