Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 10/07

20070248432 - Low cost/high performance blind fastener: A blind fastener is provided comprising a core bolt comprised of a bolt shaft and a bolt head. A metal sleeve is included comprising a rigid cylindrical base and a malleable cylindrical tail, the metal sleeve is positioned around the bolt shaft with the malleable cylindrical tail in communication with... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20070248433 - Threaded insert for fasteners: A threaded insert for providing stronger threads to a parent material. The threaded insert includes a bushing portion having male threads on the external surface and female threads within an internal bore. The threaded insert also includes keys which lock the threaded insert into a threaded hole within the parent... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070248434 - Bonding washer: A bonding washer for making electrical connection between two metal pieces that are to be mechanically fastened together. The washer, to be interposed between the two metal pieces, is constructed so as to fasten to one of the pieces before the two pieces are joined. Teeth on the washer, positioned... Agent: Wiley Electronics

20070248435 - Screw-rotation prevention device and railcar auxiliary power supply apparatus for using the device: Conventional bolt-rotation preventing devices are designed to be handled from both bolt and nut sides. Therefore, in locations where the device can be handled from only one side thereof, it has been very difficult to screw a bolt with a nut as well as to prevent the bolt from getting... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070248436 - Fasteners for clamping sheet-form members, and apparatus and method using such fasteners to attach undercover onto underside of vehicle floor panel: Two-clip tubular fasteners are used to clamp a sheet-like member between flanges of the clips. An apparatus and method for attaching an undercover to the underside of a vehicle floor panel having a plurality of studs comprises a plurality of the tubular fasteners that are inserted into respective mounting holes... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070243034 - Load indicating fastener insert: A method and apparatus for determining fastener axial loading includes a fastener insert having an arched bottom surface, which deflects correlative to the level of axial loading. A load indicating mechanism determines axial loading by measuring the amount of deflection experienced by the arched insert. In addition, the arched insert... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20070243035 - Mechanically locked blind bolt fastener: The present invention provides a blind bolt fastener having a core bolt. The core bolt has a threaded portion and a non-threaded portion engaging a deformable sleeve and a body. A protrusion extends from the sleeve or the body to engage a groove in the core bolt to prevent axial... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20070243037 - Blind bolt fastener: A blind bolt fastener is provided having a body, a deformable sleeve and a core bolt in threaded engagement with the deformable sleeve. The deformable sleeve has a groove formed therein. Rotation of the core bolt bulbs the deformable sleeve and moves the deformable sleeve along the body. The groove... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20070243036 - Structure enhanced waterproof pull nail: A structure-enhanced-waterproof pull nail which comprises a nail having a head, a body and a neck connected between the head and the body; an outer diameter of the head being greater than that of the body; an auxiliary cover enclosing the head; two ends of the auxiliary cover being opened... Agent: Pao-jen Chen

20070243038 - U-shaped clamping piece: The invention relates to a U-shaped clamping piece for attachment to a panel provided with an opening, having two flat legs, connected by a yoke, with a nut part axially movably disposed between the two legs for receiving a bolt, said bolt penetrating the opening and one leg, wherein said... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070243039 - Cage nut assembly: Embodiments of the present invention provide a cage nut assembly that includes a cage and a securing body, which may be part of a structure that is to be secured to another structure. The cage includes a base and lateral walls folded over an internal chamber. The base includes a... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070243040 - Bolt and nut combination: A bolt and nut combination has a nut assembly and a bolt assembly. The nut assembly has a nut and a washer. The nut has a threaded hole and wedging surfaces. The washer is connected with the nut and has a through hole, inclined surfaces and engaging surfaces. The inclined... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070243041 - Break away fastening system: A fastening system is providing, the fastening system has a weld stud having an annular weldment portion and a fracturable nut. The fracturable nut and stud construction is configured to fail under torsional load prior to the structural parts failure.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070243042 - Slotless locking pull pin: A slotless locking pull pin having a handle, a pin, a housing, an internal spring and a locking mechanism. The pull pin has an internal spring which biases the pin in its normal extended position. The pull pin has a locking mechanism which locks the pin in its retracted position.... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20070243043 - High performance thread forming screw: A thread forming screw having a minimum surface hardness of HRC 56. The screw can form threads in a workpiece having a surface hardness which exceeds HRC 23. A method of surface hardening a screw includes carbon enriching the screw to at least a 0.48 carbon level, and then quenching... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070243044 - Wear resistant nut: A nut includes a body, a centrally defined through hole defined through the body and an inner threading formed on an inner periphery defining the through hole. A wear resistant coating is coated on an outer periphery of the body and the inner periphery of the through hole such that... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070243045 - Quick die-change collet clamp: A clamp for use in forming parts is disclosed. The clamp is durable and easily installed, thereby resulting in superior efficiency.... Agent: Stockwell & Smedley, Psc

20070243046 - Simple fastening device: A usable structure should be provided for easily fastening lock pieces 3 to and releasing them from the axial member and putting the axial member in and out without any extra operation(s). A simple fastening device 10 having a structure where (1) a lock piece 3 is forced by a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070237599 - Categorizing fasteners and construction connectors using visual identifiers: A method of categorizing fasteners and construction connectors by size and type using a color coding system. Each fastener receives a designated and distinct color contained on the surface that is exposed before and after installation. The colors are preselected to define one or more physical properties of the fasteners.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070237600 - Categorizing fasteners and construction connectors using visual identifiers: A method of categorizing fasteners and construction connectors by size and type using a color coding system. Each fastener receives a designated and distinct color contained on the surface that is exposed before and after installation. The colors are preselected to define one or more physical properties of the fasteners.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070237601 - Retaining washer for threaded fasteners: The present invention provides a retaining washer for retaining threaded fasteners, such as bolts, that have been inadvertently loosened, in use. The invention finds particular application in gas turbine engines and in aircraft in general where wire locking of threaded fasteners has traditionally been employed. The washer (10) comprises a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070237602 - Fan fastener for fastening a fan to a heat sink and method of using the same: A fastener, for assembling a fan to a bracket, includes a shaft, and an expanding head extending from an end of the shaft. The shaft has a bulge formed at an opposite end thereof. A handle extends from the bulge of the shaft. The handle is used for facilitating an... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070237603 - Quick acting coupling device: A quick acting coupling device includes a male member 10 and a female member 32 with an axial opening for receiving the male member. A plurality of circumferentially spaced locking segments 50 are supported on the female member and move radially between an unlocked position and a locked position. A... Agent: Loren G. Helmreich Browning Bushman P.C.

20070237604 - Low tolerance threaded fastener: A threaded fastener is having a raised area or bump on a threaded flank. The flank can be positioned on a nut or a bolt thread. The bump forces the mating threads at least on one flank to have near zero tolerance along the pitch line and thereby eliminating play.... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20070237605 - Pin: A pin comprises an inner element and an outer sleeve. The inner element is insertable into and removable from the outer sleeve, and the outer surface of the inner element and the inner surface of the outer sleeve are tapered along at least a part of their lengths.... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20070237606 - Screw for composite building materials: A screw includes a lower set of cutting threads and an upper set of storage threads, the latter having a larger diameter than the cutting threads. The underside of the head includes an annular groove formed thereabout. A countersink feature is disposed between the underside of the head and the... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070237607 - Scalloped tape collating strip for nails: A fastener assembly for use in a fastener driving tool is formed as a row of fasteners arranged substantially parallel to each other and a supporting strip. The strip has a supporting substrate and an adhesive composition thereon. The supporting substrate has an elongated dimension extending generally in the direction... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (illinois Tool Works)

20070231103 - Anti-score plates: An arrangement comprising a flange of a rotatable shaft, comprising a plurality of apertures; a multiplicity of anti-score plates each having two or more openings aligned with corresponding apertures of the flange; a plurality of bolts extending through the plurality of apertures in the flange and the corresponding openings of... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070231104 - Track fixture: A track fixture is disclosed for engaging a track with a rack of a server. The rack has a first through hole. The track fixture includes a track bearer for engaging with the track, the track bearer including a fixing portion having a second through hole; a fixing slice including... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070231105 - Heavy metal pierce nut: A self-attaching fastener includes a pilot portion having an outer side wall and is surrounded by an annular flange. The annular flange includes a planar end face defining a peripheral edge with a diameter greater than a diameter of said outer side wall of the pilot portion. The end face... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070231106 - Unknown: The present invention is an anchoring device used in securing an attachment to an object or structure that has no attachable surface wherein this tool can be attached to said object to be lifted or pulled. This tool is made of a machined two-inch solid steel round stock, three feet... Agent: Ronald J. Koch