Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 11/07

20070274800 - System to be used with an implanting tool: The present invention relates a system to be used with an implanting tool having a tip part. The system has a longitudinal axis and comprises a polymeric screw (31) having a head (11) and an adapter between the screw (31) and the implanting tool. The adapter comprises a first part... Agent: Venable LLP

20070274801 - Slide lock fastener: A slide lock fastener assembly for removeably fastening a first part to a second part, in which the fastening and unfastening operations include a sliding operation, the fastener assembly having a locking pin, a cylindrical isolation sleeve, and a slider member. A fastened condition is created between the two parts... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070274802 - Injection fixing arrangement and method of injection fixing: The invention relates to an injection fixing arrangement (1) having an anchor sleeve (5) and an anchor rod (6), the anchor sleeve (5) having an anchoring region (9) with outlet apertures (10) for the outlet of mortar injected into the anchor sleeve (5), and the injection fixing arrangement (1) having... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070274803 - Speaker attaching construction and speaker: A speaker attaching construction that is mounted on a plate, a speaker 1 removably provided with fixtures 8, having an engager 8b on one side of an engaging plate 8a and an engager 8d formed with an engaging piece 8h on other side of the engaging plate 8a, at a... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070274804 - Self-diagnosing pierce nut installation apparatus: A self-diagnosing pierce nut installation apparatus including an installation head attached to an upper die member of a die press having a reciprocating plunger driving a pierce nut against a panel, piercing a slug from the panel upon closing of the press and a rod telescopically received in the plunger... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070274805 - Fastener and assembly therewith: A threaded fastener assembly includes a male threaded component having a thread and a thread advancement stop as a compression limiter for engagement of the thread in a female threaded component. A conical spring washer establishes pre-load of an assembled joint in a variable clamp design. Prevailing torque is established... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070274806 - Explosive bolt: Explosive attachment device for mechanical connection of components, internally provided with an explosive charge, the detonation shock effect of which is strong enough for rupturing a connection forming part of the attachment device, for a rapid disconnection, whereby the attachment device incorporates an attachment screw (2), which extends through the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070269286 - Anti-loosening bolt assembly: An anti-loosening bolt assembly having a setscrew with an external screw on its outer periphery, a lock bolt having an external screw with the same pitch as the screw of the setscrew, and an axial end which is engaged with an axial base of the setscrew. One of the axial... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070269287 - Wood and plastic screw: A wood and plastic screw has an essentially cylindrical shank, a tip, and a thread extending along the shank as far as into a tip region. The thread comprises a tip-side and a head-side flank, with a head-side flank angle being larger than a tip-side flank angle. The tip-side flank... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070269288 - Screw: A screw is provided having an at least partially threaded (4) shank (7) and a screw head (3). An unthreaded section (2) is provided between the screw head (3) and the thread (4). The thread (4), at least in the distal area of the shank (7) facing the screw head... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070269289 - Spiral drive fastener with stick fit surface and method of manufacture: Interference surfaces are constructed on inner transition surfaces between wings of a fastener having a spiral recess. A portion of the transition surface is tapered to provide the interference. A standard driver for a spiral recess will engage the interference surface to create a “stick fit” engagement. The punch is... Agent: Perman & Green

20070269290 - Housing structure with protecting pad: A housing structure with a protecting pad is provided, which comprises a housing body with at least one screw hole, wherein an assembling hole and a slot are respectively provided adjacent to both sides of the screw hole; and an elastic protecting pad, further including a holding lever with a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070264099 - Expansion screw: An expansion screw has at least three folding sections to provide a bracing effect. It includes an anchor nail and a bolt. The anchor nail has a tubular body formed by rolling a plate and an action zone in the middle portion. The action zone has a plurality of longitudinal... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070264100 - Multi-pitch screw and method and apparatus for manufacturing multi-pitch screw: To present a method of manufacturing a multipitch screw easily by using flat dies suited to mass production. A flat die 4 includes linear ordinary screw threads 40a, and multipitch screw threads 40b consecutive to the ordinary screw threads 40a, slightly shorter in height than the ordinary screw threads 40a,... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070264101 - Nut having a nut body and a cap held on the nut body: The present invention relates to a nut (10, 110, 210) having a nut body (11, 111, 211) and a cap (20, 120, 220, 320) held on the nut body (11, 111, 211), wherein there is/are provided on the outer surface of the nut body (11, 111, 211) an encircling recess... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070264103 - Debris-free plastic collating strip for nails: A fastener assembly for use in an associated fastener driving tool for driving a fastener from the assembly, in sequential order, into an associated substrate, includes a row of fasteners arranged substantially parallel to each other, each fastener having a shank and defining an axis and a collation system formed... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (illinois Tool Works)

20070264102 - Debris-free plastic collating strip for nails: A fastener assembly is configured for use in an associated fastener driving tool for driving a fastener from the assembly into an associated substrate. The assembly includes a row of fasteners, each having a shank, arranged substantially parallel to each other. A collation system is formed from a plastic material... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (illinois Tool Works)

20070258786 - Rivet-like fastener with floating nut: A fastener (20) is adapted to be mounted in a hole provided on a wall (W). The fastener broadly includes an elongated tubular body (21) having a first end (23) and a second end (24), having an outwardly-extending flange (25) adjacent the first end, having an intermediate portion (26), and... Agent: Phillips Lytle LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070258787 - Method of forming an expansion mounting sleeve and the product thereof: An expansion mounting sleeve includes a forward tapered cylindrical body formed by stamping a material strip, and the cylindrical body defines an internally threaded tapered bore. A plurality of engaging teeth having different heights and shapes are formed to project from the cylindrical body. After the sleeve has been driven... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070258788 - Pierce nut and use thereof: A pierce nut (1) for attachment to a plastically deformable metal sheet (4) has an abutment surface (14) adapted to abut against the metal sheet (4), an undercut pilot (11) protruding relatively to the abutment surface (14), and a countersunk groove (16a, 16b) which is formed in the abutment surface... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070258789 - Antiback-lash nut: In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus, including: a first nut half (40) and a second nut half (42) each having internal threads (50, 52) complementary with threads on a screw inserted therein; the first nut half (40) and the second nut half (42) having first and second tapers (60, 62),... Agent: John H Crozier

20070258790 - Security device and manufacturing method therefor: A security device is described including a bolt and a securement washer through which the bolt is be disposed. The securement washer includes a hole, at least one circumferential groove within the hole, and a C-shaped ring disposed within the circumferential groove. The security device also includes a first end... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070258791 - Fastener system for fixing hardened plates: A fastener system for fixing hardened plates includes a fastener element having a frusto-conical head and a threaded shaft portion, wherein a smallest outer diameter of the frusto-conical head is adjacent the threaded shaft, and a largest outer width of the shaft is smaller than a smallest diameter of the... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070258792 - Anchor fastening device for flush mounting of structures: In certain embodiments, the present design can be inverted and mounted to the bottom side of the top plate between the foundation and the top plate. This gives the added advantage of setting the depth and angle at which the anchor bolt protrudes from the foundation. This eliminates the extra... Agent: Lane Patents LLC

20070258793 - Magazine for housing screws: A magazine for screws includes seats defined by walls connecting longitudinally an insert end with an exit end of the seats, wherein in at least one seat a screw having a shank connecting a screw-head directed towards the insert end to a screw-tip directed towards the exit end, the screw-head... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070258794 - Mushroom-compaction and asymmetric-thread impact-drivable screw: An asymmetric thread impact drivable screw and clip for use with a power impact device for penetrating wood fibers while minimizing cut fibers. The screw includes an impact head and a conical shaped tip having a ballistic insertion angle at the ends of a shank. The shank defines asymmetrical threads... Agent: Keisling Pieper & Scott PLC Bank Of America Plaza

20070258795 - Parts attaching structure: This attaching structure includes: a first part having a slot; a second part having an attaching hole; and a clip for connecting those parts, the clip including a first flange portion, a shank portion, a second flange portion for coming into elastic abutment against the back side of the slot,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070253794 - Fastening device: A fastening device for combining plate-like pieces together is provided. Each piece defines a through hole. The fastening device includes a locking member, and a locking pin. The locking member includes a sleeve. At least one pressing portion and a plurality of legs are formed on two opposite ends of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070253792 - Torque limiting break-away head fastener and related methods: A torque-limited fastener is for an electrical connector including an electrically conductive body having at least one fastener-receiving passageway intersecting a cable-receiving passageway. The torque-limited fastener may include a body being externally threaded to be received within the fastener-receiving passageway and having a tool-receiving passageway therein. A break-away head may... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070253793 - Fastener assembly: d) an expander stem 9 which can be screwed into a threaded bore 4 which runs the length of shank 2, the stem 9 having an enlarged portion which spreads the fingers 8 of the sleeve so that they engage and clamp the articles to be fastened.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070253795 - Fixing cover: A fixing cover (10) is hexagonal in shape so as to cover a bolt head or nut (as shown schematically in FIG. 4). The cover (10) has a body which can be made of metal, which would normally be steel or spring steel. In the three spaced side walls (12a,... Agent: Venable LLP

20070253796 - Clip attachable to and detachable from a workpiece: A plastic clip has a shank extending from a flange at one end of the shank and a pair of divergent resilient arms extending toward the flange from the opposite end of the shank. When the shank and the arms are inserted in a hole in a workpiece, portions of... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC