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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7189044 | Locking nut and bolt system with enhanced locking The locking nut and bolt system includes an elongated locking unit, mounted in a nut and operative with a specially configured groove bolt. The locking unit includes a plurality of at least three tines, asymmetrically located, which protrude tangentially and general... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7114217 | Buffer A buffer includes a grommet having a tube portion, an attaching portion and an elastic engaging piece projecting inside the tube portion; an engaging member having an engaging step portion provided on an outer surface thereof for engaging the elastic engaging piece ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7011481 | Securing nut including a nut body and straining ring The present invention concerns a securing nut (1) with a nut body (5) and a straining ring (4) that is arranged on the nut body (5) and able to turn, the straining ring (4) being shoved onto a neck (2) of the nut body (5 | 03/14/2006 |
| 6976818 | Threaded fastener particularly suited for plastics A male threaded fastener particularly suited for use in plastics has a high thread and a low thread. Depressions are provided in the pressure flank of the high thread. Dimensional relationships are defined for scaling the fastener to commonly accepted sizes. ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974289 | Pressure flank screw and fastening system therewith A male threaded fastening member is provided with depressions in at least one or several helix wraps of the thread adjacent the head, the depressions extending inwardly from an edge of the thread at least part way toward a shank of the male fastening member. In a fa... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6942440 | Quick-mountable nut A quick-mountable nut, which is capable of at least partially rotation-free axial displacement relative to a threaded bolt (22; 52), includes a nut housing (2; 45), and a springy holding member (4; 49) at least partially located in the nut housi... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6926353 | Removable roof for a motor vehicle This removable roof, which is suited for a motor vehicle such as a passenger car, overarches a passenger space in a body of the passenger car and is held on fixed body structures of the body. The roof is provided with at least one locking device, is made of dimensio... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918726 | Lock nut having ring lock with lug A lock nut having a locking ring with a spoon-shaped lug. The lock ring includes a nut body having a bore with an interior threaded portion and a substantially cylindrical recess coaxial with the threaded portion of the bore. The recess includes a single notch on a ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6071052 | Extended height lock nut A method of forming a lock nut and the product thereof in which a coaxial extension is secured to the end face of a standard nut to receive a locking element therein. The extension is comprised of a concentric metal ring secured at one edge to the end fac... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5143499 | Deformable cylinder locknut A temperature-sensitive, deformable cylinder locknut for use in high temperature applications associated with the operation of a gas turbine engine provides a secure fastener lock which resists torsional and vibrational stresses which may otherwise act to... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5020953 | Lock nut A lock nut with a nut and an annular flat plate made of resilient material, the annular flat plate having a circumferential periphery and an arcuate protrusion, wherein the circumferential periphery is secured on one surface of the nut, and the arcuate pr... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4911594 | Push-nut type fastener A push-nut type fastener for use on a threaded stud comprises a thin planar metal plate having an aperture formed therethrough with its axis perpendicular to the plane of the plate. A first plurality of resilient fingers is formed integrally with the meta... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4907924 | Backward starting locknut A backward starting locknut comprises a polygonal-shaped metal nut having a threaded axial bore extending from a front end face normal thereto toward a recess formed in an opposite or backside of the nut body. A locking insert of resilient plastic materia... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4784553 | Vibration resistant fastener construction A vibration-resistant attachment device involving a threaded stud having thread crests, and a sheet metal member having an aperture the edge of which constitute an element of an interrupted female screw thread through which element the threaded stud exten... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4653968 | Adjustable abutment assembly A hood bumper assembly which may be used, for example, to adjustably align the hood of an automobile with the adjacent fenders as the hood is brought down into locked engagement over the engine compartment. The assembly includes a workpiece, which may be ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4645395 | Locking nut The invention concerns a nut provided with a locking element (4, 5, 6, 7), which by e.g. a screw (8, 9, 10, 11) can be urged radially against a screw thread. In order to provide a self-contained and easily releasable nut the locking element is arranged in... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4551050 | Threaded engagement means According to a depicted embodiment thereof, the novel threaded engagement means comprises a drill rod coupling which is centrally bored and threaded to receive threaded drill rods. A stack of apertured discs, however, engages and lines the threaded bore. ... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4472095 | Locking fastener This invention provides a locking fastener in which a nut is provided with symmetrical axial slots extending inwardly from one end, a sleeve surrounds the nut and has ribs in the slots for engaging the thread of a threaded shank received in the nut, and a... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4413689 | Plural-part earth bit, and an improved bit head therefor According to a depicted embodiment thereof, the novel earth bit comprises a shank having a threaded end and a bit head centrally bored and threaded to receive a shank. A stack of apertured discs, however, is interposed between the threaded bore or cavity ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4139038 | Device for safeguarding screw connections and other movable parts against accidental loosening A device for safeguarding screw connections and other rotatable and/or longitudinally movable parts against accidental loosening. The device includes a conical dish or plate spring which by means of the free end face of its inner and/or outer marginal zon... | 02/13/1979 |
