Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 03/08

20080069660 - Hopper fed tee-nut having counterbore with nylon lock: A tee-nut fastener which includes a nylon locking ring located distally from the entrance to a passageway ensures proper fastening upon coupling with a threaded stud. The tee-nut is used use in combination with a track for efficient delivery. The track comprises an upper guide spaced apart relatively farther than... Agent: Kenneth L. Mitchell Woodling, Krost And Rust

20080069661 - Injection molded thermoplastic insert: A plastic insert for concrete structures includes a barrel for receiving a threaded fastener. According to one embodiment, the insert includes a housing at a distal end receiving an internally threaded member for engaging the threaded fastener. The insert includes bar-engaging members at the distal end for contacting concrete-reinforcing bars... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Patent Docketing

20080069662 - Structure for attaching protective member to a support: A structure for attaching to a support a protective member having a rib comprises a single-piece clip with a rib-fastening section and a support-fastening section. The rib-fastening section has a pair of walls defining a space into which the rib is inserted, and the walls have respective resilient pawls that... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080069663 - Locking bolt for mounting a tool on a hydraulic press: A locking bolt for mounting a tool in a hydraulic press, it being possible for the locking bolt to move in a bolt receptacle between a locking position and a release position, with a securing element, which is located in the bolt receptacle and secures the locking position by positive... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20080063488 - Self-drilling wall anchor device: A wall anchor device includes an anchor sleeve having an outer peripheral lip, one or more peripheral flanges extended outwardly from the middle portion for engaging with a wall member. The anchor sleeve includes a middle portion having one or more arms. A threaded member is engageable into the anchor... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080063489 - Self-locking nut: A self-locking nut includes a nut; a washer having a locking feature, the locking feature having a plurality of ridges; and at least one locking tab for slidably coupling the nut to the washer and engaging with the locking feature to resist rotation of the nut with respect to the... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20080063490 - Method and apparatus for a fastener and a fastener cover including a sealable opening: One embodiment of the present subject matter includes a system for fastening a male terminal with a driver. The embodiment includes a body defining an at least partially threaded recess which intersects with a female recess adapted to receive the male terminal. The embodiment additionally includes a fastener having an... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080063491 - Snap staples: The Snap Staple is a change from the standard staple used today by having weakened areas in which to cause a break. The weakened area can be made by a groove, nick, cut, thinning of material, stretching of the material, or installing a different material into a part of the... Agent: Edward Arthur Ringl Jr.

20080056840 - Fastener: A fastener includes a fastener body having a screw opening, a plurality of resilient fastener fingers extending from the fastener body, a finger tooth extending from each of the plurality of fastener fingers and a fastener screw extending through the screw opening and between the plurality of fastener fingers. The... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20080056842 - Fastener for attachment by friction stir processing: A fastener is provided for attachment to a workpiece by a friction stir process. The fastener includes a base having an underside adapted to seat upon the workpiece and a fastener portion attached to the top side of the base. An anchor portion projects from the underside of the base... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080056841 - Expanding screw: An expanding screw for an expandable dowel sleeve (31) has a shaft (12) having a rotation-transmitting element (15) provided at its first end (13), at least one first screw thread (19) extending from its second end (17), and a thread section (21) provided in a region of the at least... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080056843 - Rotary release pin: A quick release pin has an elongated body having an axial bore therethrough and a shaft extending at least partially through the axial bore for rotational movement within the bore. A button is mounted on a first end of the shaft. At least one opening is formed in a second... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080056844 - Floating captive screw: A captive screw for securing together two panels has a screw and a spring extending between the screw head and a ferrule. A collar is formed on the screw shank under the ferrule to limit penetration of the screw threads in a bottom panel so that the upper panel floats... Agent: Paul And Paul

20080056845 - Screw assembly having a removable tip section: A screw assembly mainly includes a shank; the shank engaged a recess in the shank; said recess inserted into a tip section, and the tip section inserted into the shank. Besides, the tip section has second threads, which connected to first threads. And the second threads have the same pitch... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080056846 - Sealing arrangement for the attachment of a side plate of a centrifugal pump and an attachment screw used therewith: The present invention relates to a sealing arrangement for attaching a side plate often used with a pump volute of a centrifugal pump and an attachment screw used therewith. A characterizing feature of the sealing arrangement for attaching the side plate of a centrifugal pump, comprising at least a pump... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP