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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162702 | Contact-making unit, attachment method and screwing tool for carrying out the method A contact-making unit including a holding unit and a screw with a head and a shank. The holding unit includes a connection part-holding section into which at least one connection part can be inserted, and a screw-holding section into which the screw is inserted in a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157223 | Holder for an elongate article A holder for at least one elongate article, with a main part on which is formed at least one receptacle into which the article can be introduced, and with a lid part which is movably connected to the main part via a joint and closes the receptacle in a closed positi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151454 | Joining means In the invention, a joining means having a ram tool, a countertool and a holder with an opening to accommodate the ram tool or the countertool, is described. The two tools are arranged coaxial with each other at different ends of a C-bracket. The invention is distin... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146491 | Apparatus and method for automatically, circumferentially wrapping a cable harness A method and apparatus for automatically circumferentially wrapping a cable with a wrapping tape connectable to a fastener, wherein the apparatus comprises: a gripper device with movable jaws, a joining tool, a first feeder; a second feeder, and a control device. Th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146240 | Riveting system and process for forming a riveted joint A riveting system is operable to join two or more workplaces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed. Still another aspect of the present invention employs an electronic control unit and one or more sensors to dete... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8127579 | Universal lock cylinder A lock assembly includes a universal core assembly, which provides multiple engagement features to permit the core assembly to be mounted into various lock housings. A torque blade or a spindle assembly is received within a rear segment of the lock core to engage on... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8096742 | Blind rivet A blind rivet assembly is provided. In another aspect of the present invention, a blind rivet has ends that are received within countersinks in one or more workpieces and a mandrel head is completely pulled through the rivet without being severed from a mandrel stem... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096155 | Variable shear line lock cylinder A lock cylinder is provided and includes an outer cylinder having a bore, an inner cylinder rotatably disposed within the bore, and a pin assembly disposed within the inner and outer cylinders. The pin assembly is operable to selectively lock the inner cylinder rela... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091393 | Multi-piece plug assembly for a cylinder lock A cylinder lock assembly includes a cylinder body and a plug assembly which is manufactured in a multiple of pieces to facilitate casting of each plug piece in a single operation. The plug assembly includes a plug body with a plug insert opening to receive a plug in... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8079506 | Stud welding apparatus A stud welding apparatus comprises a feeder to receive a plurality of studs and feed the stud one by one with the stud being fed in advance of a weld portion thereof from an outlet of the feeder; and a welding gun to receive the stud as fed from the feeder through a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8057268 | Retaining device for cable lugs The invention relates to a holding arrangement for at least two electrical connection elements, such as cable lugs, for example, which each have an electrical connection section and a line section, with a base part and a cover part, which can be connected to the bas... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056965 | Stop arrangement and method for setting up a stop for two components that are movable with respect to each other A stop arrangement for forming an adjustable stop between a first component and a second component that are movable in relation to each other, in particular between a vehicle body and a flap hinge-connected to it, including a fastening element which is connected to ... | 11/15/2011 |
| D648832 | Faucet handle | 11/15/2011 |
| D648829 | Faucet handle | 11/15/2011 |
| D648828 | Faucet handle | 11/15/2011 |
| D648827 | Deckplate | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051539 | Blade fastener for trim member A fuse-shaped fastener provides a plastic member having opposed elastically flexible wings, and a metal insert having multiple barbs. The deflectable wings homogenously extend from a molded head and are distally connected by a joining member. The barbs engage within... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046879 | Fastener A fastener with a shank and, arranged at one end of the shank, a head intended for welding to a workpiece, has multiple detent pawls formed on the shank that extend radially outward from the shank toward the head and that are elastically resilient in the radially in... | 11/01/2011 |
| D648004 | Spout | 11/01/2011 |
| D648003 | Spout | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043038 | Anchor A pin having a head and a plurality of legs extending from that head, and a bushing having a flange and a shank extending from that flange, are comprised. In the flange, holes for accepting a plurality of legs are provided in a plurality corresponding to the number ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038167 | Two stage high retention fastener A fastener system for use with an air bag includes a fastener having a rounded base having a flat portion, and first and second arms oriented transverse to the flat portion. A first set of engagement devices is connected proximate the rounded base. A second set of e... | 10/18/2011 |
| D645943 | Pullout sprayhead | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020812 | Clamp for corrugated tube A clamp for corrugated tubes capable of holding a corrugated tube, whether a corrugated tube of large diameter or a corrugated tube of small diameter, with adequate holding force. The clamp comprises a main fastener body, a body attachment part for attaching the mai... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020278 | Method for holding a piece in a bore An assembly includes a piece to be held in a bore and a device in which the piece is inserted for holding the piece in the bore. The device comprises a cylindrical sleeve having a series of fins extending longitudinally of an inner surface of the sleeve and projecti... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015686 | Method and device for supply of connecting elements to a processing apparatus In a method of supplying connecting elements to a processing unit, in which the connecting elements are placed in readiness by a supply unit and conveyed individually by a passage to a loading device arranged on the processing unit, the conveyance of the connecting ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011068 | Structure for attaching protective member to a support A structure for attaching to a support a protective member having a rib comprises a single-piece clip with a rib-fastening section and a support-fastening section. The rib-fastening section has a pair of walls defining a space into which the rib is inserted, and the... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007029 | Attachment assembly for aerodynamic performance improvement cover An attachment assembly for an aerodynamic cover includes a substantially flattened aerodynamic cover adapted to be located on a body panel with a predetermined height (H) form the body panel; a first clip; and a second clip. The first clip comprises a flange and a s... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8002509 | Fastening system for fastening components, in particular for motor vehicles A fastening system including a stud with a shank and an annular flange whose diameter is greater than the diameter of the shank. The system further including a nut with a bore and an internal thread formed in the bore, the internal thread having a helical thread rid... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7971335 | Fastening apparatus and method with compensation for load-induced deformation of supporting frame Fastening apparatus comprises a frame having a pair of spaced arms supporting respective cooperable fastening members, loading of the frame during a fastening operation tends to spread the arms and cause variation of a desired predetermined relationship between the ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966705 | Self-piercing blind rivet A self-piercing blind fastener comprising a mandrel having an elongate cylindrical shell mounted on a stem of such mandrel and which extends co-axially about a central elongate axis of the blind fastener, the shell having a radially extending flange at one end and a... | 06/28/2011 |
| D640774 | Spout | 06/28/2011 |
| D640773 | Spout | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963487 | Plastic clamp A synthetic material clamp includes a band bent ring-shaped, having band ends with toothed coupling sections together forming a latching coupling. Each coupling section has a first latching element with a latching tooth directed toward a band inner side and a second... | 06/21/2011 |
| D640353 | Spout | 06/21/2011 |
| 7946895 | Internally threaded nut with a collar held captive in a nut holding section The invention relates to a contact-making arrangement for establishing an electrical contact, having a nut which has an internally threaded section, and having a holding part for holding captive the nut and at least one connecting part such as a cable lug, with the ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7937821 | Blind rivet method There is provided a blind rivet including an axially extending hollow tubular body having a tail end face at one end and a pre-formed radially enlarged flange at the other end, together with a mandrel having a stem which extends co-axially though the body and having... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637474 | Deadbolt exterior | 05/10/2011 |
| D637472 | Deadbolt exterior | 05/10/2011 |
| D637064 | Deadbolt interior | 05/03/2011 |
