Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 10/06

20060239792 - Corrosion-resistant metal fasteners and stud inserts: In the trucking industry, a wheel stud having a recess at either end to accommodate a sacrificial insert of metal higher in the electromotive series of metals than the metals of the wheel stud assembly, the lug and the components joined thereby and being of sufficient difference in color from...

20060239793 - Wall mounted toggle hook: A convertible anchor (H) for friable walls (W) comprises a fixture (12) for holding an article to a wall (W, M) and an anchoring mechanism (10) extending from the fixture (12). The anchoring mechanism (10) is adapted when rotated to engagingly extend into a friable wall (W) for securing the...

20060239794 - Arrangement for mounting a lug on a screw: The present invention relates to a prearrangement for mounting lugs (12) on a retaining screw (24) comprising a distributor (10), at least two lugs (12) with a fixing hole (13), whereby the lugs are each inserted in the distributor in such a way that the fixing holes are substantially in...

20060239795 - Fastening: A fastener is provided including a bolt. The bolt has a head and a threaded shank extending from the head. The threaded shank is dimensioned to co-operate with a predetermined threaded bore, with the free end of the shank remote from the head being provided with an end cap and...

20060239796 - Cable tie with fir-tree type fastener: A one-piece cable tie includes a locking head and an attached strap, the locking head being adapted to receive and selectively engage a portion of the strap when the tie is formed into a closed loop. The cable tie additionally includes a fir-tree fastener formed onto the locking head, the...

20060239797 - Pre-formed elastomeric fastener adhesive device and method of installation: A sheet of deformable adhesive sealant material having a release material formed thereon, a plurality of pre-cut shaped members of different diameters being formed in the sheet. A user drills a bolt or screw hole into parts to be attached for the selected fastener and the surfaces to be attached...

20060239798 - Bus bar contact and fixing device: Fastening and contact device to be mounted on a plate provided with bus bars, said device including a sleeve and a ring to be mounted through an opening of the plate. The sleeve includes shoulders that come to rest on a first side of the plate, while the ring slides...

20060233625 - Bolt element having a shaft part and a sherical head, component assembly and method for the manufacture of 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 spherical formation (22) at its other end...

20060233626 - Screw with compound recesses: A screw is disclosed to have a compound recess in the head thereof, which compound recess having a center square portion, four symmetrical fan-shaped portions in contact with the four angles of the center square portion, and a narrow elongated slot portion extending across two opposite angles of the center...

20060233627 - Seal washer: A seal washer and a locknut assembly for retaining for instance a wheel on a shaft, the locknut assembly seal washer. The seal washer includes a cylindrical segment connected to and extending from an outer peripheral edge of the washer section, the cylindrical segment. The seal washer includes an outer...

20060233628 - Connect link and drive tool: The invention, an improved connection, provides mechanical link between two or more members. This link is preferably made from round or rectangular wire having the ends formed at right angles and parallel and are the engaging spikes. The tool driver has an angle nose piece with the angle approximately equal...

20060228186 - Self-drilling screw for use with steel sheets: The main body (2) of a self-drilling screw has a driven head (9) having at its top central region a weld lug (10) of a prescribed size. The screw also has a discrete drive head (3) having in its top a hole (11) for engagement with a driving tool. A...

20060228187 - Blind rivet for a threaded joint: A blind rivet for a threaded joint between a support member and a mounting member consists of a body of elastic material and a sleeve of metallic material. The body is formed as a sleeve-shaped shank adapted to be inserted into a mounting hole of the support member. The shank...

20060228188 - Self-drilling wall anchor device and method for using the same: A self-drilling wall anchor device has a central bolt, an outer sleeve and a drilling head. The central bolt has a bolt body, a head and a connection portion. The bolt body has a first thread formed around the bolt body. The outer sleeve is mounted around the bolt body...

20060228189 - Screw: The present invention generally relates to a screw, and more particularly to the improvement of a drive recess of a screw head or a bolt head. The drive recess of the screw head includes four symmetrical arc-shaped grooves and a square groove formed at the center of the arc-shaped grooves....

20060228190 - Tamper-resistant fastener and method and tool for use with same: A fastener includes a round, blind hole or pocket in its head. Installation and removal of the fastener is accomplished with a tool containing an eccentric segment on the end of a shaft. When rotated within the pocket, the eccentric segment displaces laterally relative to the shaft to provide a...

20060228191 - Wheel locks with rotatable sleeves and methods of manufacturing wheel locks: A wheel lock includes a key engaging member and a rotatable sleeve. The key engaging member has a threaded opening for receiving a bolt and a key shaped end for mating with a key. The rotatable sleeve surrounds at least a portion of the key engaging member. The rotatable sleeve...

20060228192 - Fastening member: A fastening member includes a root portion, and a driven portion. The root portion has a first end and a second end and has a mediate portion formed with two elongated slots. The driven portion has an end extended from the first end of the root portion so that the...

20060228193 - Dowel with locking features and method of using the same: A hollow dowel pin adapted to secure together at least two mating components during the assembly thereof includes an elongate generally cylindrical main body portion, first and second mating edges, and at least one outwardly extending tab. The elongate generally cylindrical main body portion is preferably formed from a sheet...

20060228194 - Vehicle body mount: A vehicle body mount assembly includes a tube with a first washer axially fixed on the tube at a first end of the tube and a second washer axially fixed on the tube at a second end of the tube. A nut is affixed to the second washer at the...

20060222472 - Fastener assembly: The present invention relates to a stud including, a first end and a second end, a torque transferring structure located at the first end, and a shaft provided with an axis and including a threaded surface that is provided with a locking thread....

20060222473 - Self-attaching nut and sealed nut and panel assembly: A self-attaching nut for attachment to a panel in sealed relation, which may be formed by rolling, including a generally rectangular central pilot, a flange surrounding the pilot having a first pair of parallel re-entrant grooves on opposed sides of the pilot extending across the length of the nut and...

20060222474 - System and methods for wall and ceiling fastening: A system (100, 600, 700) for fastening objects to a wall or ceiling (120) comprises a rear, wall-anchor section (105, 607, 705) with a bore, and a front, pivotable section (110, 602, 604, 720), rigidly abutted together with no gap, aligned by a projection (135), and connected by a “living”...

20060222475 - Fast make-up fatigue resistant rotary shouldered connection: A thread form having improved strength and fatigue resistance. The root of the thread is cut on multiple cutting radii having displaced centers. At least two of the root surfaces are formed by cutting radii having lengths that are greater than the root truncation. The threads are used in a...

20060222476 - Tanged screw thread insert with improved removability: A helical-shaped insert to engage a threaded fastener to a receiving member includes a helical coil having a plurality of coil sections having inner and outer surfaces forming a thread shape, and opposing first and second coil end sections. A removable tang extends radially inward from the first coil end...