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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177466 | Apparatus and methods for fastening a panel or other components Fasteners such as clip nut fasteners can include a clip having a nut cage and a nut supported by the nut cage. The nut cage can have a wall supporting a portion of the nut wherein the wall can flex toward and away from the nut. The nut can have projections or other ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8087862 | Electrical box clip for replacing a damaged threaded tab A clip having a U-shaped body and a cantilevered replacement tab with a threaded hole. The clip replaces damaged threaded tabs on a metal electrical box. The U-shaped body of the clip is slid over the wall of an electrical box after the damaged threaded tab is remov... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7896596 | U-shaped clamping piece The invention relates to a U-shaped clamping piece for attachment to a panel provided with an opening, having two flat legs, connected by a yoke, with a nut part axially movably disposed between the two legs for receiving a bolt, said bolt penetrating the opening an... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7654783 | Fastening element The invention relates to a fastening element comprising a clip part (4), which has a top plate (10), a base plate (3) and a joining section (9). A cutout (11) is made in the top plate (10), and a cutout (5) is made in... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648319 | Clip nut fastener A clip nut is provided including a clip body and nut. The clip body includes an upper arm connected to a lower arm by a connecting end wall. The clip body has a nut housing upon its upper arm for affixing a nut having a tubular body and a radially projecting base. T... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7399151 | Low insertion effort fastener with offset for wing A resilient clip is disclosed for engaging a structure having a body with a pair of extending body portions and an elastic flange. The flange has an engagement surface and an engagement member, which engages the mounting structure. The elastic flange also has a base... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7316374 | Fasteners for attaching pipes to a support A fastener for a pipe is able to prevent an end of a stud to which the fastener is attached from puncturing a fuel tank or breaking other parts of a car body and causing the fuel tank to rupture when a collision occurs. The fastener comprises a fastener main body an... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7290971 | Shippable in-assembly bolt A shippable in-assembly bolt having a head portion, a threaded portion containing threads and a gripper portion, wherein the gripper portion preferably comprises a grooved structure and an o-ring. The o-ring is intended to sit between the inner wall of a clearance h... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7255409 | Sliding rail mounting structure A sliding rail mounting structure is disclosed to connect a sliding rail to a vertical column inside a server rack by securing a magnetic locating member to the vertical column by magnetic attraction and then inserting the locating pin of a U-clip at one end of the ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243400 | Fixing clamp for connecting sheets with different expansion properties A fixing clamp for connection of sheets with different expansion properties and is thus installed in a rectangular opening of a support plate. The fixing clamp includes a rectangular baseplate and a threaded sleeve in the center. Transverse webs are bent in the same... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7182563 | Fastener A fastener for fastening a component having a mounting hole has an essentially U-shaped clamping region that at least partially grips around the component and has two opposing legs that are connected together as a single piece by a connecting region. The legs are pr... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7152281 | Fastener and fastened assembly A fastener for connecting a first component to a second component includes a first component connecting end allowing relative movement between a first component connected thereto and the fastener during assembly and during conditions of expansion and contraction. A ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7122739 | Universal ground strap assembly A universal ground strap assembly including a strap having a series of uniformly sized and spaced apertures to facilitate the installation of the ground strap assembly onto a wide range of structures of various shaped and sized cross-sections is provided. A stud, th... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097402 | Lock nut A lock nut comprising a solid nut body having a flange, from which a neck projection extends axially, being provided at its end surface with an annular shroud, from which at least two claws extend radially. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7056162 | Anti-loosening device for screw or nut An anti-loosening device for locking the head of a locking screw or nut, in particular for connection of an electrical terminal to a contact lug, wherein the device essentially comprises a plate having at least one catch element rotationally stationary in relation t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036875 | Method for attaching undercover onto underside of car floor panel An apparatus and method for attaching an undercover to the underside of a car body floor panel having a plurality of studs, comprises tubular fasteners that are inserted into respective mounting holes of the undercover with diametral clearance and that are engaged w... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032872 | Universal laptop computer mount A universal laptop computer mount for mounting a laptop thereon includes a mounting surface member and at least one hold down member which is pivotably mounted, slidably mounted or both pivotably and slidably mounted on the mounting surface member for securing the l... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6971830 | Device comprising a saddle for the fixing of a part to a panel Device for the fixing of a part to a panel equipped with a drilling, such device comprising a saddle with two facing arms drilled with coaxial holes one, of which has a shank forming a nut. The arms being able to be placed on either side of the panel with their hole... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6935823 | Anchor nut device for attachment to a structure An anchor nut device for attachment to a structure, the device defining a threaded bore for the reception therein of a corresponding member. The device includes an anchor nut which is fabricated from a first material, the nut defining the bore and a plurality of rad... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926378 | Support system for telescoping slide assembly A telescoping slide assembly support system includes a stationary slide and a slide support coupled to the stationary slide and to a rack included in an equipment cabinet. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6908274 | Combination fastener This invention pertains fasteners which are characterized by easy insertion and extraordinarily difficult separation of items that they attach together. This is achieved by a combination of snapping segments with multi-engagement configurations of engageable holes. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905297 | Locking nut, bolt and clip systems and assemblies The locking nut and bolt system utilizes a bolt with thread having a plurality of notches generally longitudinally spaced in a predetermined pattern. Each notch has a lock face and an opposing slope. The locking unit carries one or more tines. The tine has a distal ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6805524 | Screw grommet The screw grommet 1 comprises a flange 2 and a shank 3 extending from the flange. The shank is provided with flexible legs 7 extending from the end of the shank towards the flange and outwardly from the shank. The shank has a screw insert... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6688825 | Nut and retainer fastener assembly for securing a nut to a panel, and method of fastener assembly manufacture A fastener assembly includes a flexible resilient U-shaped retainer having first and second wall portions and a third wall portion interconnecting adjacent ends of the first and second wall portions such that the first wall portion overlies and is spaced ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6688830 | Connecting device A device f or the bracing connection of spaced-apart components (1, 2) by a connecting screw (5), comprising a supporting part (3), which can be secured on the first component (1) by fastening elements (8), and a spacer part (4), which can be displaced ax... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6676137 | Snap-on EMI gasket clip and method of sealing a computer chassis from EMI In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a system for shielding electromagnetic energy. The system comprises an electromagnetic interference (EMI) gasket comprising at least one longitudinal member that is operable to exert a spring force u... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6637163 | Decking A deck including a panel, a retainer and a fastener. The panel includes a flange having an aperture therein. The retainer includes an upper leg and a lower leg embracing the flange therebetween, with the lower leg having a fastener receiving opening. The ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6559387 | Universal ground clamp with S-shaped second strap A universal ground clamp having a clamping strap having a series of uniformly sized and spaced apertures to facilitate the installation of the clamp onto a wide range of structures of various shaped and sized cross-sections. A metal stud, through which th... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6474917 | Clip nuts A metal nut (N) is held by a plastic clip-body (12). The clip-body (12) has a first arm, a second arm and an open end that includes a cam section for camming a member into the open end. It also includes an annular locator wall that extends upwardly from t... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6450747 | U-nut fastener and collated strip of U-nut fasteners A U-nut type fastener, for forming a vertically stacked or nested array of such fasteners, comprises an annular hoop member or retainer ring formed upon a lower arm member of the fastener, and an upstanding sleeve member or internally threaded nut is form... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6443677 | Nut plate and method for making same A nut plate is formed from a generally U-shaped clip having first and second elongated legs and a connecting leg extending therebetween. The first leg has an opening therein for receipt of a nut and for securing the nut in the leg. The second leg has a pa... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6357980 | Nut clip assembly forming a coplanar surface A nut/clip assembly has a nut and a clip. The nut has an internally threaded cylindrical portion of sufficient wall thickness that the internal threads are fully-formed. The cylindrical portion of the nut is formed by extrusion. The clip is U-shaped and h... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6102639 | Locking nut and bolt system The bolt, in the one-way nut and bolt combination, includes a head, a stem, and bolt threads on said stem. A longitudinal channel is defined on the bolt stem by a plurality of notches extending through the crests of the threads. In one embodiment, each no... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6010289 | Locking nut, bolt and clip systems and assemblies The locking nut and bolt system utilizes a bolt with thread having a plurality of notches generally longitudinally spaced in a predetermined pattern. Each notch has a lock face and an opposing slope. The locking unit carries one or more tines. The tine ha... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5961264 | Multi-threaded nut assembly having tilted barrel section A nut for interconnecting a pair of panel sheet components includes an upper and a lower nut plate. The upper nut plate includes a conical barrel portion to allow angled relative to a vertical axis of the assembly, the base plate having an axial clearance... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5944486 | Interchangeable fan blade system An interchangeable fan blade system for a ceiling fan, made up of a set of adapters having a plurality of elongated attachment apertures that allow the adapter to be threadably fitted to virtually any type of fan support arm, and a complimentary set of in... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5934851 | Staked fastener having wrenchable flats A fastener assembly having improved push-out resistance and bearing engagement characteristics while maintaining serviceability by having stakes located in the sidewall flats. The fastener is mounted in the opening of a retainer and a stake is located in ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5897276 | U-shaped clip-on slide nut A U-shaped clip-on slide nut with two parallel sliding limbs provided with notch elements and capable of being clipped onto an undercut ridge. One sliding limb has a bore and the other limb is provided with a threaded bore aligned with the bore and accomm... | 04/27/1999 |
