Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 04/09

20090110507 - Clip: In a clip, when an inner member and an outer member are locked with each other, a first projection and a second projection of each engagement piece are located in an operation hole. When a tool is inserted into the operation hole formed on the inner member in the locked... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090110508 - Screw band: A screw band includes a plurality of interconnected anchoring seats allowing screws to extend respectively therethrough. Each of the anchoring seats includes a seat body having an inner hole formed therethrough, and a plurality of equidistant slots extending outwardly from the inner hole to define a plurality of clamping arms... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090110509 - Self-tapping insert and method of utilizing the same to replace damaged bores and threads: A self-tapping insert is installed in a pre-existing bore hole in a workpiece by rotating the insert, causing cutting threads on the exterior of the self-tapping insert to cut new threads. Engagement threads on the exterior of the self-tapping insert engage the new threads to retain the self-tapping insert within... Agent: James M. Duncan Klein, Denatale, Goldner, Cooper, Rosenlieb &

20090110510 - Washer including protrusions for use in a fastener assembly: A washer, including a body having a first face, a second face, and an aperture extending through the body from the first face to the second face, and a plurality of protrusions extending from at least one of the first face and the second face. The plurality of the protrusions... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090110511 - Elastic fastener: An elastic fastener for fixing a heat sink on a circuit board includes a fixing element, a cylinder and an elastic element. The fixing element has a head and a fixing section. One side of the fixing section is formed into a protruding ring. The cylinder is made of electrically... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090110512 - Higher fastening screw: The present invention pertains to a higher fastening screw comprising a plurality of concavities formed on the threads, which are connected in sequence for being presented as a state of a single helix. Further, the concavities separately located adjacent to the screw head and to the drilling portion are disposed... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20090110514 - Screw: A screw (11) has a shaft (12), a thread (13) which is arranged in at least some areas over the circumference of the shaft (12) and which defines a helix (14), and cutting bodies (26; 36; 46; 56, 66) made of a material having hardness greater than the hardness of... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090110513 - Self-tapping screw: A screw (11) includes at least one thread (21) arranged on the screw shaft (12); circumferentially surrounding the shaft (12) at least in some regions, and having a thread pilot (22) located in the free region (15) of the shaft (12) and a plurality of recesses (31) provided in the... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090110515 - Screw for use in nonmetal objects: The present invention pertains to a screw for use in nonmetal objects comprising a plurality of cut-aiding portions formed by the longer and shorter cutting surfaces inclined toward opposite directions. Further, a cutting edge formed by the junction of any two adjacent cutting surfaces presents in a fastening direction of... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20090103996 - Cage nut assembly: An improved cage nut assembly is comprised of a cage, a pair of slots, a nut, a flange and a strip. The cage has four walls which form a four sided enclosure. Each of a pair of opposing walls contains a slot. The flange extends from the nut such that... Agent: Gregory T. Zalecki

20090103997 - Apparatus and methods for securing a fastener: A nut plate assembly and a method for securing a nut plate assembly may include a support for a fastener element wherein the support has a base to be supported and/or fixed on a support surface and the base has another surface against which the fastener element bears. The base... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes LLP Suite 200

20090103998 - Anti-rotation lock device for a screwed assembly, an assembly including such a device, and the use of such an assembly in aircraft manufacture: The first or the second washer (220, 240) includes a lug, and the faces of the first and second washers (220, 240) comprise means for locking them mutually against rotation. The device further comprises a third washer (260) including a member (268, 269) for locking the nut (280) against rotation.... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090103999 - Toggle bolt assembly: An improved toggle bolt assembly consisting of a toggle nut 100, collar 200, and screw 300, wherein the toggle nut 100 consists of an internally threaded cylindrical sleeve 110, a first winged member 120, and a second winged member 130. The cylindrical sleeve 110 of the toggle nut 100 engages... Agent: Dominick J. Fucito

20090104000 - Waterproof structure for portion where members are tightened with screw: A waterproof structure for a tightening section where a first member (1) having a screw hole (1a) with a bottom and a second member (2) having a screw insertion hole (2a) are fastened with a screw (4) that is inserted into the screw insertion hole (2a) and screwed to the... Agent: Eric Robinson

20090104001 - Non-dimpling fastener: Non-dimpling fasteners and methods of installing non-dimpling fasteners are provided herein. Non-dimpling fasteners can include a body including a first end and a second end, a tip at the first end of the body, a head at the second end of the body, a first body portion adjacent to the... Agent: Patent Group C/o Dla Piper US LLP

20090104002 - High strength fastener system: A fastener system is constructed wherein the installation and removal drive surfaces intersect an enlarged core diameter in a transitional surface that extends between the installation and removal surfaces of adjacent wings. The transitional surface has a concave form that conforms to the core diameter. The projections of the driver... Agent: Ralph D. Gelling

20090104003 - Gas turbine engines systems and related methods involving dimensionally restored fasteners: Gas turbine engines systems and related methods involving dimensionally restored fasteners are provided. In this regard, a representative method for dimensionally restoring a mechanical fastener for a gas turbine engine includes: providing a mechanical fastener; and relocating existing material of the fastener such that a dimension of the fastener is... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090097939 - Fastening element: A fastening element for being anchored in a borehole of a constructional component has an expansion sleeve (21) surrounding the shaft (12) of the fastening element (11) and having a plurality of expansion tabs (23) spaced from each other by elongate slots (25) extending from a free end (24) of... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090097940 - Locking threaded connection: A locking threaded connection (a) providing free relative rotation in a first direction, (b) preventing unintended relative rotation in a second opposite direction, and (c) enabling intended relative rotation in the second direction. The connection includes male and female threaded portions and a helical spring therebetween. The spring is sized... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20090097941 - Self-drilling screw: A self-drilling screw (10) has a first cutting edge (21) provided exclusively in a radially inner region of the drilling tip (12), extending at a first acute angle (α1) to the longitudinal axis (L);,and a second cutting edge (22) provided in radially outer region of the drilling tip (12) and... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090097942 - Deck screw: A fastener for composite material having a dense composition employs a head which has a socket and a recessed underside and a lower rim. The shank has an upper portion with an enlarged diameter and a left hand thread while the lower portion has a tri-lobed configuration and is traversed... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20090097943 - Distorted nut with an arrow shaped end: Normally, when assembling trucks to a skateboard, a screw and a nut are used to mount it to the skateboard. The assembly requires two tools, a screw driver and socket wrench, which are used to tighten the skate trucks to the board. The purpose of my invention is to eliminate... Agent: Roland E. Scott

20090092457 - Fastening apparatus and method of making: The present invention relates to fasteners and more specifically to a fastener adapted to visually indicate tension, and method of making thereof.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090092458 - Self-drilling anchor: An embodiment of the invention includes a self-drilling anchor. The self-drilling anchor includes a drill rod with a first end and a second end and a drill bit attached to the first end of the drill rod. The self-drilling anchor also includes an expansion shell located over the drill rod... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090092459 - Expansible fixing plug: The invention relates to an expansible fixing plug (1) having two expansion limbs (4), which are expansible by introduction of a screw (not shown). To increase stability, it is proposed according to the invention to join the expansion limbs (4) in the peripheral region by angular connectors (7) which are... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090092460 - Fastener having flexibly firm bristles: A fastener having a plurality of flexibly firm bristles. The fastener includes a substantially linear primary attachment member, such as a bolt, for example, and a plurality of flexibly firm bristles connected to the substantially linear member. When the fastener is inserted into a hole, friction between the plurality of... Agent: Chris A. Caseiro

20090092461 - Fastener with zoned, varying wave-form thread: A threaded fastener includes a shank having a tip and a head configured for engagement by an associated driving tool. The fastener is configured for use with an associated threaded opening. The head is disposed on the shank opposite the tip. The shank has a helical thread formed thereon. The... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20090092462 - Dual-action disposable clamp: Disclosed are several clamps and a method for installing the clamps through at least two work pieces from one side. The clamps include a shank, a spacer, a core bolt and an expander. The shank and expander are keyed to together with the expander engaged on the core bolt such... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20090092463 - Fastening element: A fastening element has a shaft (12), and a tapping thread (21) carried by the shaft (12) and having at least one screw thread (22, 42) a section (23; 43) of which that adjoins the thread pilot (35), having a plurality of following one another thread steps (24, 25, 26,... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090087279 - Quick connection device: A quick connection device including a body and a first resilient finger is provided. The first resilient finger extends from the body at a first pivot end and includes a first bolt engagement portion for engaging a threaded bolt. The first resilient finger applies a lateral force in a first... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20090087280 - Reuseable lock nut device: A reusable lock nut device is provided. The reusable lock nut device includes a nut with an axial bore and at least one setscrew bore extending radially through a sidewall and opening into the axial bore. The setscrew bore accepts a setscrew for interfacing with and selectively locking against a... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20090087281 - Connectors for timber: A U-shaped connector (10) for connecting together abutting or adjoining timber elements includes a stem portion extending between two kinked spike portions (14,16) with each spike portion (14,16) extending in a common direction from the stem portion. Each kinked spike portion (14,16) is comprised of four straight portions (15,18,20,22 and... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090087282 - Securing assembly: The invention relates to a securing assembly for securing an object to a profiled element with flanges which delimit a longitudinal slot between them. The securing assembly comprises a metal bearing element which is designed to bear against the outside of the profiled element, an elongate metal anchoring part which... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw