Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 05/07

20070122248 - Quick-connect fastener assembly: A fastener assembly includes a washer element and a nut element. The nut element is split and includes a screw thread that threadably engages the thread of a bolt or other such fastener element to lock the nut to the bolt. The nut element is adapted by the split to... Agent: Sung I. Oh, Professional Law Corporation

20070122249 - Wood screws capable of cutting wood: A wood screw includes a head, a shank, an engagement thread, at least one parallel thread and at least one guiding thread. The head is for receiving a fastening tool. The shank extends from the head and includes a parallel shank portion, a tapered portion formed at the tip of... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070122250 - Double-headed screw: A double-headed screw can be used for mounting a pool skimmer, or for other purposes. The screw has a threaded shank and inner and outer heads which are spaced apart to form a gap. A skimmer guard for a swimming pool, or some other generally flat structure, can be inserted... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20070122251 - Cold-rolled fixing screw comprising a self-tapping thread: The invention relates to a cold-rolled fixing screw consisting of a low-alloy carbon steel with a high degree of deformation according to the ratios of external diameter to core diameter of >1.2 and pitch to external diameter of >0.23, with a self-tapping thread for screwing into materials, in particular plastics.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070122252 - Fastener for sheet material: The invention relates to a system of fastening sheet material cladding onto substrates with hammer driven fasteners. The fasteners are cylindrical and have a first diameter at a tip end which is larger than a second diameter at a head end. When the fastener is driven through sheet material a... Agent: Peter Tribulski

20070122253 - Preset depth adapter and finger guard for screws and nails when installing sheetrock: An apparatus for a present depth adapter (10) having a flared body that is narrow at the bottom (68) with a wider top portion (46) and a central recess or throughbore (50) extending therethrough. The present invention (10) comes in a variety of sizes wherein the depth from top to... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070122254 - Eccentric fastening device: An eccentric fastening device is provided. The eccentric fastening device includes a first threaded fastener, a base and a rotary lug providing a non-fastened pre-assembled position. The base includes a top, a bottom, a stem and a hole, where the stem axially extends from the bottom of the base, and... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20070116537 - Push-back fastener: A fastener is provided for attaching a first member to a second member. The fastener includes a head, a shank having a first end abutting the head and an opposing second end. An entry guide extends out from the second end of the shank for guiding the fastener into engagement... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20070116538 - Friction stir rivet and method of joining therewith: A friction stir rivet for use in a friction stir process is disclosed. The rivet includes a body, a mandrel, and a mechanical interface between the body and the mandrel. The body has an elongated shank, a cap at a first end, and an axial hole therethrough. The mandrel has... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070116539 - Cutting tool assembly having three-start threaded coupling system: A cutting tool assembly has a tool longitudinal axis T defining front-to-rear direction and comprising a cutting-head threadingly secured to a tool shank. The cutting-head comprises a three-start, threaded head coupling portion having three head threads and the tool shank having a shank forward portion and comprises a three-start, threaded... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070116540 - Self-drilling screw: A self-drilling screw is in particular to a drill portion having a non-threaded first drilling section connecting with the shank and a second drilling section connecting with said first drilling section and forms two grooves therein. Moreover, the whole first drilling section is formed as an oval-shaped pillar and it... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070116541 - Snap ring design with anti-rotation structures at outer diameter: This invention relates to a method of eliminating rotation of a snap ring, and more specifically, to an anti-rotation feature on the outer diameter of a gapped snap ring. The invention prevents rotation of the snap ring within the housing in which it is assembled. This is done to prevent... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070110540 - Blind rivet method: There is provided a blind rivet comprising an axially extending hollow tubular body having a tail end face at one end and a pre-formed radially enlarged flange at the other end, together with a mandrel having a stem which extends co-axially though the body and having enlarged head adjacent the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070110541 - Radially displaceable bushing for retaining a member relative to a structural workpiece: A structural assembly for use with a structural workpiece includes a bushing and a first member, such as a washer. The bushing is placed in an opening of the structural workpiece and the first member is placed on the bushing. A portion of the bushing within the opening of the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070110542 - Screw locking arrangement: Screw locking arrangement for a screw connection comprising a threaded spigot, a nut, a first locking washer and at least one second locking washer, wherein the first locking washer is connected in a non-rotational manner to the nut, wherein the first locking washer has first profiling on a first surface... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070110543 - Tail-driven screw fastener for use in tamper-resistant and decorative applications: A threaded fastener with unique tamperproof and decorative qualities comprised of a cylindrical body with helical threads (1) in combination with a non-torqueable head (2,5,7,8) at one end and a torqueable access located on the tail, or insertion, end (3,9,10). The lack of a drive access in the head of... Agent: Christopher M. Fitch

20070110544 - Light metal thread-forming screw fastener and method for making same: The invention provides a self-screwthread-forming screw comprising an artificially ageable light metal alloy as the screw material, whose shank is provided with a screwthread having screwthread flanks, and which is distinguished in that in at least one region of the screw by virtue of a differing heat treatment the material... Agent: Michael B. Lasky Altera Law Group

20070110545 - Screw with a convenient screw head: A screw has a convenient head, wherein an engaging concavity is defined. Said engaging concavity includes a central portion and a plurality of radial recesses disposed around and in communication with the central portion. Each radial recess has two insides with one inside parallels to the extension line and the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070104552 - Fastener: A fastener has a body and a cage with cam surfaces formed on interengaging components to inhibit relative rotation. In one embodiment a washer is interposed between said surfaces and has oppositely directed faces with cam surfaces formed on them. In a further embodiment, the underside of the cage has... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070104553 - Self-piercing rivet: A self-piercing rivet of a special rivet geometry is described, which in particular is suitable for joining high strength steel sheets, but can also be used for other metal sheets. The self-piercing rivet is in particular characterized by a special underhead geometry as well as a special geometry of the... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070104554 - Fastening structure, fastening method and fastening member: A fastening structure (10) in which a first member (11) and a second member (12) are mutually connected, the second member (12) is formed with a hole (16), the first member (11) is formed with a tubular projecting portion (14), the hole (17) is inserted into the tubular projecting portion... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070104555 - Replacement stud and setting tool for machine screw anchors: A stud (20) includes a shaft (24) having an integrated stop washer (26), helical threading (23 and 25) on opposing sides of the integrated stop washer, and an integral driver mechanism (22) having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the shaft. The stud can mate with a wing-nut (18)... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070104556 - Fastener assembly: A fastener assembly adapted for providing adjustment between at least two members. A bolt includes a head, a shank axially extending from the head, and a circumferentially uninterrupted threaded portion axially extending from the shank. A first cam washer is fixed against rotation to the shank of the bolt in... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070104557 - Method for forming decorative staple strips: A method for making decorative staple strips includes: cutting a thin metal sheet into a plurality of metal strips; assembling the metal strips; applying an adhesive to the assembled metal strips; subjecting the bonded metal strips to a punching process so as to form a non-folded strip unit in a... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070098517 - Screw nut for torque limiting, and the use of such a screw nut in a retainer module for limiting the clamping force: The present application describes to a screw nut for limiting the torque or the clamping force that is produced by screwing a screw onto a component to be screwed into place, as well as to the use of such a screw nut in a retainer module. The screw nut comprises... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070098518 - Expansion anchor: An expansion anchor includes a load application element (16) provided on the stem (12; 32; 42; 52; 62) and extending up to first end (14; 34; 44; 54; 64) of the stem, an anchoring mechanism (21; 36; 46; 56; 66) provided on the stem (12; 32; 42; 52; 62) and... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070098519 - Self-attaching fastener and panel assembly, method of installation and die member: A self-attaching fastener and panel assembly wherein the free end of the tubular barrel portion is coined and deformed axially and radially outwardly against a planar die face into an annular shape having a planar annular bearing surface supporting the panel and a flat end face. The die includes a... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070098520 - Bolt that can be pressed into a metal sheet in a torsion-proof and ejection-proof manner: Disclosed is a bolt (10) that can be pressed into a metal sheet in a torsion-proof and ejection-proof manner and comprises a head (12). The side of the head (12) facing the metal sheet after being inserted is provided with radially arranged webs (22) which are pressed in when being... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070098521 - Staple with a partially curved and partially straight cross-section: Ringed staple (1), or staple that when closed takes the approximate form of a ring, that presents a cross-section (3) with a substantially straight part (6) and a non-straight part (5), preferably curved circular. The non-straight part (5) corresponds with the exterior area (14) of the staple (1), whereas the... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070098522 - Retractable nail device: A retractable nail. A retractable nail includes a head portion having a striking surface and a slot through the striking face. The slot is configured for receiving a removal tool. The nail includes a piercing part. A longitudinal main body is positioned between the head portion and the piercing part.... Agent: Wonki Park

20070098523 - Connecting element: A connecting element (10), in particular for connecting a lining piece with a support, includes a head part (12) for fastening to the lining piece, and a foot part (14) for fastening to the support. The head part (12) and the foot part (14) are connected with each other elastically... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070098524 - Conical nut: A conical nut comprising a body having a cylindrical portion, a first threaded bore and a flange extending substantially normal to the cylindrical portion, a biasing member comprising at least two disc springs, each disc spring having a bore engagable with the cylindrical portion, a seat having a tapered surface... Agent: Jeffrey Thurnau The Gates Corporation