Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 05/08

20080124185 - Self-attaching fastener and panel assembly, method of installation and die member: A self-attaching fastener and panel assembly wherein the free open end of the tubular barrel portion is coined, collapsed axially, flattened and deformed radially inwardly and outwardly and axially against a panel surrounding the panel opening. The method of installation includes driving the free end of the tubular barrel portion... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080124186 - Device for fastening an attachment to a measuring tube of a coriolis mass flowmeter: A device for fastening an attachment to a measuring tube of a Coriolis mass flowmeter, comprising a clamping part, which can be pushed onto the measuring tube and can be pressed against the measuring tube by clamping means, the clamping part being formed in the manner of a slotted conical... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080124187 - Self-drilling, self-tapping screw fasteners: A clip of fasteners for use in attaching a structural panel to a metal substrate comprises a plastic strip with openings characterized by inwardly-extending ribs for gripping and supporting fasteners that comprise a forward self-drilling portion and a rearward self-tapping thread portion. Each fastener has a head with a top... Agent: Nicholas A. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20080124188 - Concrete screws: The present invention pertains to a concrete screw comprising a threaded portion with threads spirally disposed thereon and a helical conveying portion. In particular, the outer diameter of the threads is greater than the diameter of the helical conveying portion, in which two angled surfaces formed on the end thereof;... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20080124189 - Connection structure and data processing apparatus therewith: The invention provides a connection structure installed in a data processing apparatus. The data processing apparatus includes a keyboard and a base. The keyboard includes a bottom. The base includes a top plate. The connection structure connects the bottom and the top plate. The connection structure includes a mounted boss... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080124190 - Self-drilling pull-through blind rivet and methods of and apparatus for the assembly and setting thereof: A rivet body is formed with cutting teeth in a forward edge of the rivet body. A mandrel is formed at a forward end with an enlarged head having a drill point thereon. A plurality of the rivet bodies are stacked on the mandrel, with the drill point. The rivet... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080118325 - Fastening arrangement: A fastening arrangement having a first fastening part which is connected to a metal sheet and has a first threaded section, and having a second fastening part which has a second threaded section which engages with the first threaded section, with the fastening parts fixing an electrical connecting part such... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080118326 - Fastening system for steering apparatus and manufacturing method for the same: When an outer circumference of a clamping portion 25 and an outer circumference of a circular outer circumference 26 are restrained by a die 6 while inserting a non-circular punch 5 into a circular hole 28, paddings 27, 27 are pressed by a semi-circular inner circumference of the die 6... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080118327 - Section for the manufacture of hollow body elements, hollow body element and component assembly: A section (10; 110) is provided for the manufacture of hollow body elements, in particular for the manufacture of pierce and rivet nuts having a square or rectangular outline in plan view and a ring-like piercing section (36; 236) at a side confronting a component consisting of a sheet metal... Agent: Hunton & Williams/new York Intellectual Property Dept.

20080118328 - Suspension fastener: A suspension fastener has a bolt and a shaft. The bolt has a tip formed in a first end thereof and a revolving portion formed in a second end thereof. The shaft has a hole formed in a first end thereof and corresponding to the revolving portion. A shank is... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20080118329 - Combination of a screw member, a washer and a sleeve and also a method of producing such a combination: In order to produce a combination of a screw member comprising a screw head, a threaded portion and a shank portion which is arranged between the screw head and the threaded portion and has an external diameter that is smaller than the external diameter of the threaded portion, a washer... Agent: Edward J. Timmer

20080118330 - Screw: The invention concerns a screw, in particular a self-tapping screw, showing a screw thread which covers up to the front end of the screw formed as a drilling tip or cutting tip. In the front area, starting with a distance from the front end of the screw, there is an... Agent: Duane Morris, LLP Ip Department

20080118331 - Fastening of boards or slats made of wood or of wood materials to a metallic substructure by means of screws: A connection arrangement for boards, panels or slats (1) made from wood pr of wood materials to a metallic substructure (2) is provided. The screws (3) that are used include a screw head (4) and a shank (6) provided, at least over a portion of its length, with a thread... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080118332 - Drywall screw: A screw type fastener for use in fastening drywall to a structural member while generating a gap between structural member and drywall to produce sound insulation, the fastener including a shank having a head end and a point end, a first threaded section and a second threaded section, said first... Agent: Bingham Mchale LLP

20080112773 - Locking head for a bolt assembly: A bolt assembly includes a head having a lock connected thereto which includes an eccentric rod with a curved outer periphery and a flat surface. A bead is retractably connected to an outer periphery of the curved outer periphery. A shank has teeth in an outer periphery thereof and has... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080112774 - Adjusting device for rotating and tilting bolts: The description relates to an adjusting device for hook spindle rotating bolts, sash fastener rotating bolts, pull-turn bolts, swiveling bolts and the like of closures, particularly of closures for mounting in thin walls, such as sheet-metal cabinets with a frame (62) and door (12), in which the closures (10) have... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080112775 - Superdrilling tri-shaft screw: A screw with triple regions of shaft provides an optimal drilling/securing power as well as debris-containing capacity. To encompass the above opposing functions in a screw, the middle region is configured in two alternative ways: (1) Both the number of spiral threads per unit length and the outer diameter of... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20080112776 - Quick assembling nut: A quick assembling nut of present invention comprising: a main part provides with a penetrating hole. There are two pivot seats on the wall of the penetrating hole. Two swing arms pivot on the pivot seat. One end of the swing arm bends to one side to form an against... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080107497 - Mounting arrangement for a standard telecommunications panel: A mounting arrangement for mounting a telecommunications panel to a frame. The mounting arrangement including a fastener piece having a retaining clip and a corresponding threaded hole. The retaining clip expanding outward when a fastener is threaded into the corresponding threaded hole. The expanded retaining clip engaging openings formed in... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080107498 - Unitary nut and washer and method: Embodiments of the present invention provide a unitary axle nut and tang washer assembly suitable for use in an aircraft landing gear wheel and brake structure. The assembly includes an axle nut in communication with a tang washer having a retainer wire groove formed therebetween; and a retainer wire held... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080107499 - Blind fastener and method of installation thereof: A blind fastener (11) for installation in a thermoplastic workpiece, which blind fastener has a leading end face (21) which is substantially flat and non-abrasive and without drilling teeth, so that when the leading end face of the fastener is held in contact with the near face of the thermoplastic... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20080101886 - Bolt assembly: A bolt assembly has a bolt body which includes a threaded portion and a shank; a head; a ring; and a shear zone. The head is configured to transmit rotary motion to the threaded portion through the shank. The ring is disposed on the shank and has a ring thread... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080101887 - Nut plate fastener assembly for composite materials: A rivetless nut plate assembly, which is fully preassembled, which can be installed into an aperture of a composite material workpiece, such as a carbon fiber structure, without risking delamination of the workpiece. The rivetless nut plate assembly includes a nut, a holding bracket, a retainer, and a sleeve member.... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20080101888 - Nut plate fastener assembly for hard metal materials: A rivetless nut plate assembly, which is fully preassembled, which can be installed into an aperture of a hard metal material workpiece having a hardness of at least 25 Rc, such as Titanium and Steel Alloys. The rivetless nut plate assembly includes a nut, a holding bracket, a retainer, and... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20080101889 - Fastener assembly: A fastener assembly has a through hole, a first element and a second element. The through hole is defined through the fastener assembly. Each of the first element and the second element has a lower part and an upper part. The upper part is mounted on the lower part. The... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm