Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 01/09

20090028659 - Clip: A clip including a pin and a grommet, a leg is formed by a plurality of narrow leg pieces, the tip portions of the leg pieces have inside folded-back portions that are folded back from the tips toward the inside of the leg and extend toward a flange, a gap... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090028660 - Fasteners, fastener components and fastener receptacles: Fasteners, fastener components and fastener receptacles, including quarter-turn fasteners may use a receptacle body having a non-metal material and one or more fastener engagement structures that together define a non-circular passage in the body. Underneath the fastener engagement structures, one or more support structures extend inwardly under the corresponding fastener... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes LLP Suite 200

20090028661 - Device for attaching an element to a holder: s

20090028662 - Press-in element for pressing into a non-pierced or pierced component and also method for the manufacture of the press-in element: A press-in element for pressing into a non-pierced or pre-pierced component, in particular a sheet metal part is described. The press-in element has a head part having a ring surface confronting the component and a neck part which projects away from the ring surface, i.e. from the component contact side.... Agent: Hunton & Williams/new York Intellectual Property Dept.

20090028663 - Fastener cover for low observable applications: The invention is a fastener cover for a fastener having a head and a shank portion, the head portion having a surface with a drive socket recess. In detail, the fastener cover includes a disc shaped member having first and second sides and having a surface area sufficient to cover... Agent: Louis L. Dachs

20090028664 - Fastener assembly: A fastener assembly includes a drive shaft, a threaded shaft, and a joint portion. The drive shaft is used for being operated to rotate around an axis thereof. The threaded shaft has a thread thereon, and is used for being screwed into an object. The joint portion is used for... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090028665 - High screwing screw: The present invention pertains to a screw notably comprising a shank with a plurality of flat surfaces; wherein, a lip is defined by the junction of any of two adjacent flat surfaces, and a rib located between two threads is protruded from the lip. While in operation, by means of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090028666 - Nut for reinforcing bar: A nut for a reinforcing bar capable of stably maintaining its screwed state with a reinforcing bar and enabling the reduction of its projecting portion from the end face of a structural body. The nut for a reinforcing bar (10) comprises a cylindrical body part (10a), a regular hexagonal flange... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20090028667 - Device for covering a recess in a carrier part: The invention relates to a device for covering a recess in a carrier part (8), said device comprising a shaft (1) that can be guided through the recess (7), a covering screen (6) that is connected to the shaft (1) and laterally protrudes in relation to the same, and a... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p.

20090028668 - Stud retainer apparatus: A connector assembly configured to secure at least one component to a structure may include a base, at least one member configured to receive and retain a portion of a component, and a stud retainer extending from the base. The stud retainer may include first and second engaging legs within... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20090022564 - Anchor for screw fastener: An anchor for a screw fastener for hollow walls and doors and solid walls and doors, the anchor of two-piece construction having a nose piece with conical end portion and a cooperative lock nut which is drawn over the conical end portion of the nose piece upon influence of rotation... Agent: Clifford G. Frayne

20090022565 - Method of driving a t-nut into a pre-drilled hole in a work piece, an apparatus for carrying out the method, a t-nut strip and a t-nut: The invention relates to a T-nut insertion method and an apparatus of the type for driving T-nuts into e.g. a wooden work piece with predrilled holes. A T-nut strip with improved and controllable rupture characteristics is also disclosed. Finally, embodiments of T-nuts with T-nut strip cutting protrusions or shapes are... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090022566 - Mounting unit for the fastening eyelet of a belt buckle: A mounting unit (1) serves to rotatably and captively fasten a screw (2) to a mounting part (3), especially the fastening eyelet (4) of a belt buckle of an automobile, a truck or a different commercial vehicle. The mounting unit (1) includes a screw (2) including a head (5), a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090022567 - fastener provided with a snap-engagement foot for thrusting through a hole in a panel: The fastener comprises a head and a snap-engagement foot comprising a rigid core and curved flexible wings. Each wing has a convex surface bordered by said core, by a longitudinal edge surface and by a transverse edge surface. Each transverse edge surface has, viewed by an observer viewing said convex... Agent: Lowe, Hauptman, Ham & Berner, LLP (itw)

20090022568 - Self-tapping concrete screw: In order to improve the holding force of a self-tapping concrete screw (1) in a hole (2) drilled in concrete (3), the invention proposes formation of the concrete screw (1) with two threads (8, 9) having different external diameters (d1, d2), the spacing (p1) of the thread (8) which has... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090022569 - Method and apparatus for attaching flange portions to ducts: A flange to be assembled to a duct member includes a plurality of pre-fabricated apertures or areas of weakened wall strength for receiving fasteners to assemble the flange to the end of a duct member. The apertures may be spaced apart such that the fasteners can be inserted at regular... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090016842 - Blind rivet in particular for fixing a structure and method for inserting same: The invention concerns a blind rivet (R) of the type consisting of a deformable bushing (300) and a cleavable mandrel (400), the thus formed assembly being urged to be positioned and pass through the orifices (110 and 120) made substantially coaxial and provided in at least two elements (100 and... Agent: Jerome D. Jackson (jackson Patent Law Office)

20090016843 - Spacer assemblies, apparatus and methods of supporting hardware: Light-weight fastener assemblies, spacers, standoff and other fastener components include one or more non-metal parts. A non-metal spacer can support a fastener element or fastener support so they fastener and a payload can be supported spaced apart from a surface such as an aircraft surface.... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes LLP Suite 200

20090016844 - Positioning fixture for screws and/or nuts: The invention relates to a fixation device (1) for screws/bolts and/or nuts (2) comprising an outer profile (4) having multiple edges, wherein the fixation device (1) is fitted in a form-locking manner to at least two sides (15) of the outer profile (4) and is securable in a form-locking manner... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090016845 - Fastening element: The invention relates to a fastening element comprising a clip part (4), which has a top plate (10), a base plate (3) and a joining section (9). A cutout (11) is made in the top plate (10), and a cutout (5) is made in the base plate (3), these cutouts... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090016846 - Anchor structure for electronic card connectors: An anchor structure for electronic card connectors to provide flexible control of fitness includes a fastening element and a body which has a holding bore at two ends. The fastening element has an anchor member and an anchor seat. The anchor member and the anchor seat have respectively an extended... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090016847 - Lock nut: A special shape inner peripheral surface connected to a base end side of a female thread and set to be rotatable only by a first special purpose tool is formed in a nut main body. A cap is constituted by a shaft portion which is inserted to the special shape... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090016848 - Screw nut, method of production thereof and corresponding tool: A screw nut from a metal material, which comprises a tapped hole and an inner groove which radially extends in relation to the longitudinal axis thereof. An annular collar is formed onto one of the faces of the screw nut and its cross-section is bent in the direction of the... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20090016849 - Landscape retaining stake: A stake for securing stones, pavers, bricks and other landscape units comprises an elongate body having an upper end including an anvil surface and an abutment, a chisel shaped lower end, a front face, and a rear face that is inclined rearwardly relative to the front face of the body... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090010732 - Fixing clip for joining two superimposed flat components: The invention relates to a fixing clip for joining two superimposed flat components each having one penetration in alignment with the other. The fixing clip is characterized by a mounting part with two arms for contact with the upper component and an expanding part attached to the mounting part for... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090010733 - Countertop connecting fastener securing device: A countertop connecting fastener securing device, comprising: a first portion, wherein the first portion abuts a countertop section, wherein the first portion engages the countertop section to apply a force in a first direction; a second portion, wherein the second portion abuts the countertop section, wherein the second portion engages... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20090010734 - Screw: The present invention pertains to a screw including a head, a shank having a first clockwise-threaded section and a counterclockwise-threaded section, and a drilling portion with a bottom end. Particularly, the counterclockwise-threaded section spiraling downward from the head connects to the first clockwise-threaded section by concurrently engaging their respective thread... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090010735 - Arrays of fastener elements: A molded area fastener product, such as a self-engaging fastener, has a strip-form base of resin with a broad surface from which an array of discrete fastener elements extends. The fastener elements each include a molded stem extending from the broad surface of the base to a curved head that... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090010736 - Washer: A centralizing washer for use in, for example, a plumbing installation in which a pipe is mounted in or connected to an article of sanitaryware creating a gap between the hole in the sanitaryware and the pipe. Projections extend axially from the washer for locating in the gap so as... Agent: Altman & Martin

20090003959 - Anchor bolt: An anchor bolt comprising a main body (4), a bolt head (5), at least one supporting blade (6), an internal thread (2); and an external thread (3); wherein the external thread (3) is disposed along the external surface of the main body (4); the internal thread (2) is disposed along... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20090003960 - Bolt and washer assembly having self-locking and burglarproof functions: A bolt and washer assembly includes a washer, and a bolt including a threaded rod extended through the washer and a bolt head mounted on the threaded rod. The bolt head of the bolt has a top formed with a protruding ring and a circular recessed portion which is encompassed... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090003961 - Device for mounting components on one another with the aid of a clamp that slides on one component: A device for mounting components, such as metal sheets, on one another, includes a clamp with external elastic U-shaped tongues that slide over an edge of a first component, and a section that is located between the tongues and includes an internal thread, and a screw that can engage the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090003962 - Anchor assembly with toggle for hollow walls: An anchor assembly for hollow walls comprises an anchor body and a toggle member moveably mounted to the anchor body. The toggle member is displaceable between first and second positions thereof, wherein in the first position the toggle member is substantially aligned with the anchor body such that the anchor... Agent: Ungaretti & Harris LLP Intellectual Property Group - Patents

20090003963 - Device and method for making a screwed connection between a first component and at least one further component: The invention relates to a device (10, 30) which is used to produce a screw connection between a first component (14, 60) and at least one additional component (15, 70), by means of a fixing screw (12) or a fixing groove (50, 55) and a corresponding fixing element (16, 73).... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20090003964 - Hybrid fastening system: A hybrid fastening system comprising a female fastener component, i.e., swage collar, fabricated from a titanium or titanium-alloy material, preferably Ti-3Al-2.5V, and a mating titanium or titanium-alloy material male fastener component, i.e., threaded pin, each preferably pre-coated with an organic coating material comprising an organic, phenolic resin. The threaded pin... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20090003965 - Hybrid contoured load-spreading washer: A hybrid contoured load-spreading washer is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the washer includes a washer body having a composite layer and a metal layer bonded to the composite layer and a fastener opening extending through the washer body. A floor beam seat track attachment assembly and a method of... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20090003966 - Structure of screw nail: Disclosed is a screw nail, which has chip grooves respectively obliquely cut through top and bottom sides of each of the threads thereof at different elevations and defining with each thread two parallel cutting edges, and a plurality of guide ribs protruded from the periphery of the nail shank and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090003967 - Lobular drive system with interference fit and method and apparatus for fabricating same: A fastener which includes a recess that includes a plurality of alternating lobes and recesses, where each of the flutes and lobes is twisted or angled. The fastener can be driven using a conventional multi-lobular driver. Alternatively, a driver which also has angled or twisted flutes and lobes can be... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20090003968 - Bolt and manufacturing method of bolt: The present invention provides a surface hardening portion 11 that has increased surface hardness and that is applied with a compressive residual stress, at least on the surface of a male screw 10 of a bolt 1. The present invention includes the steps of cutting to form the male screw... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090003969 - Linear adjustment assembly: An adjusting device for repositioning a movable component relative to a stationary component includes a shank having a head at one end thereof and a distal tip at an opposite end thereof. The adjusting device also includes a first thread formed on the shank, the first thread disposed in a... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20090003970 - Threaded anchor having a head portion comprising a hexagonally configured drive section, and an integral projection having a transverse bore formed therein: A threaded anchor which comprises a threaded shank portion, a tip portion defined upon one end of the threaded shank portion, and a head portion disposed adjacent to the opposite end of the threaded shank portion. The head portion comprises a hexagonally configured drive section for threadedly driving the threaded... Agent: Steven W. Weinrieb Law Offices Of Steven W. Weinrieb