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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7891925 | Shear resistant rivet and saw chain A saw chain rivet is provided including a flange, and a hub extending from a side of the flange. A shoulder defined by a junction between the hub and the flange has properties optimized to resist shear forces. The hub may be optimized for ease of rivet head formatio... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7563064 | Shear resistant rivet and saw chain A saw chain rivet is provided including a flange, and a hub extending from a side of the flange. A shoulder defined by a junction between the hub and the flange has properties optimized to resist shear forces. The hub may be optimized for ease of rivet head formatio... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7347641 | Methods and systems for joining structures One embodiment includes a system of joined structures that includes a first structure having a first aperture in a composite material. The first aperture has a first interior surface and a first minimum radial extent. The system further includes a second structure h... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7275903 | Light weight fastener for use on interference fits in automation A fastener for installation into an interference fit hole within a structure. The fastener may be installed through automated installation methods. The fastener includes an enlarged protruding head at a proximal end of the fastener. Distal the head is a substantiall... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7219870 | Zero looseness fastener for linkage assembly A fastener is used to connect a first link to a second link in a vehicle seat assembly. The fastener has a head portion and a body portion extending outwardly from the head portion and defining an external diameter. The body portion is generally cylindrical and has ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7182561 | Blind rivet with steal An open-end blind rivet (210) comprises a headed mandrel (218) with a substantially tubular rivet mounted thereon with a flowable sealant (250) disposed between the mandrel and the rivet whereby setting of the blind rivet compresses the sealant ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7048463 | Bolt element comprising a shaft part and a spherical head, assembly component and method for producing a bolt element Bolt element (10) having a shaft part (12) which is designed at a first end (14) for a rivet connection (16) to a panel element (18), in particular to a sheet metal part, is characterized in that the shaft part (12) has a sp... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7021878 | Categorizing fasteners and construction connectors using visual identifiers A method of categorizing fasteners and construction connectors by size and type using a color coding system. Each fastener receives a designated and distinct color contained on the surface that is exposed before and after installation. The colors are preselected to ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6904683 | Nail clippers The nail clipper contains a pair of blade bodies each having a cutting edge, a lever to be operated for bringing the cutting edges of the blade bodies into press contact with each other and a supporting shaft for linking the lever to the blade bodies; the cutting ed... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6607339 | Fixing pulley wheels to plate-like structures A stud (1) for mounting a pulley (2) to a plate (3) by a cold forming process has a large diameter head (5), a cylindrical shank (6) which acts as the stub shaft for the pulley (2), the end of the shank remote from the head being connected to a smaller di... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6594879 | System, apparatus, and method for blade clearance tuning When connecting two elements that are moveable with respect to one another, someamount of clearance, i.e., spacing between the elements, is included to minimize friction between the elements. The present invention is directed to setting the clearance with... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6527490 | Punching, stamping rivet A punching, stamping rivet has a frustum-shaped rivet head and a shank following thereafter. In order to create a rivet connection between two adjoining structural parts, the shank is punched through the structural parts forming a punched hole, and a groo... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6527491 | Driving fit rivet made of aluminum The present invention provides the driving fit rivet made of aluminum, whereof, when driving in the rivet to caulk and joint without making a prepared hole on aluminum plates, no crack, no buckling, no seizure, and the like are caused, it is possible to c... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6527489 | Concealed low distorting self crimping stud and insertion method A stress-free method and apparatus are provided for forming assemblies having thin substrates whereby a permanent non-interference fit low stress stud is positioned and secured evenly into a shallow hole of a thin substrate or host material without introd... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6514593 | Mechanically locking Z-pins A pin for Z-pinning at least two composite material layers to each other which comprises generally circular first and second ends of first and second diameters, respectively. Extending between the first and second ends is a central portion defining at lea... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6499926 | Fastener apparatus and method of fastening non-metallic structures A fastener for fastening and joining sections of composite material together is disclosed comprising a substantially cylindrical core component and substantially cylindrical hollow sleeve component, one or both of which are pre-coated with a curable organ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6244808 | Shank groove configuration for a rivet A punching, stamping rivet has a frustrum-shaped rivet head and a shank with a shank groove following thereafter. In order to create a riveted joint between two sheets, the sheets are punched through by the shank. A groove is subsequently stamped around t... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6114667 | Integral rivet for attachment of parts including an annular recess Device for attaching together parts of a household electric appliance, one of which parts is a metal assembling part in the form of a sheet or plate having opposed first and second major faces, the device being composed of an assembling and retaining elem... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6059501 | Locking ring device Round spring wire (20) FIG. (1) formed into concave tri-elliptic wire (22) FIG. (2-A) and processed to include reversing wave crests (24) FIG. (3-A) having not opposed crest contact (28) FIG. (3-B) requires forming into ring or shape and heat treated as c... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6042316 | Chamfered end headed rivet The invention relates to a rivet for joining surface treated objects. The rivet is designed for decreasing the stress and damage that may occur on the surface treated object or frame during the riveting process. The rivet includes a shaft and a head inclu... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6042315 | Fastener A fastener body comprises a head and a shank fabricated from a composite material. The head has at least one side which extends beyond the side of the shank and has two other sides coplanar with the shank. A fastener for engaging a liner has perpendicular leng... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6007287 | Deformable head fastener A fastener for use in connecting first and second structural members together. The first and second members have aligned bores defining a fastener receiving hole including a countersink portion extending from an outer surface of the first member and a thr... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5848801 | Apparatus for fastening a gas bag A means for fastening a first part of a gas bag module of a vehicle occupant restraint system to a second part of the gas bag module is provided. The first part is provided with a holding opening, and the second part is provided with an insertion opening ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5690459 | Plate and riveted stud assembly An assembly for forming a joint includes a stud joined to a plate. The stud includes a shank portion and a stem portion which extends from one end of the shank portion. The stem portion has a multi-lobular configuration thereon which is formed from a plur... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5678970 | Self-coining fastener A self-coining fastener which may be used to join at least two sheets of metal together without leaving a coining mark on one side thereof. The present self-coining fastener therefore produces an entirely flush surface on one side of the joined layers. Th... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5642641 | Dome shaped extruded location feature tool for making the location feature and method for locating adjoining plates using the location feature A locating feature comprises a plate and a protrusion extending outwardly from the plate. The protrusion includes a substantially linear portion extending from the plate and a dome shaped portion extending from the linear portion.... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5580202 | Crowned solid rivet A rivet which has a flat crown that extends from the head of a rivet. The rivet is typically installed into a workpiece hole which has a countersink. The head has a frusto-conical section that extends from a rivet shank and a cylindrical section that exte... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5475993 | Linkage lock device A linkage lock device is provided for fastening objects having either regular or irregular shapes. The lock is composed of a plurality of identical arcuate bars having opposing ends of each bar pivotally connected to an end of another one of the bars to f... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5439266 | Riveted plate trailer construction A riveted sidewall structure for a trailer body comprising a pair of upstanding side plate members and upstanding post members covering adjacent edges of the plate member. Rivets extend through aligned apertures in the plate members and the post member. T... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5361483 | Composite fasteners and method for fastening structural components therewith A composite fastener, preferably in the form of a rivet, which comprises a shank having a first head integrally formed on one end thereof, the shank and head formed of a high temperature thermoplastic matrix material selected from the group consisting of ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5332349 | Flush rivet with compound radius domed head A flush rivet is configured for joining first and second overlapping structural members together, wherein the structural members define a bore comprising a cylindrical main bore, a cylindrical counterbore and a frustoconical intermediate bore between the ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5273386 | Expandable head rivet An expandable head rivet for sealing applications and the like having improved inspectability after setting. The rivet has an axially extending shank, a first substantially cylindrical section and a second tapered section between the first section and the... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5273385 | Blind hole integral rivet A method of forming blind hole rivets by displacing metal from a relatively thick base metal includes positioning a die against one side of the base metal having a cavity mating with the projection. A tool having a reduced diameter forward portion is pres... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5129771 | Precision ring dome-headed rivet A workpiece having a bore, and a counterbore which is frusto-conical and tapers forwardly between a side of the workpiece and the bore, and toward the bore, a metallic rivet having an axially extending shank received in the workpiece bore and defining an ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5120175 | Shape memory alloy fastener A fastener having an elongated shank formed of a shape memory alloy, a head at the upper end of the shank, and an annular segment at the lower end of said shank having a deformed cross-sectional shape suitable for insertion into an opening extending throu... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5088867 | Fasteners that bleed fluid upon failure A failure indicating device wherein a fluid is encased within a bore in a fastener. In another embodiment of the invention, the fluid is encased within a thin walled capsule which in turn is encapsulated within a bore in the fastener. Upon failure of the ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5086997 | Structural joint and a method for joining in reinforced thermoplastic fabrication An aerodynamic structure comprising a skin having inner and outer opposed surfaces and a plurality of spaced, rectangular holes therethrough, each hole having a truncated triangular shape in one transverse cross-section, the truncated apex thereof being a... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5059059 | Conical expansion washer A method and the resulting structure for attaching a doubler to the skin of an airplane, using the original fastener holes, where the fastener countersinks are filled with interference fitted washers and the new fasteners have an interference fit with the... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5026234 | Expandable head rivet An expandable head rivet for sealing applications and the like having improved inspectability after setting. The rivet has an axially extending shank, a first substantially cylindrical section and a second tapered section between the first section and the... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5015136 | Rivet joint and method of manufacture A rivet for pivotally interconnecting first and second superposed links each having an opening therethrough, including a first head having a link engaging surface and an outer concave surface, and a shank having first and second portions with a shoulder t... | 05/14/1991 |
