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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8075234 | Expandable collet anchor system and method An expandable collet body and anchor system incorporating a collet body anti-rotation feature and preferably collet body translation arresting means are disclosed. The collet body includes a first end, a first wall portion having at least two fingers, a second end i... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7410137 | Support device A support device is disclosed for supporting an article. The device has a shank having a first and a second end. The first end may be driven into a member for securing the shank therein. A first and a second support member outwardly extend from the shank. The first ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7290594 | Intercooler An intercooler configured for attachment to an automobile is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes an intercooler body having an inlet manifold on one end and an outlet manifold on the other end, and a decorative top plate on the top of the intercooler... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7150595 | Undercut anchor element that can be mounted with positive engagement An undercut anchor element comprising a shank of an anchor bolt. The shank passes through a base part, which is provided for effecting an anchoring, passes through a spacer sleeve, and at the end thereof is provided with a tightening head. The tightening head can be... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7081126 | Self-locking suture anchor A tissue anchor having a length of filament held so that an applied force greater than a threshold force will cause the filament to move longitudinally, while an applied force less than the threshold force will not move the filament, and methods of attaching soft, t... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7059816 | Nut plate The invention provides a rivetless nut plate including a nut, a holding bracket having tubular and bracket portions, and a stem having an enlarged head. The stem is positioned within an aperture of the tubular portion such that the head is resting on a shoulder with... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7036854 | Flush bolt A flush bolt mechanism to be mounted into a recess at the vertical edge of an inactive door of a pair of swinging doors. The flush bolt mechanism has a manually-activated trigger, a shaft connected to the trigger by a pin, a spring clip biasing the shaft, and a bolt... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6991413 | Drive anchor A method and apparatus removably and replaceably mounting a member in a hole that provides sufficient support for the member while also improving installation time of the anchor holding the member in place includes use of a drive anchor system. The drive anchor syst... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6942439 | Expansion dowel bushing with a compressible section The dowel's expansion bushing (2) is placed around a threaded rod (9) inserted in the bushing's (2) expansion core (3), between the strut (8) and the core (3). The bushing (2) includes a section (16) compressib... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6926483 | Joining assembly for joining a pair of structural members A joining assembly for joining a pair of structural members, comprises a bolt having a thread and a nut-like blind rivet adapted to be inserted into mounting holes of the structural members and to be threadingly engaged to each other. One of the mounting holes is ma... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6866455 | Connecting member for connecting two structural components A connecting element for connecting two structural components, particularly furniture plates, includes a sleeve with an upper part and a lower part and a bolt having a rearward bolt end and a forward bolt end mounted in the sleeve. The lower part of the sleeve toget... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6835036 | Concrete anchor An expansion anchor comprises a stud having threads including a root, a land, and a taper extending between the root and the land and a helical member having a leading edge threadingly engageable with the threads, wherein the helical member is movable between an une... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6746192 | Anti-rotation tacking rivet having ribs The present invention provides a tacking rivet for fastening work pieces together which have aligned apertures therethrough. The tacking rivet includes a head portion and an elongated sleeve portion extending from the head portion. Both the head portion and the slee... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6743018 | Dental restoration apparatus The present invention is directed to developments in the fields of dentistry and dental surgery, and particularly to an improvement in dental restoration apparatus. Typically, apparatus of this type includes an implant adapted to be implanted in an anchor site fashi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6712573 | Iron mounting for detachably fixing to a piece of furniture A fitting to be removably fastened to a furniture part includes a body, at least one expanding plug anchored in the body, and a pin-shaped expansion part. The body has a projecting supporting throat to protrude into a cavity in the furniture part. The supporting thr... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6220802 | Apparatus for spreading a bolt load with improved holding capacity A forged, integral bolt (20) has a head, a tapered neck (22), a shank, and a plurality of plastically deformable, raised, contact surface portions (31) uniformly positioned adjacent the neck and extending axially and radially of the bolt for spreading a l... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6122815 | Circuit board stiffener and method of attachment to a circuit board A rigid bar of material is fastened to a circuit board to increase its stiffness. The bar is preferably a high modulus plastic such as liquid crystal polymer. Flexible fingers which surround a central opening are formed integrally with the bar and pop int... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6027292 | Expansion anchor with tabs having a changing curvature radius An expansion anchor including an anchor rod (1) having a head (2) widening in an insertion direction S; and a sleeve (3) having a plurality of expansion tabs (6) separated from each other by slots (5) and extending from a plastic hinge (4) toward a free f... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5993129 | Bolt anchoring device with improved plug portion of bolt A bolt anchoring device for insertion into a bore in a concrete ceiling or the like material is provided. The bolt anchoring device comprises an anchor sleeve and a bolt. The anchor sleeve is first inserted in the bore for its provisional or temporary att... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5791846 | Expansion dowel An expansion dowel (1) includes an axially extending cylindrical sleeve (2) and an expanding body (3). The sleeve (2) has an axially extending bore (5) and an axially extending expansion section (6) with axially extending slits. The bore (5) tapers inward... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5772372 | Spreading anchor A spreading anchor including an anchor rod (2) having a stem (12) provided at its front end, when viewed in a setting direction, with a cone (3) widening outwardly towards its free end and a longitudinally displaceable sleeve (4) pushed over the anchor ro... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5193957 | Fixing element with an expansible sleeve The fixing element for securing an article on a base material includes a shank having a shank portion for receiving an article to be fixed, a reduced diameter portion having opposite ends including a free end and an expander cone located at the free end; ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5051636 | Dynamic electric machine A dynamic electric machine such as a totally-enclosed fan-cooled machine has an end bracket having a plurality of seats to which a cover such as a fan cover is fixed through a plurality of generally cylindrical rubber bushings. The bushing has a nut embed... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4917552 | Pin drive anchor with locking sleeve An improved pin drive anchor has an elongated body with an inner end with a reduced section about which a locking sleeve member is secured, and a longitudinal bore extending the length of the body and having a reduced diameter section proximate to the sle... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4893973 | Expansion dowel with axially extending projections An expansion dowel includes an axially extending sleeve with a leading end and a trailing end. The sleeve is conically shaped for at least an axially extending portion from the leading end with the conically shaped portion diverging outwardly toward the t... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4884931 | Suspension peg A suspension peg is provied in which the wire, obtained by die stamping a metal strip and bonding the same, forms a securing eye and has at its end, to be introduced into an anchorage hole, a cylindrical portion formed by two shells and a truncated expans... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4789284 | Self-cutting expansion anchor The present invention relates to expansison anchors for solid wall installation and is specifically concerned with providing a self cutting expansion anchor which can be installed in one continuous motion by utilizing combined cutting blades and wall grip... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4789285 | Anchoring plug A plastic plug for anchoring objects in support structures comprises an expansible portion and an elongated neck having a head portion with a flange for supporting an object being secured to the support structure. The elongated neck is formed of two space... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4729479 | Cassette tape holder A device for attachment to the roof of vehicle for holding tape cassette boxes. The device consists of a base and plurality of arms attached to the base in rows. Each said arm has a resiliently deformable portion situated at an angle to the base member. T... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4711232 | Bone fastener and method of installing same A fastener for anchoring in a bore in a bone has a screw having a substantially cylindrical outer surface formed with a helical screwthread. This screw has at its screwthread a thread diameter and between the turns of the thread at the surface a root diam... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4709973 | Insert retention members for connectors An insert retention device for retention of same in a dielectric housing serving as a screwlock especially suitable for high speed connector assemblies; these insert retention devices are desirable because of their characteristics when cold pressed into a... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4668145 | Fastener for coupling together two panels in face-to-face relation A fastener comprises two, i.e. male and female, members for coupling together a plurality of panels in a spaced-apart and face-to-face relation to one another. The female member has a locking body portion and also has locking pawl portions united by hinge... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4642009 | Wall plug A wall plug for fastening articles to hollow building materials such as panels and hollow walls, and also solid building materials, including a first end part having a longitudinal bore, a second end part having a longitudinal bore, two limbs extending at... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4642010 | Threaded fastener and method of installing same A threaded fastener for installation in threaded engagement with an initially unthreaded apertured workpiece and which after installation can be removed in the manner of a screw or bolt, has a shank and an enlarged head. At least part of the shank interme... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4563118 | Expanding means An expanding means for removable fastening in a cylindrical hole, consisting of an elastic cylinder, which is caused by axial contraction to radially expand and with the outer surface to engage with the cylindrical hole, which cylinder is formed with a pl... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4408938 | Expansion sleeve An expansion sleeve for attaching objects to a relatively thin panel comprises a hollow headed bolt threaded externally for its full length and threaded internally at an end portion remote from the head. The unthreaded internal portion of the bolt has an ... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4371300 | Insert An insert for installation in a hole therefor in parent member comprises a body having an exterior increase in diameter between larger and smaller diameter ends and a ferrule adapted to be axially driven about the exterior of the body when the latter is e... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4322194 | Wall anchor with self-drilling capability A unitary hollow plastic screw anchor which is capable of being hammered or otherwise driven into a hollow wall, with a weakened separation plane adjacent the entrance portion which is sufficiently strong to hold together during installation in the wall, ... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4301706 | Grommets There is described a substantially cylindrical screw grommet capable of accepting a threaded fastener driven obliquely with respect to the axis of the grommet, the exterior surface of the grommet being formed with axial rows of spaced barbs, the rows bein... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4277196 | Fixing device for securing any part to a holding member such as a panel by inserting said fixing device into a hole of standard shape formed in said panel The invention relates to a fixing device for securing any part to a holding member. The fixing device comprises spreadable means in a hole or bore formed in the holding member on the one hand, and on the other hand spreading means. An actuating means is p... | 07/07/1981 |
