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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7374495 | Locking nut and bolt system with enhanced locking The locking nut and bolt system includes an elongated locking unit, mounted in a nut and operative with a specially configured groove bolt. The locking unit includes a plurality of at least three tines, asymmetrically located, which protrude tangentially and general... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7287944 | Self-riveting male fastener and panel assembly A male fastener formed of heat treated carbon steel for high performance applications, including a shank portion, radial flange and tubular barrel, wherein the barrel has an axial length of 60% or less than the outside diameter and a fastener and panel assembly, whe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7189163 | T-nut for hopper feeding having a projection The present invention is to avoid the flange portion of a T-nut of from overlapping the portion between the claws of another T-nut, while the T-nut is supplied on a supply track provided on a nut applying machine, and also to engage the projections formed between th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7090451 | Method for producing hollow bodies, profile for use in said method, hollow body, assembly unit and mold The invention relates to a method for producing hollow bodies such as nut elements to be fastened to components that usually consist of sheet metal. The invention especially relates to a method for producing hollow bodies with an at least substantially square or rec... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7040006 | Self-piercing rivet, process and device for setting a rivet element, and employment thereof A fastening element (1), in particular for blind riveting, has a setting head (4), a deformation segment (2) and a shank end (3). The deformation segment (2) is arranged between the setting head (4) and the shank end (3 | 05/09/2006 |
| 7013550 | Method of making self-piercing nuts A raw parallelepiped metal piece is pressed into a closed mold to provide a nut blank that has a generally square pilot portion (14) for piercing a metal panel, the nut blank having a pair of flanges (16) that continue from opposite side walls (15 | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004845 | Manufacturing process of a clinch nut and clinch nut achieved by such a process A manufacturing process of a clinch nut consists in forming a recess zone in a rough casting by cold heading so as to obtain a rough part. The rough part then undergoes a thermal annealing treatment followed by a cold heading operation enabling a bore to be formed d... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6961987 | Nut and plate washer assembly A nut and plate washer assembly formed from a separate nut body and a separate washer body. The washer body is press fit onto a shank of the nut body, with a head of the nut body embedded in a recess of the washer body. The washer body and nut body can be made from ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6659878 | Method and apparatus for coupling male threads to female threads A connector that receives a threaded apparatus and reduces stresses induced from the treaded apparatus into the connector is described. The connector includes a top side, a bottom side, and an opening that extends therethrough. The opening is defined by a... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6561913 | Cold head stamped fastener inserts including selectively removable tangs The present invention provides for fastener inserts and methods of manufacturing the same. The fastener inserts include selectively removable tangs which can be broken away more cleanly than with other commercially available fastener inserts. Further, the... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6443677 | Nut plate and method for making same A nut plate is formed from a generally U-shaped clip having first and second elongated legs and a connecting leg extending therebetween. The first leg has an opening therein for receipt of a nut and for securing the nut in the leg. The second leg has a pa... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6139237 | Metallic fastening member and fabrication method thereof A metallic fastening member of a one piece configuration formed of a metal material includes a shaft and a flange extending outwards from a first end of the shaft. The shaft includes a relatively thin-walled portion to be caulked at a second end opposite ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5871402 | Composite internally threaded fastener and method of making the same A composite fastener which is comprised of a nut having a neck at one of its axial ends, and of a washer which at least partially surrounds the neck and is adjacent an external shoulder of a non-circular main section of the nut. That end of the neck which... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5762560 | Fastener and screw means therefor The fastener comprises, in combination, a screw having a threaded shaft, and a fastening strip or sheet having a raised portion provided with an aperture being preformed to have an at least partly helical threadform-defining edge shaped and dimensioned to... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5503596 | Method of manufacturing tee nuts In order to manufacturer a tee nut by plastic working steps, a swollen portion is formed on a metal plate, a through hole is formed in the forward end surface of this swollen portion, and then the outer diameter and therewith the wall thickness of a forwa... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5083888 | Composite threaded collar A composite threaded collar is fabricated from a panel consisting of multiple layers of fiber reinforced tape, bonded together to form a rigid composite structure. The tape comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending continuous fibers that are joine... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4653970 | Quarter-turn fastener A quick action fastener suitable for fastening panels or the like in face-to-face contact, including a pierce nut adapted to be secured within one of the panels and a male stud inserted through the other panel and into a through-hole in the nut. The nut i... | 03/31/1987 |
| 3975788 | Method of forming a threaded female fastener The invention described herein relates to a method of making a threaded nut fastener which joins with a threaded male or screw fastener wherein the threads of the nut are partially formed so as to provide for up to 80% thread-to-thread engagement of the s... | 08/24/1976 |
