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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182187 | Drive system An article for use in a torque transmitting system which has a drive surface configuration having side and end surfaces is disclosed. The end surface tapers upwardly and outwardly from a lowermost point provided along a longitudinal axis to the side surface. The end... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7316535 | Screw with a convenient screw head A screw has a convenient head, wherein an engaging concavity is defined. Said engaging concavity includes a central portion and a plurality of radial recesses disposed around and in communication with the central portion. Each radial recess has two insides with one ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7293949 | Spiral drive fastener with friction engageable surface Interference surfaces are constructed on inner transition surfaces between wings of a fastener having a spiral recess. A portion of the transition surface is tapered to provide the interference. A standard driver for a spiral recess will engage the interference surf... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7255522 | Spiral drive fastener with engagement ramp The fastener of this application is designed to facilitate the insertion of rotating power driven tools into the fastener recess. The recess of this fastener generally uses spirally configured driving surfaces and is formed in a counterbore in the upper surface of t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7225710 | Combination driver and combination fastener A driver has a tip that enables it to engage each one of a conventional hexagonal-head fastener and a conventional lobed-head fastener. The tip includes alternating flutes and crests. The crests are substantially flat to engage straight walls of a hexagonal-head. Th... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7188554 | Medical fastener and tool A drive system for a surgical fastener is composed of a drive tool with a drive tip that mates closely with the recess formed in the head of a threaded fastener. The surgical fastener has a head with a quadrilobe fitting therein which closely mates with the quardilo... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7162939 | Tamperproof screw, combination with screwdriver bit, and header punch for manufacturing tamperproof screw Related to a tamperproof screw to which a conventional general screwdriver cannot couple so that screw tightening is prevented reliably, to a screwdriver bit that can be simply and quickly coupled to the screw and can reliably prevent a come-out phenomenon during sc... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163360 | Cutter body, rotary tool, and method for assembling the rotary tool A cutter body which includes cartridges 11 for allowing corresponding cutting inserts 9 to be removably fixed thereto, a cutter body member 3, second screws (cartridge fixation screws 17) for fixing the corresponding cartridges 11 ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7156598 | Waffle stud for insert molded plastic members A fastener is configured for use in the manufacture of molded plastic components that will be subsequently attached to other components by the fastener. The low profile head portion of the fastener has a rounded contoured and convoluted top surface to facilitate the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7147421 | Screw and screwdriver A screw and a screwdriver of the present invention provide an easy insertion of screwdriver bits and the screwdriver conveys a large torque when fastening so that the screwdriver does not rise up from the screw and does not damage recesses to fasten and loosen the s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128513 | Screw and driver therefor A screw (10) has a threaded shank (12) and a head (14). The head has a recess (18) that comprises three lobes (18a, b, c). Each lobe is separated by a curved drive flange (20a, b, c). A driver (100) has ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118641 | Floor vinyl repair technique and tool A floor covering repair technique and tool includes placement of a spacer between a patch and a damaged floor covering piece before cutting through both layers. This way, the replacement patch is elevated slightly above the damaged piece and this slight elevation al... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114902 | Self-tapping bush-shaped screwed insert A thread-cutting screwed dowel has an essentially cylindrical, sleevelike dowel body with an axial bore and with a load engagement device disposed in the interior of the dowel body, for example with a female thread. On its outer face, the dowel body is equipped with... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111531 | Screw and screwdriver A screw and a screwdriver of the present invention provide an easy insertion of screwdriver bits and the screwdriver conveys a large torque when fastening so that the screwdriver does not rise up from the screw and does not damage recesses to fasten and loosen the s... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097404 | Auto-torque, tamper-proof screws A screw having a screw-threaded shank and a circular head, the head being provided with three radially extending screwdriver tip receiving portions defined between three first, off central integrally formed projections designed to become shaved-off the screw head by... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077038 | Screw having non-strip drive recess and driver bit for use with the screw The present invention provides a screw, comprising a screw head having a drive recess and a screw shank having threads and being integrally formed with the screw head, wherein the drive recess includes a plurality of engaging grooves equiangularly radiating from an ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073416 | 3-point/5-point fastener, 3-point/5-point bit The present invention provides a fastener that can be used with a variety of bits as well as a fastener with several security features that can be used only with a very specialized bit and, also, a fastener/bit combination that can be used in conjunction with high-t... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7014403 | Finish screw fastener A fastener including a head having a screw driver or wrench engagement feature. The fastener includes a threaded shank extending from the head. A plurality of voids or scores in the shank spaced from but near the head permit rotational torque on the head in one dire... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013767 | Screwdriver/screw unit A screwdriver element includes two bits, each with a sinuous distal tip end and a screw element includes a head having an X-shaped slot that has sinuous side walls. The bit distal tips have a left-handed shape and a right-handed shape and the side walls of the screw... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7001125 | Self-attaching female fastener element, sealed fastener and panel assembly and method of forming same A self-attaching female fastener such as a pierce nut having an annular pilot, an annular flange surrounding the pilot and an annular groove in the flange bearing surface surrounding the pilot, wherein the bottom wall of the groove includes wedge-shaped recesses div... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6951158 | System comprising a screw and a tool therefor System comprising a crew and a tool (6) therefore, in which the screw head (1) with a slot (2), the slot (2) having a first recess (3) with an approximately straight-walled cross section, and the tool being provided with an engagem... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6948408 | Flat ended double cube shaped tipped, screwdriver system A sure grip screwdriver system comprises a shaft. The shaft has a handle end and a working end. The shaft has a working inner portion and a working outer portion. The working inner portion is adjacent to the handle end. The working outer portion is adjacent to the w... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6908126 | Enhanced security catch assembly for retaining a handle on a spindle A catch assembly that locks a handle onto the spindle of a lock mechanism has enhanced resistance to attempts to remove the handle by forcibly driving the catch assembly inwards. The catch assembly includes a base mounted on the spindle having a threaded opening tha... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6907699 | Gypsum wallboard fastener A fastener for securing a 0.625 inch (⅝ inch) thick gypsum wallboard panel to a wooden building frame. The fastener includes a body having a predetermined axial length. The body includes a cupped head at one axial end of the body, having a diameter that is at leas... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6886433 | Combination of screw and screw driver bit and header punch for its manufacture A combination of a screw and a screw driver bit and a header punch for its manufacture capable of effectively preventing a come-out phenomenon of the screw driver bit by improving the structure of a groove part in a cross groove part in a cross groove of a screw to ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6736580 | Lobed drive for hi-lite fastener A drive socket for a male threaded fastener includes a plurality of rounded lobes of equal radius which are located equidistant from the center of the fastener and an equal distance from each other. The drive socket also includes flat surfaces located opposite the l... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6694700 | Fastener attaching frame members of a patio enclosure A fastener for use in forming a joint of a framework for a patio enclosure. The joint includes an end of an elongated first frame member fastened to a side of an elongated second frame member. The fastener includes a body having a first end and a second e... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6601482 | Recessed head fastener and driver systems Recessed head fasteners are provided with a configuration by which the force applied by the blades of the driver to the recessed wings is applied at the radially outer regions of the wings. The wings of the fastener recess may be provided with torque pads... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6584876 | Screw, driver bit and header punch for manufacture of screw A driver bit and a header punch for manufacture of screws comprising a screw comprising substantially vertical end wall portions of predetermined depth formed on an end edge portion of a bit fitting groove on a screw head, non-planar bottom portions raise... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6572316 | Screw with thin head A screw with a thin head comprising a screw head (2) and a shank (4), and with its top (5) forming a circular arc of a large radius has an unthreaded part (20) tapered down between the bearing surface (6) and the thread (3) and has a radius (21) connected... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6558097 | Screw fastener A screw fastener (10) including an elongate shank (11) having a longitudinal axis (A), a tip (12) at one end of the shank (11), a head (13) at the opposite end of the shank (11), and a self-tapping screw thread (14) extending along at least a major portio... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6453781 | System for holding and tightening screws New system for holding and fastening screws comprising a screw head provided with a mortise hole (1) having a tapered configuration along the screw longitudinal axis, said mortise hole (1) having a number of lugs (2) and the corresponding circular section... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6402449 | Screw with an improved head Disclosed is a screw with an improved head, in which a stress-relieving notch is formed at each corner of a driving recess on the screw head. The stress-relieving notch is in an equal arcuate shape. Apart from the well known slotted or Phillips one, the d... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6378406 | Combination of driver bit and screw A screwdriver bit (50) fitted to a screw wherein generally vertical end wall parts of a specified depth are formed in the bit fitting grooves of a screw head part at the end edge parts, a generally flat bottom part is formed directing from the lower edge ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6341546 | Screw, driver bit and header punch for manufacture of screw A driver bit and a header punch for manufacture of screws comprising a screw comprising substantially vertical end wall portions of predetermined depth formed on an end edge portion of a bit fitting groove on a screw head, non-planar bottom portions raise... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6328517 | Combination sidewalk bolt A combination sidewalk bolt is provided. The bolt includes a head portion, a threaded shaft portion extending perpendicularly outward from a first side of the head portion, a Phillips head recess well formed within a second side of the head portion for us... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6302632 | Screw with compound recesses Screws with compound threads. Each of the screws includes a head with a compound drive recess therein. The compound drive recess for the screw driver(or the screw drive bit) is shaped to have four symmetrical fan-shaped portions, a center square portion w... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6293745 | Screw with an improved head structure and punch for forming same A screw includes a shank and a head. The head includes a driving socket having a long slot that extends axially into the head to a depth. A first short recess is defined in a bottom wall defining the long slot and extended along a longitudinal axis of the... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6253649 | Screw with a recessed head and a driver bit engageable therewith A screw with a recessed head (3) has a crossing recess (4) formed in a top of the head and consisting of a central region (5) and four grooves (6) extending radially from the central region. Each groove is tapered to reduce width towards an outer conical ... | 07/03/2001 |
