Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 12/07

20070297869 - Through insert with floating capability: A floating insert comprises a stud, a nut, and a cap. The stud comprises a flat base portion and a cylindrical stud portion mounted onto the flat base portion. The cylindrical stud portion comprises a stud cylinder aperture. The nut is inside the stud cylinder aperture. The cap comprises a... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070297870 - Self-attaching female fastener: A self-attaching nut for attachment to a panel including a central pilot portion having a generally cylindrical outer surface, a flange portion surrounding the outer surface of the pilot portion including an annular groove surrounding the pilot portion having a substantially V-shaped bottom wall and a generally planar panel support... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070297871 - Power tap structure: A power tap structure comprises a screw head, a bolt being a rod body extended underneath the screw head, and at least two screw thread units having different cutting surfaces respectively called a cutting thread and a retaining thread. Each of the crew thread units further includes a plurality of... Agent: Ying-kung Lu

20070297872 - Fastener having controllably variable preload and method of forming same: A method of forming a fastener that includes an axial centerline, a seating surface angled with respect to the axial centerline at an angle α and adapted to contact an angled seat of a bore, the smallest diameter of the seating surface being designated a seating diameter, and a threaded... Agent: Honeywell International, Inc. Law Department Ab 2

20070297873 - Thread-tapping screw: A thread-tapping screw has a shaft (12) with first (13) and second (14) ends, a load application element (15) provided at one of the first and second ends (13, 14), a thread (16) extending at least regionwise along the shaft (12), and at least one wear indication element (21, 26,... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070292231 - Plastic rock-bolt or dowel: A rock-dowel has a dowel shank has a diameter of about 20-22 mm, and a threaded end at the head or proximal end of the dowel. Three groups of projecting mixing vanes are spaced along the shank. A first group of vanes at the tip project at least 2.5 mm... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070292232 - Nut having cutting and fastening structure thereof: A nut having a cutting and fastening structure thereof applied to fasten at least a board with a hole are disclosed. The nut has at least a cutting through itself. The fastening structure includes a bolt and a nut. When the nut is threaded on the bolt, the cutting of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070292233 - Locking shear nut: A locking nut comprising at least two nut portions and at least one frangible bridging portion and a method of making a locking nut. The nut portions are made from a single nut. Each nut portion has an outer gripping surface and a centrally disposed threaded aperture for receiving and... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20070292234 - Anchor assembly with large range of motion suspension members, and restraint systems for suspended components: An anchor assembly structured for use in connection with ceiling or roofing structures for hanging industrial or commercial components, such as, for example, electrical conduits, heating units, water pipes for automatic water sprinkler systems, and the like. The anchor assembly is easy and quick to install, and also provides enhanced... Agent: Steven W. Weinrieb Schwartz & Weinrieb

20070292235 - Self-drilling reaming screw for hard materials: A self-drilling reaming screw for hard materials such as hard woods or plywood boards each covered with a rigid surface layer has a threaded portion (8) continuing to a drill bit (7), and a non-threaded shank (3) continuing from the threaded portion. The screw has also a conical head (4)... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070292236 - Screw: The present invention pertains to a screw comprising an enlarged head and a shank with threads. In particular, the enlarged head has a bottom surface comprising a plurality of ribs extended from the outer periphery thereof to the shank, thereby providing with a good resistance of extraction and a good... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070292237 - Nut for attaching two devices and method for providing the same: A nut that includes a body having an aperture disposed within the body, threads located within the aperture of the body, and a plurality of gripping areas disposed along a circumference of the body. The plurality of gripping areas provides visual and tactile directional signals as to the rotational direction... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20070292238 - Thread forming wire thread insert: A wire thread insert (1) for forming a helical thread, comprising a wire (7) wound into a closed coil having an outer surface (9) and an inner surface (11), wherein the wire (7) has a first portion (13) defining the inner surface of the thread insert when coiled, said first... Agent: Intellectual Property

20070292239 - Screw strip with ribs extending along full length thereof: A screw strip for holding a plurality of screws has a plurality of screw-holding strip portions for holding respectively the screws. Each of the screw-holding strip portions includes a plurality of resilient clamping arms for clamping the corresponding screw. Two opposite sides of the screw strip are formed respectively with... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070292240 - Wall anchor device for frame: An anchor device for securing an object to a wall includes a body having first and second opposite facing surfaces, an adhesive material on the first surface, a pointed fastener extending outwardly from the second surface, and a protective cover positioned over a pointed end of the fastener. A center... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070292241 - Fibrous microencapsulated washer for fasteners: A fibrous microencapsulated washer is provided for sealing and retaining a fastener. The fibrous microencapsulated washer includes a substrate and a coating of a microencapsulated material on the substrate. The fibrous microencapsulated washer includes an aperture extending therethrough to receive a fastener, whereby a radial installation of the fastener causes... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.C.

20070286698 - Load control mechanism for pull type tools: A load control mechanism for use with a pull type tool, wherein the mechanism includes a telescopic housing and a compressible element, such as a polyurethane compression spring, which works to limit the ultimate load which is applied by the pull type tool during operation, such as during removal of... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070286699 - Lock nut system: A lock nut system includes a molded nut having a plurality of teeth and a molded keeper having a plurality of keeper teeth engageable with the plurality of teeth to inhibit movement of the keeper relative to the nut when the plurality of teeth engages the plurality of keeper teeth.... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070286700 - Self-threading female fastener elements and method of forming same: A female fastener having a self-threading bore for threaded receipt of a conventional male threaded fastener which forms a substantially continuous female thread without tapping having a prevailing torque. The bore includes a cylindrical internal surface and a plurality of circumferentially spaced concave recesses having a total volume equal to... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys

20070286701 - Wood screw with cutting teeth on threads and groove in shank: A wood screw includes a head and a shank which includes a screw-in portion including a tapered section and a tip point at a distal end of the tapered section. A groove is defined longitudinally in the shank and starts from the tapered section and extends toward the head. A... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070286702 - Thread clamping device and methods of use: The present invention relates to a thread clamping device including a plurality of movable nut segments around a threaded rod, and spring members flexibly holding the segments against the rod. The thread clamping device has a structure adapted to accommodate substantially planar outer surfaces of the segments engaging planar surfaces... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20070286703 - Precise linear fastener system and method for use: The present invention provides a linear fastening system capable of rapid engagement and disengagement. More specifically, the system utilizes a cooperating collet member and a compression ring member which are constructed and arranged to slip easily over a shank member. The fastener system is secured by linearly traversing a compression... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans (zimmer Spine)

20070286704 - Picture stabilizers: Picture Stabilizers are a special class of devices that provide an easy and effective means to stabilize pictures, paintings, mirrors, plaques, signs and other objects. Picture Stabilizers help to maintain the aesthetic positioning of these objects so that they do not need to be straightened or reoriented due to misalignment... Agent: Steven L. Signor

20070280802 - Fastener assembly: A fastener assembly includes a threaded bolt and a locking nut assembly. The threaded bolt includes at least one longitudinal groove. The locking nut assembly includes a nut adapted to threadingly engage the bolt, a locking ring adapted to engage the bolt and the nut, and a biasing member adapted... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070280803 - All-metal thread locking/prevailing torque threaded fastener: This invention provides a fastener system having an external thread cross section profile that includes a novel asymmetrical thread addendum that does not have the disadvantage of centralizing the external bolt thread in the internal nut thread cavity. By overcoming the disadvantages of prior art symmetrical thread profile, there will... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070280804 - Fastener and process for using same: A connector for securing first and second substrates together, comprising: an outer fastener and an inner fastener is disclosed and claimed. The outer fastener comprises a dowel shaped stud. The inner fastener comprises a flange and a pair of clips. The pair of clips includes a first portion and a... Agent: Kenneth L. Mitchell Woodling, Krost And Rust