Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 01/08

20080025812 - All terrain vehicles having midpoint fastener and methods: Vehicles, such as all terrain vehicles, can be provided with a frame and a fender assembly. The fender assembly can have layered fender panels attached together with a bolt and T-nut. A channel can be formed between the fender panels to facilitate passage of fluid along a predetermined pathway. A... Agent: Ulmer & Berne, LLP

20080025810 - Wire threaded insert made of magnesium or aluminium alloy: Wire thread insert comprising a helically coiled wire member for being inserted into a threaded bore of a structural member, which wire member is made of a high-strength hardenable aluminium forging alloy of series 6000-Al—Mg—Si without any contact corrosion influencing surface coating.... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080025811 - Method for structural attachment using a blind rivet, blind rivet enabling the method to be implemented and fitting tool suitable for such a rivet: imparting a second rotation movement (arrow F4) on said rod (100) for the purpose of screwing, so as to apply a tension in the attachment created. The invention also relates to the rivet enabling such a method to be implemented, as well as the fitting tool adapted to said rivet.... Agent: Jerome D. Jackson (jackson Patent Law Office)

20080025813 - Assembly for mounting electronic components, methods of use and manufacture thereof: An assembly for mounting electronic components includes a face plate comprising a thermoplastic material. The face plate includes a retaining element for securing a captive screw and spring assembly for mounting an electronic printed circuit board. The retaining element includes one or more slots adapted to expand the element to... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20080025814 - System and method to align refiner plates during installation on a disc: A bushing to assist in positioning a bolt in the bolt apertures of refining plates and disk. The bushing is a cylindrical sleeve that slides over the bolt shaft, before the bolt is inserted into the aperture. The bushing may be short relative to the length of the bolt and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080025815 - Removeable fastener recess insert and method for making same: A fastening system includes a fastener having a head portion and a shaft portion, wherein the head portion has a recess (e.g., a removal tool recess), and an insert (e.g., a plastic insert) having an insert shape substantially equal to the recess shape and an insert thickness substantially equal to... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (boeing)

20080025816 - Multiple-thread screw: A multiple-thread screw includes: a shank having a tapered end portion and a non-tapered portion, the shank defining an axis and a radial plane radiating from the axis; a first spiral thread formed on the non-tapered portion of the shank and having thread turns, each of which has two diametrically... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080025817 - Self-cutting screw-in element: The present invention relates to a self-cutting screw-in element, e.g., an artificial hip joint socket, having a lateral surface which is at least partially curved or buckled in the threaded area, and a thread interrupted by at least one flute having a thread tooth profile tilted in the feed direction,... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080025818 - Fastening assembly: A fastener assembly includes a collar configured to be secured to a structure, and a D-ring that may include a main ring body, end joints rotatably secured to the collar, and smooth intermediate sections integrally connecting the main ring body to the end joints. The smooth intermediate sections gradually transition... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20080025819 - Screw-in element having changing thread profile and method for its production: The present invention relates to a screw-in element having a changing thread profile, in particular an artificial hip joint socket which may be screwed in, and a method for producing screw-in elements of this type. For the purpose of implementing a specific curve of the thread tooth height along the... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080019793 - Fastening element: A fastening element for mineral constructional components has a shaft (12) provided with a tapping thread (14) extending, at least regionwise, along the shaft (12), and a coating (21) that covers the shaft (12) likewise at least regionwise and that is formed of a polar thermoplast.... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080019792 - Drywall fastener: A self-drilling fastener for use in a friable material with or without an underlying member at the point of use comprises an elongated body, a threaded exterior, an enlarged head with torque transmitting surfaces, proximal, intermediate, and distal portions, and a drilling tip generally opposite enlarged head. Proximal portion has... Agent: Lisa Soltis Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20080019794 - Pipe clip with spring nut: The invention relates to a pipe clamp for attaching a duct to a base surface. The pipe clamp comprises a clamp body with an aperture for arranging the pipe clamp around the duct, a tightening element for keeping the ends of the clamp together, and a spring nut arranged on... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080019795 - Composite drain plug: A composite drain plug for an automobile engine. The drain plug is made up of a hollow metal sleeve that is flanged at one end and closed at the other end. There is a core portion filling the hollow sleeve and having a head portion and a stub flange adjacent... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20080019796 - Thread forming screw: The invention relates to a screw (1) having a threaded shank (2) and a screw tip (6). The threaded shank (2) is composed of a shank core (10) and a thread which extends helically over the shank core (10). Two flanks (15, 16) which converge in an outer thread edge... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080019797 - Fastener with embedded guide hole: A fastener includes a threaded shaft and a grippable head secured to the threaded shaft. An aperture extends through the shaft toward the head. The aperture extends partially through the head. In some embodiments, the shaft includes both threaded and unthreaded portions. In such embodiments, the aperture may extend slightly... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080019798 - Nail with a reinforcement section: A nail includes a head and a shank which extends from an underside of the head and includes a reinforcement section a shank body. A tip portion is formed on a distal end of the shank body and the reinforcement section is connected between the head and the shank body.... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080019799 - Fastener: A fastener that can be used in various applications, that is more durable than known fasteners, and that increases the removal forces necessary to remove the fastener from the connecting substrate is made of a plastic material that defines a base and one or more fastening legs. The fastening legs... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20080019800 - Loosening- proof method used for a screw fastening unit and the device thereof: A loosening-proof screw fastening device, including at least one stop wheel on at least one of a plurality of contacting faces; the at least one stop wheel is rotatably assembled in a locating hole on said at least one contacting face with its stop tooth slightly protruded beyond the contacting... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080014042 - Fastener with tool retainer: Disclosed herein is a fastener nut. The fastener nut includes a first section, a second section, and a third section. The first section has a threaded inner diameter. The second section has an outer annular groove. The third section is between the first section and the second section. The first... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080014045 - Pin and bush fastener with high fastening strength, and airbag attached to vehicle body by such a fastener: A fastener comprising a bush and a pin is used to mount an airbag on a vehicle body panel. The pin has a head with legs depending therefrom, and the bush has a flange with a shank depending therefrom. The shank supports resilient pawls moveable in slots. The legs of... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080014043 - Peg board mounting device: A mounting apparatus for securing to a perforated surface, including a bushing having a body portion from which a sleeve extends for insertion into a perforation, and a bore which extends through both the body and sleeve. The mounting apparatus also has a plunger that includes a head from which... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080014044 - Spacing rivet, riveted joint and method for their production: A riveted joint between two sheet-metal components spaced at a certain distance by means of a spacing rivet is described. The spacing rivet is immobilized on the one sheet-metal component by a flange and a first upset ridge and on the other sheet-metal component by a shoulder and a second... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20080014046 - Retaining element for blocking screw elements: A locking element for holding together threaded parts such as screws and nuts against undesired loosening, consisting of at least two annular lock washers (1, 2) lying on each other and having center holes (14), wherein the inner surfaces lying on each other have teeth (7) and teeth (5) are... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080014047 - Self-penetrating screw: A screw includes a shaft, a trumpet-shaped head provided to a base end of the shaft, and a narrow-tip portion formed at a tip end of the shaft. The shaft has different diameters at a small-diameter portion contiguous to the narrow-tip portion and at a large-diameter portion contiguous to the... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080014048 - Anchoring drill bit, system and method of anchoring: A system, apparatuses and methods for anchoring are provided. The system includes two-stage drill bit and a method of anchoring into a two-stage hole drilled by the drill bit. The apparatus of the instant invention includes a two-stage drill bit for drilling a pilot hole for a common nail into... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080014049 - Quick attaching and detaching nut: A nut assembly comprises a capture nut having a smooth bore adapted to fit around the threads of a threaded member such as a bolt or a threaded rod. The capture nut includes a tapered bowl which defines a hexagon in cross section, for example. The nut assembly further includes... Agent: Tim Cook

20080008553 - Self-drilling anchor screw and method of using the same: A self-drilling anchor screw includes a shaft member. A drill bit portion is located at a first end of the shaft member. A threaded shaft portion is located along at least part of the shaft member. A transition shaft portion is located between the threaded shaft portion and the drill... Agent: Barry Dove Patent Services, Inc.

20080008554 - Self-drilling wall anchor device: A self-drilling wall anchor device has a central bolt, an outer sleeve and a drilling head. The central bolt has a bolt body, a head, a connection portion and an engaging portion. The outer sleeve is mounted around the bolt body of the central bolt and has a flange, a... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080008555 - Anchoring device: An anchoring device comprising a shaft, at least part of whose length comprises a tapered portion, with at least one helical flange which runs substantially along the length of said tapered section and an engagement means to allow the device to engage with a lever wherein in use rotation of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080008556 - Quick attaching and detaching nut: A nut assembly comprises a capture nut having a smooth bore adapted to fit around the threads of a threaded member such as a bolt or a threaded rod. The capture nut includes a tapered bowl which defines a hexagon in cross section, for example. The nut assembly further includes... Agent: Tim Cook

20080008557 - Threaded fastener members formed from spiral wound wire: A cylindrical threaded fastener is formed by a spring spirally wound to form a coil of a plurality of turns of spring wire in substantially contiguous relationship to one another and driving means formed by the terminal ends of the spring wire.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080008558 - Fastening arrangement and method for producing it: Fastening arrangement for a lightweight structural component (1) is provided, including a housing (2) which is incorporated in the lightweight structural component (1), with the housing having a bore (3) with an internal thread (4), and a screw element (5). The housing (2) is formed in one piece. A threaded... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080008559 - Paper tack: An apparatus is provided for a paper tack. The apparatus has a set of coiled loops that taper to a pointed end that is substantially perpendicular to the set of coiled loops. The apparatus may be inserted into a surface at the pointed end. The apparatus may hold a thin... Agent: Mark D. Ross

20080008560 - Clip: Provided is a clip which can be easily detached from a mounting hole solely by pulling a base portion thereof in any one direction. A clip (10) is equipped with a base portion (20) to engage with a front-side peripheral edge of a mounting hole (5), and a locking leg... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC