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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066462 | Development in beam type fasteners The invention provides a fastener (10) which has an actuating means (12), a bias means (14) and a flexible core (16). The flexible core (16) has an means for engaging (18) which may be integral with but is preferable separat... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8016534 | Fastener assembly and manufacturing method therefor A connector includes an elongated hollow body and a nut threaded onto the body. The nut is secured in place by outward expansion of material from the threaded body into a chamfer of the nut. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7210219 | Cir-clip to shaft insertion tool The fastener to shaft insertion tool is disclosed which consists of a shaft holding member, a fastener insertion member, and force transmitting member. The fastener holding member facilitates the holding of the fastener and the application of forces to the fastener ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195438 | Swage type fastener A fastening system is provided that includes a fastener having a pin member with a lock groove and crest geometry that is optimized to receive swaged material from collars of materials of different strengths for securing workpieces for different load applications. T... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7033121 | Water-tight grommet A substantially watertight grommet having a sealing mechanism that can simultaneously form a watertight seal between the grommet and a pin received therein and between the grommet and a panel within which the grommet is received is herein described. In a preferred e... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6244808 | Shank groove configuration for a rivet A punching, stamping rivet has a frustrum-shaped rivet head and a shank with a shank groove following thereafter. In order to create a riveted joint between two sheets, the sheets are punched through by the shank. A groove is subsequently stamped around t... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6241443 | Fastener with staged locking system A fastener includes a pin and a collar for engaging the pin. The pin includes a pin head for engaging one exposed surface of the workpieces and a pin shank for positioning through a bore in the workpieces. The pin shank includes a second working second wo... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6102640 | Bolt retainer for members to be fixed together by the bolt An annular recess is formed in an inner periphery defining a bolt shank bore and has fitted therein an annular elastic member having elasticity radially thereof and having an inside diameter smaller than the outside diameter of the shank of a bolt. The sh... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5636956 | Fastener and screw means therefor A fastener is a screw having a threaded shaft, and a fastening strip or sheet having a raised portion provided with an aperture being preformed to have an at least partly helical threadform-defining edge shaped and dimensional to matingly receive the thre... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5527140 | Bush for lockbolt rivet, and associated tool The invention concerns a bush (13) to be formed around a lockbolt rivet (4) by means of a tool (14) which applies a longitudinal force, thus producing a high-strength riveted joint. The bush has substantially the shape of a hollow cylinder, but its shape ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5380031 | Device for assembling an accessory on a ski A device for assembling an accessory on a ski. The accessory comprises a base (13) designed to be placed on the ski surface and at least one hole (7) used to receive an assembly screw (1). The hole and the screw cooperate in such a way that, when the base... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5376097 | Surgical fastener system A fastening system device having dimensions of very small magnitudes for attaching a mesh prosthesis or tissue to body tissue. The device has a shaft member which has a continuous outer peripheral surface and so constructed such that the outer surface is ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5256014 | Nut threaded fastener for applying a predetermined preload Six lobes of a nut have axial surfaces falling on six tangent cylinders of equal radius and having axes lying on a right cylinder concentric with the axis of the nut. The surface of a second concentric right cylinder having a radius greater than the first... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5209895 | Method of repairing a nuclear assembly A method of repairing a nuclear power facility metal component assembly with a "Class A" fastening between hard metal parts (12,14) includes several steps they are: providing aligned openings (20,22) in a plurality of hard metal parts (12,14) to be assemb... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5011352 | Deflection type thread lock for a threaded fastener A fastener includes a threaded pin and an internally threaded collar. The threads can freely be run without impediment during tightening. After the fastener is tightened, a tool engages a shoulder on the collar and presses a deflector against the collar o... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4850771 | Installation system for securing workpieces of composite materials and the like and threaded fastener for such system An installation system for securing workpieces of composite type materials and including a fastener adapted to be located in aligned bores in such workpieces with a preselected interference fit, with the fastener comprising a pin having an elongated shank... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4812098 | Device for joining together building units The present invention relates to a device for joining together building units, comprising a lock housing (2) positioned in one building unit; a peg (3) positioned in the other building unit and arranged to be inserted into the lock housing, the end of the... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4750851 | Self-aligning pivot bolt A self-aligning pivot bolt for mounting a belt tensioner idler pulley on a base member in which the bolt is formed with upper and lower cylindrical pilot sections separated by an intermediate threaded section. The base member has a bolt receiving opening ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4717301 | Panel fastener supporting bush for cover panels comprising a base panel and a foam portion A supporting bush designed to define a connecting seat for a known type of panel fastener on a motor vehicle interior cover panel composed of a base panel and a foam portion; the aforementioned bush being composed of a first cup-shaped element, designed t... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4705285 | Stabilizer apparatus for telescopic type front fork A stabilizer apparatus is provided for a telescopic type front fork having a pair of right and left movable fork members supporting a front wheel of a vehicle. The stabilizer apparatus comprising a stabilizer member having an end connected to each of the ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4448392 | Thread stop for a screw jack A thread stop is provided for a screw jack including at least one elongated, substantially cylindrical screw member having an external thread. The thread stop comprises at least one radially outwardly deformed part in a predetermined portion of a minor di... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4431355 | Fastener for lining panels A device for detachably fastening an element having a first aperture onto a support panel of a motor vehicle having a second aperture. The device includes a bushing insertable into the second aperture, which bushing includes an exterior flange and resilie... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4405256 | Cushioned fastener joint A method of forming a fastener joint in a composite material work piece subject to an operating load comprising the steps of forming a hole of a prescribed hole diameter through the composite material work piece placing a tubular metal sleeve member with ... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4376334 | Method of making terminal clamp assembly The invention provides a terminal clamp assembly comprising a fastener and one or more captive members and a method for making such a terminal clamp assembly. The terminal clamp assembly comprises a threaded fastener including a driver head portion, a thr... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4324057 | Pin type tooth retention system An excavator tooth assembly with an adapter and retaining means comprising an elastomer insert with a longitudinal hole therethrough in which a retaining pin is located to resiliently bias the tooth against an adapter, the assembly being simple and inexpe... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4262577 | Fastener A fastener for use with a connecting element such as a screw comprises a thickened head of a firm but plastic material, a shank, and a tail. The head and shank are first placed into a hole; then a connecting element such as a screw is inserted alongside o... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4240322 | Wedge-pin fastener A fastener for joining a pair of elements comprises a fastener member having an elongated stem provided at one end with an enlarged head and formed spaced from this head with a transversely throughgoing passage. This fastener member is insertable through ... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4224971 | Dowel or anchoring means This invention relates to an anchoring arrangement comprising a plug of a two-component adhesive adapted to be received in a hole in a receiving material, said adhesive being hardenable after the intermixing of the two components and at least one componen... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4221152 | Two piece fastener including a pin with undercut pintail A two part fastener of the lockbolt type is provided in which the pintail portion is provided with a rollback type land immediately adjacent the breakneck groove having a diameter generally no greater than the root diameter of the pull grooves provided th... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4151779 | Lock and spacer ring A ring for locking and spacing two components situated in a cylindrical bore, characterized in that said ring has a closed uninterrupted angular shape and comprises a weakened part which allows the adjacent end parts to be pressed to each other without di... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4143577 | Anchor base fastener An anchor base for integral plastic structures includes an articulated series of lever arms joined together in at least one joint by means of a living hinge in order to establish a preferred point of articulation. The leverage is such that, as a first pai... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4136596 | Lockbolt collar The improved lockbolt collar comprises a substantially cylindrical first section and an outwardly flaring skirt connected to the cylindrical section. During the initial setting operation, the cylindrical portion of the collar is swaged into engagement wit... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4126076 | Rivet fastener system A metal rivet, a two-piece rivet assembly, and a joint including the assembly. The metal rivet includes a preformed head at one end of a solid shank. At the other end there is a tubular upsettable portion which is circularly cylindrical with a recess whic... | 11/21/1978 |
| 3962775 | Method of forming a joint using a guide fastener A fastener/guide assembly and method including a fastener having a head, a bearing section to be extended through aligned holes in work pieces, and an engagement section opposite the head; and a guide member having a pilot section sized to extend through ... | 06/15/1976 |
