Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 03/07

20070071570 - Elastic joint element and fastener assembly incorporating the same: A fastener assembly for use in a joint in a work-piece comprises a first fastener component for extending through a hole in the work-piece, a second fastener component and a resilient element. The first component has a first contact portion for engaging the work-piece. The second fastener component has a... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070071571 - Modified acme screw/nut set: A nut and screw set for reducing the amount of hindered motion therebetween is disclosed. The nut and screw set includes a screw and a nut. The screw includes a plurality of screw threads. The nut includes a plurality of nut threads. The nut threads are threadably engagable with the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070071572 - Fixing device for producing an anchoring in panels, especially panels consisting of glass: A fixing device is provided for anchoring in an undercut drilled hole in a panel, especially a glass panel, having an anchor bolt. The anchor bolt has fixing means and an anchoring zone having a portion that widens in cross-section in the direction of insertion. In order to provide such... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070071573 - Loosening prevention structure for bolt and nut: Provided is a loosening preventive structure for a bolt and nut, comprising a bolt, a nut member to be threadably engaged with the bolt and a lock nut. Said nut member has a lock nut engaging section made in a tapering shape extending axially toward one end thereof. The lock... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070071574 - Telescopic captive fastener: A telescopic captive fastener has a knob, a ferrule, a spring, and at least one sleeve. The sleeve extends telescopically between the ferrule and the knob.... Agent: Paul And Paul

20070071575 - Fasteners and other assemblies: In particular, the invention discloses a releasable fastening system (150) which has a pin (152) with a locking cavity (163). The pin is intended for insertion in an aperture (154). A locking means (158, 160) engages the locking cavity (163) of the pin (152) when the pin (152) is received... Agent: Telezygology, Inc.

20070071576 - Hybrid screw for composite lumber and wood: A screw for use in a composite lumber member or a wood member has at least one disruptive surface that cuts composite material away from the composite lumber member as the screw is driven into the member to prevent a mound and/or strings from being formed that are attached to... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070071577 - Attachment device: Disclosed is an improved splicing nut of the type having a threaded nut portion and a core that is capable of being threaded into the nut portion, the nut portion and the core cooperating to receive and firmly retain a line therein. In the first embodiment of the invention, a... Agent: Marcia A. Devon Devon & Associates

20070071578 - Shaft fixing clip and shaft fixing structure using the clip: A shaft fixing clip that is fitted into a groove of a shaft, the shaft fixing clip includes: a shaft clamping portion that is formed by a metal wire member; and a pinch portion that is monolithically formed with the shaft clamping portion, wherein: the metal wire member is bent... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070065249 - Nut plate and method of making the same: A nut plate includes a weld site provided by a rivet of softer material. In making the nut plate, the rivet is inserted into a rivet hole of the nut plate and retained therein by interference fit. Final nut plate formation and rivet termination occur in a single press stroke.... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070065250 - T-nut: There is provided a T-nut having a tubular shank having a cylindrical shape, having a first end and a second end, an inside surface and an outside surface, the tubular shank being made of a thin metal plate pressed to form a female screw on the inside surface, the outside... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070065251 - Lockbolt and production method for joining at least two component layers: The field relates to a lockbolt for joining at least two component layers. The field furthermore relates to a method for producing a lockbolt connection between at least two component layers, as well as to an aircraft in which at least two component layers are joined with the lockbolt. The... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20070065252 - Screw with multiple cutting ridges in end section: A screw includes a head and a shank which includes a thread defined in an outer periphery thereof and a tapered end section connected to a distal end of the shank. Two grooves are defined in the end section to form two cutting units and each cutting unit has a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070065253 - Fasteners with multi-tiered recesses and drivers with multi-tiered driving tips: A fastener includes a threaded shank connected to a head. A composite recess is in the head, and the composite recess is open at the end of the head that is distant from the shank. The composite recess includes superimposed first and second recesses that are each configured for being... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070065254 - Fastener head: A fastener has a recessed drive configuration with outlet channels extending from the recessed drive configuration to the outer surface of the fastener.... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070065255 - Thread section for screws: An improved thread section for screws to reduce the torsional force of fastening and provide a tighter coupling to prevent loosening off mainly includes a head and a shank with a thread section. The thread section has a front portion forming inverse front latch threads and a rear portion forming... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070065256 - Clip: A clip to be inserted into and fixed to a rectangular hole formed in an attached member includes: a base body portion that engages the rectangular hole on a one side of the attached member; a stem portion that extends from the base body portion to be insertable into the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070065257 - Cotter pin: A cotter pin includes first and second tines having flat confronting surfaces and curved side surfaces with flat outer surfaces substantially parallel to the flat confronting surfaces thereof.... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070059120 - Blind rivet and method: A blind rivet includes a hollow rivet body having a longitudinally extending indented groove. The groove may be shaped to impart rivet setting characteristics that may be varied to provide desirable fastening characteristics for joints in a number of industries. The shape of the indentation on the rivet body may... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070059121 - Fastener having disengageable head: A fastener includes a shank having an outer thread and a slot formed in one end, and an anchoring member engaged into the slot of the shank. A cap includes a chamber for receiving the end of the shank and the anchoring member, to allow the shank to be coupled... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070059122 - Screw for composite board: A screw includes a head, and a shank connected to the head. The shank includes a lower threaded section that is formed with a first thread, and an upper threaded section that is disposed adjacent to the head, and that is formed with a second thread. The second thread is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070059123 - Fastener: A fastener for releasably securing a first substrate to an apertured second substrate includes a base member and a locking member mounted for rotation relative to the base member. The locking member is rotatable between an insertion position for insertion of the base member and locking member through the aperture... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070053761 - Sealed rivetless nut plate: A sealed rivetless nut plate which includes a retainer, a nut and a gasket, all retained in a shroud. The nut includes a threaded throughbore for threadably receiving a fastener as well as a base portion which includes either holes or slots which receive corresponding protrusions or dimples on the... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070053762 - Fastening element for hard constructional components: A fastening element (11) for hard constructional components such as, e.g., concrete, includes a cylindrical base body (12) having opposite first (14) and second (15) ends, a self-tapping thread (17) provided on the outer surface (16) of the base body (12), an inwardly located engagement element (18) for a setting... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070053763 - Fastening element for hard constructional components: A fastening element for hard constructional components such as concrete, masonry, and the like, includes a cylindrical base body (22; 42; 62) having an inwardly located engagement element (28; 48; 68) for the setting bit and formed as a through-opening (31; 51; 71) in the bottom section (23; 43; 63)... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070053764 - Fastening element for hard constructional components: A fastening element for hard constructional components includes a cylindrical base body (22), a self-tapping thread (27) provided at least on a portion of an outer surface (26) of the base body (22) and having a runout (28) that is spaced from a first end (24) of the base body... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070053765 - Thread on a bone screw: A screw, which may be used, for example, as a bone screw, includes a shaft bearing a thread, the thread having a thread foot and thread crest. The thread foot tapers outward along a portion of the shaft, and the thread crest has a uniform width along a length of... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20070053766 - Screw for assembling aluminum doors/windows: A screw for assembling aluminum doors/windows, which is integrally formed with a bolt and a nut. The bolt has exterior threads, and is provided at its bottom end With a taper. Threads of a diameter greater than the other threads are provided adjacent to the taper, while a rugged surface... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc Suite 1404

20070053767 - Nut jacket for vehicle: A nut jacket for a vehicle includes at least one tubular coupling section and an outer member. The tubular coupling section includes an inner end with an opening and an outer end. The tubular coupling section is made of soft, tough material and mounted around a nut used on a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070053768 - Fastening element with a washer: A fastening element having a stem (11) with a tip (12) provided at one of its ends, a head (13) provided at another opposite end, and a guide cylindrical member (30) mounted on the stem (11) for guiding the fastening element (10) in a bolt guide (40) of a setting... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070048105 - Screw-threaded fastening devices: A fastening device has: a mounting member attached to a first component, a screw-threaded assembly rotatable in the mounting member and with a screw-threaded portion for engaging with a screw-threaded portion of a second component to secure the components together; and an actuator member mounted on the screw-threaded assembly. The... Agent: John V Stewart

20070048106 - Female part for a fastener, said female part aligning with a hole in a panel: The invention relates to a female part for a therein insertable fastener, more especially a screw, said female part aligning with a hole in a panel, with a radial extension adapted to contact the panel. The female part is provided with a drive receiving means and the extension is provided,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070048107 - Nut plates and threaded inserts and methods of assembling and installing the same: This disclosure relates to a pre-assembled fastener assembly having a retainer, a nut member, and a cold expansion mandrel that is forcibly removable after the assembly is installed into an opening of a structural workpiece. The mandrel is captured between a portion of a retainer and a portion of a... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070048108 - Electrically insulated wedge thread connection: An electrically-insulative threaded connection includes a pin member having a pin thread and a box member having a box thread. An insulating composite layer is disposed between the pin thread and the box thread. The insulating composite layer includes an insulating fiber and insulating resin. The pin thread and the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.