Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7182322 | Leaf spring insert and method for assembling a leaf spring An insert disposed between two cooperating leaf springs. The insert includes a body including a stem having a plurality of radially extending ribs inserted into an aperture in a first leaf spring. The body includes a face which slidably engages a second leaf spring.... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7152294 | Self-attaching female fastener element and method of installation A symmetrical self-attaching female fastener including a body having a bore, and identical integral tubular barrel portions extending from opposed ends of the body coaxially aligned with the bore. The installation method includes driving either barrel portion throug... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7108017 | Single-piece sealing cover A single-piece sealing cover 1, made of plastic, especially for sealing an opening 2 in a support 3, includes a basic body 5, which is joined with a circumferential collar 8, which is designed in the shape of a U, with an inner leg... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6835020 | Bi-direction self-piercing riveting A sheet metal assembly includes first and second metal sheets having flanges extending from the sheets. The flanges overlap and are in engaged parallel facing relation for a width between outer edges and flanges. At least one pair of self-piercing rivets joins the f... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6749384 | Drive rivet A drive rivet fastens a plurality of panel members together as a unit. The drive rivet is installed within preformed holes which are drilled or punched through each of the panel members. The drive rivet includes a head portion which abuts the outer surface of the fi... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6263560 | Self-pierce rivet A self-pierce rivet includes a shank and a head at one end of the shank. The other end of the shank of the rivet is provided with an axially extending slot. The head is non-circular and is formed with substantially mutually perpendicular major and minor d... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6126372 | Article-fixing device and method for removing the article-fixing device According to the present invention, it is possible to produce an article-fixing device at low cost and in large quantity and also to drive a pin unit in accurate and assured manner, and to firmly mount an object to be fixed. The article-fixing device comp... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5830191 | Flexible endoscopic surgical port A flexible endoscopic surgical port comprises a trocar tube or cannula made partially or entirely of flexible material which can be inserted into a body wall at an intercostal location to allow the insertion and manipulation of endoscopic surgical instrum... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5729882 | Methods of assembling a chain and a rivet for use in such assembly A saw chain of a chain saw has its side links and center links interconnected by rivets. Prior to being staked, each rivet is in blank form and includes a cylindrical flange and a pair of barrels extending from opposite sides of the flange along a center ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5704752 | Zero insertion force rivet device The invention relates to a rivet device. The device is characterized in that it comprises a substantially cylindrical tubular body (10), an annular collar extending outwards from the first end of the body, and at least two locking elements (20, 22) formed... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5587555 | Conductor holding device A device to be mounted on a support member for holding a conductor in a substantially fixed position extending generally parallel to the support member. The device includes a bracket having an arm with at least one opening therein and a clamp having a hea... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5266052 | Circuit board hold-down fastener A circuit board fastener includes a tubular shank and a slideable expander pin which is pressed into a bore in the shank. A flange at the top seats the fastener against the member to be joined to the circuit board. The pin has an interference fit and rema... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5259689 | Component connecting means especially flange connecting means The invention relates to component connecting fastener especially flange connecting fasteners for the propeller shaft in a motor vehicle. The two flanges 4, 5 contain bores 8, 9 which align with each other. Axially slotted tensioning sleeve 10 is introduc... | 11/09/1993 |
| 4988249 | Method for fastening an attachment or suspension device and a device for carrying out the method A method for fastening an attachment or suspension device to a porous support surface, preferably plasterboard, and also a device for carrying out the method. The device is secured to the support surface by means of fastener means, which preferably have a... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4929137 | Safety arrangement for proving the unauthorized opening of a housing A safety rivet arrangement for indicating the unauthorized opening of a housing whose wall parts are connected with each other at a separating joint which has a covered outer edge. A safety rivet extends through the connection and is considerably harder t... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4823921 | Riveted brake assembly A riveted brake assembly comprising a friction pad attached to a metal support plate with rivets. Each rivet comprises a rivet head disposed in a counter bored friction pad hole, a shoulder portion disposed in and filling a small diameter portion of the f... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4747738 | Captive panel fastener assembly A captive panel fastener assembly for joining a panel to a sub-structure. The fastener assembly includes a sleeve bolt, a grommet assembly which is attached to the panel and a receptacle assembly which is attached to the sub-structure. The sleeve bolt pas... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4641402 | Branch-off clip and assembly A branch-off seal between a recoverable sleeve and two or more substrates is effected using a clip the outer legs of which are positioned over the outer surface of the sleeve so as to form an appropriate number of conduits. The clip is provided with an in... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4445594 | Disc brake noise reduction A disc brake pad assembly has clench tabs extending through rubber-like grommets in openings in a caliper housing leg so that the grommets are retained in the openings and the brake pad assembly is retained on the housing leg. The grommets provide a noise... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4337974 | Vehicle roof A vehicle body structure such as a roof with a roof aperture surrounded by a frame, the latter defining, at least in the zone of the front edge and the lateral edges of the roof aperture, a gutter having a U-shaped cross-section, wherein the roof aperture... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4154547 | Connection member for the connection of two panels of sheet metal A connecting member for connecting substantially perpendicular sheets of metal has an annular head and a shank with a longitudinal slot extending to a transverse bore. The axis of the transverse bore is at an acute angle to the central plane of the slot. ... | 05/15/1979 |
