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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7152380 | Apparatus and method for repairing popped wallboard nails An apparatus and a method for repairing nail pops in a wallboard is disclosed. The apparatus can be placed In a first state in which it acts as a cutting tool and can be used to cut a bore hole into a wallboard to separate a popped nail from the wallboard. The appar... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6851702 | Mounting assembly for inflatable curtain A novel mounting bracket for an inflatable curtain is described. The mounting bracket includes a pair of attachment plates for engaging respective sides of the inflatable curtain. One plate includes an opening through which a fastener may be positioned to secure the... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6045310 | Composite fastener for use in high temperature environments A fastener includes a composite body and a metal coupling attached to the body. The metal coupling includes an attachment structure to connect the fastener to an external structure. An assembly of components includes a first metallic component having a fi... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5941126 | Shift fork assembly A shift fork assembly includes a pin sized for clearance and a retainer clip to secure a shift fork to a shift rail. The shift rail has a transverse bore extending at least partially into the shift rail. The shift fork has an axial bore receiving the shif... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5842319 | Invisible decking connector An invisible decking connector for wood decking structures fastens elongate decking boards to each other in side-to-side adjacency and fastens the decking boards to underlying perpendicularly oriented joists for positional maintenance thereon. The connect... | 12/01/1998 |
| 4907928 | Fastening member for securement into hard materials A fastening member to be driven into a hard receiving material, such as concrete, masonry, rock and the like, has an axially extending shank with a drilling head at its leading end and a thread adjacent its trailing end for connecting a load to the fasten... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4862760 | Shift lever assembly and method of assembling A shift lever assembly for an automotive transmission including a lower shift lever for engaging and operating an automotive transmission to select a desired gear stage. An upper shift lever is detachably coupled to the lower lever and serves for manual a... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4770587 | Locking pin A locking pin formed from an elastic material having in its longitudinal direction a symmetrical cross-sectional configuration having two opposite outlines (3,5), one of which (3) is formed by two straight lines extending from the ends of the pin and meet... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4627761 | Retainer A flexible retainer for coupling an inner polygonal stud and an outer tubular member includes an elongated arm from which a pair of spaced fingers transversely extend. The outer tubular member includes a polygonal bore into which the inner stud is inserte... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4611964 | Anchor nail fastener The phenomenon of pop-back of the nail insert for anchor nail fasteners is prevented by providing a dimple-like indentation in the wall of the tube sufficient to grip the insert nail after it has been driven down the tube. For longer length anchor nails, ... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4577530 | Differential cross shaft retaining means An improved structure for retaining a differential cross shaft in a differential axle assembly is disclosed. The differential axle assembly includes a casing adapted to be rotated about an axis. A cross shaft is disposed within the casing perpendicular to... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4118132 | Rotary tiller tine assembly wire clip A pin for holding a rotary tiller tine hub in place on a shaft is, in turn, held in place by a wire clip having a straight intermediate section extending parallel to the shaft and received in a transverse hole extending through the pin adjacent an end the... | 10/03/1978 |
| 3960460 | Connector for elements made of structural foam Elements of structural foam are connected by pushing into each of them a substantially blade-shaped portion of a connector, which portion has at least one transverse hole, whereupon a nail-like or similar member is pushed into the structural-foam element ... | 06/01/1976 |
