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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320570 | Set screw with NiTi tip A set screw includes a threaded body having a hole defined therein, wherein the hole is situated along an axis of the threaded body. The set screw also includes a super-elastic alloy insert, such as a nickel-titanium alloy (NiTi) insert, partially received and secur... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7249923 | Flexible fastener This invention relates generally to a flexible fastener for coupling members. In a preferred embodiment, the flexible fastener may be used to couple members that are non-parallel, non-aligned, or in specific instances when selective compliance in a member is desired... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7223056 | Blind rivet nut A blind rivet nut has a head configured as an annular flange and a shank comprising a head end, a foot end and a cylindrical bore closed at the foot end of the shank and extending from the head end to the foot end in lengthwise direction, and a second bore segment n... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7175533 | Method of forming a cold-headed standoff A method of head trimming a fastener blank in a cold-forging process comprises placing a fastener blank into a bore of a punch having an end face; supporting an underside of a head portion of the fastener blank with the punch end face; moving a die having an interna... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7097403 | Reduced material fastener A reduced material fastener has a shank cross-section selected to provide a parting line. Having a parting line means that the fastener may be made using two opposing dies, including roller dies, to cold form the cross-section. The cross-sections do not have to be s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7070376 | Self-drilling, self-anchoring fastener for concrete A fastener adapted for anchoring into a masonry structure, such as a concrete block, employs an epoxy resin system so that the fastener is both mechanically engaged and bonded to the structure. In one preferred configuration, the bead is composed of a hardener, a re... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051806 | Internal slip connector An internal slip connector useful for attaching tools or other devices to the inside wall of a conduit, the connector having a mandrel with a head end, a threaded end, a reduced-diameter shaft section disposed between the head end and the threaded end, two abutting ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7007538 | Breakaway tooling A mounting plate (16) pivotally supports a finger (14) for pivotal movement about a pivot axis A as a shear pin (34) breaks between a post (30) and the finger (14) in response to a predetermined force urging the finger (14) ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6991547 | Roof bolts for use in mines, a method for their production and method for their installation A roof bolt comprises a shaft for insertion in a hole drilled in a mine roof and a head whereby the bolt may be rotated, the head being offset with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft so that when the bolt is rotated by means of its head the shaft is cause... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6886384 | Process for forming a threaded member A process for the formation of a thread form in a substantially elongate member (1), wherein the thread form includes at least one rib (3) spaced apart from at least one other rib along the elongate member and wherein the thread form has a relatively c... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6843729 | Fastener having recess useable with multiple drivers and method of manufacture A fastener is described having a head formed with a recess which accommodates a square head driver, symmetrical drivers, such as PHILLIPS™ style drivers, asymmetrical style cross head drivers, such as POZIDRIV® style drivers, and combination square and cross driv... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6540619 | Bolt and a manufacturing method thereof The object of the present invention is to prevent the encroaching and the seizure between the bolt and the female screw caused by an oblique screwing of the bolt into the female screw when the bolt and the female screw are fastened together. Another objec... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6475094 | Method for making product and product having ultra high molecular weight plastic parts A method of making a UHMWPE body combined with a bolt, a cap screw, a reinforcing member uses a compression molding machine equipped with a male and female mold set. Particulate UHMWPE dispensed into the cavity of the female mold surrounds the head of the... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6425829 | Threaded load transferring attachment A Nitinol element is threaded by first heating it to a temperature of about 800° C., and then applying a threading tool, such as a tap or die, to form the threads. Nitinol has a unique property of increasing yield strength as cold work is applied, but th... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6328657 | Threaded fastener and a method of making same A threaded fastener lighter in weight and easier to produce is made by the moderate temperature-forging, from a raw magnesium material that contains microcrystals whose diameter is about 100 μm or less. The raw material may be pure magnesium of industria... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6213884 | Case hardened self-drilling, self-tapping, self-piercing fasteners and process for making the same A method for heat treating a metal article such as a fastener comprising the step of case hardening the fastener in a gas carborizing atmosphere at a temperature of about 1700° F. or in a carbonitriding atmosphere at a temperature of about 1550° F., and... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6017274 | Method of forming a fastener In a first embodiment, a method for forming a hardened fastener having a hardened fastener head. Alloys made of cobalt, nickel, chromium, and molybdenum have very high hardnesses while maintaining ductility. Metals conforming to the chemistry of AMS 5844 ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6004214 | Method of forming a device having a captured washer A method of forming an apparatus having a captured washer includes the step of forming a shaft with a first end, a second end, a shaft diameter, and an axis. A stop element is provided on the shaft. An integral washer is formed on the shaft spaced from th... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5895324 | Process for forming axially-extendable bolt by upsetting An axially-extendable-bolt forming process by upsetting includes preparing a die having a through bore, and an internal upsetting cavity and a buffer space, a rod-shaped bolt precursor and a knock-out member, primarily pressing a leading end of the bolt p... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5795234 | Process for forming bolt In a process for forming a bolt, a die, a rod-shaped knock-out member, and a punch are prepared. The die has opposite end surfaces, a through bore opened to one of the opposite end surfaces, and a space connected with the through bore and disposed substan... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5582548 | Method of manufacture of anti-slip fastener A fastener system includes a fastener and a driver tool in which the fastener includes a cavity for insertion of the driver tool and in which the driver tool and the fastener form an interlocking relationship between the driver tool and the fastener is fo... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5562547 | Self-attachment screw The present invention relates to a burred fastener for forming a friction fit between the fastener and a driver. The friction fit retains the fastener in contact with the driver during insertion, tightening and loosening of the fastener into a work surfac... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5547424 | Method and an apparatus for making an elongate object In a method of making an elongate object (49) with a head at one end and a point at the other end, a blank (49) is placed in a die (50) having a through-going channel, following which the head end is subjected to axial pressure by a tool (52), while a sto... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5250007 | Method and apparatus for forming threads with variable pitch Apparatus and methods for forming a thread of varying pitch by utilizing a threading assembly which includes a plurality of threading elements having thread cutting or forming portions on the different elements for engaging the work piece at different loc... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5211048 | Method of forming shaped configuration at end of long element Disclosed is a method of forming a shaped configuration by cold forging at an end of a long element, such as the armature shaft of a starter motor for an automobile. The die used in this method has an inner space in which a section for forming the shaped ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5205466 | Manufacturing method of austenitic stainless steel self-tapping and self-drilling screw This invention is a manufacturing method of Austenitic stainless steel self-tapping and self-drilling screw. It uses low carbon steel or low carbon alloy steel and forges or cuts it into a round rod with a shoulder, non-threaded bolt, and drilling end por... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5039265 | Lightweight fastener An aerospace fastener comprises a blot with a roll-formed thread, and a nut with a similar thread having a uniform pitch P. The bolt has a cylindrical shank, a threaded tip and a run-out zone between the shank and tip. The thread root in the run-out follo... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4996860 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing anchor bolts for concrete A method and apparatus for manufacturing anchor bolts to be fixed on concrete structures, with the method comprising preliminarily heading a steel rod to form at an upper end thereof, a head having a tapered surface gradually tapering downwardly from the ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4990042 | Self-drilling blind setting rivet A blind setting rivet which may be used to secure two layers of materials together is disclosed which drills and deburrs its own aperture through the two layers of materials and attaches the materials together in a secure, water-resistant, sealed manner. ... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4974274 | Method of making an engine clip bolt Bolt material is orbitally swaged into recesses in the clip while simultaneously swaging bolt material over the clip to develop a torsional interference lock and an axial interference lock, respectively between the clip and the bolt. The recesses are arc ... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4941337 | Method of making threaded fasteners A threaded fastener is made by a method which involves forming a portion having an external thread form and a shank portion. The shank portion has at least one substantially circumferential groove the depth of which is such that the effective stress area ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4941341 | Process and apparatus for cold pressing a conical external thread The process is carried out using a press tool which has a plurality of dies which are arranged around a longitudinal axis and are radially displaceable with respect to this axis. The radially inner surfaces of the dies correspond to segments of the conica... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4936725 | Blind shear-ring fastener and method A blind fastener comprises a tubular sleeve, a mandrel stem and an integral shear ring and locking collar assembly. The integral shear ring and locking collar assembly has a wedge-shaped bulbing portion for expanding the blind side of the fastener sleeve ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4929505 | Carbon-carbon composite structural assemblies and methods of making the same Various methods of fixedly connecting together carbon-carbon composite structures are disclosed herein along with the ultimately connected structural assemblies. These assemblies for the most part consist only of the carbon-carbon composite structures and... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4918809 | Nail making machine A nail making machine having a capstan for delivering wire to feed rolls which intermittently advance an end portion of the wire to a first workstation where a pointed nail blank is formed and severed from the wire. An indexing wheel conveys successively ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4915559 | Lightweight fastener An aerospace fastener comprises a bolt with a roll-formed thread, and a nut with a similar thread having a uniform pitch P. The bolt has a cylindrical shank, a threaded tip and a run-out zone between the shank and tip. The thread root in the run-out follo... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4904145 | Stud with an adapted head A stud is formed with an extension to permanently hold an adapted-head by means of a forged pin. The nut-head is designed to be able to withstand torsional and shearing stresses. The extension is especially designed to form a head in conjunction with a nu... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4878794 | Collated screw fasteners A series of drywall screws are nested together and individually seated with a special driving tool after separation from one another. Each screw is hollow and has interior and exterior screw threads. One end of the screw has a hollow flat head and the bod... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4827756 | Fastener fabrication method An improved fastener provides axially extending teeth on a narrow shoulder adjacent the fastener head. The teeth bite into sheet material, and are particularly useful in biting into the surface of a thin sheet which is fastened to a thicker sheet material... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4828443 | Eye bolt and method of manufacture The invention is an eye bolt structure and method of forming including bending a straight rod to include a straight shank portion, a loop portion and a straight rod end portion, the rod end portion lying adjacent the shank portion; then placing at least o... | 05/09/1989 |
