Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener inventions 05/09

20090136316 - Cylinder rings: Cylinder rings having single-start nut and bolt threads matched to one another and axial stop surfaces, running perpendicularly to the cylinder axis, between the cylinder rings are distinguished by the fact that the stop surfaces (11, 12) assigned to the nut thread (3) and the bolt thread (4) extend in... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090136317 - Anti-loosening set screw for carburetor: The present invention relates to an anti-loosening set screw for a carburetor, comprising a cylindrical body, a front end of the body is disposed with an adjusting section, a rear end of the body is disposed with a head with a slot, the body has a cylindrical face which is... Agent: Yh Chan

20090136318 - Fastener assembly including a screw and a captively arranged bush: A fastener assembly (1) includes a screw (2) and a bush (3). The screw (2) includes a head (4), a shank portion (6) and a threaded portion (7) including a thread (8). The shank portion (6) is arranged to face the head (4) and the threaded portion (7) is arranged... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090136319 - Threaded screw fastener: A threaded screw fastener has a point, a shank and a head. The point is a ballistic point. The shank comprises a linear travel area, preferably unthreaded, adjacent to the point and a threaded area between the linear travel area and the head. The head is a bugle head formed... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (illinois Tool Works)

20090136320 - Internally threaded connector: The internally threaded connector device (10a) is a thin-walled, internally threaded tube. A relatively short portion of the device includes a polygonal wrench gripping flange area. The device (10a) is installed on an existing short length of externally threaded stud (BS). Another length of externally threaded stud (12) is installed... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090136321 - Device and method for mounting objects on a vehicle wall: The invention relates to a retaining device for retaining objects on a vehicle wall, comprising: a supporting element (4) for placing on a front side (2) of the wall (1) with devices (5) for retaining one or a plurality of objects (6) and a fastening element (8, 9) for locking... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090129885 - Floating nut plate: Methods relating to and apparatus such as floating nut plates may include complementary surfaces limiting movement of a retainer toward or away from side walls of a receiver, such as wherein a nut element is positioned between the retainer and the receiver. One of the complementary surfaces may be a... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes LLP Suite 200

20090129886 - Surface cover with snap having a drill guide: The invention relates to method(s) and device(s) for accurately positioning and fastening a surface cover to the surface. A surface cover can be provided with a cover snap member that has a drill guide through which a hole can be drilled into the surface. The hole can be used to... Agent: Dardi & Associates, PLLC

20090129887 - Screw kit: The present invention discloses a screw kit, which comprises: a screw element, a driving element, and an alignment element. The screw element has a screw end and a first coupling portion. The driving element has a driving end and a second coupling portion. The alignment element has a first sleeving... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090129888 - Slotted set screw: A slotted set screw includes a slot in an upper end surface, and a cut metal waste storing recess respectively formed at two ends of the slot. The cut metal waste storing recess is defined by a vertical wall and a flat bottom wall to have a large opening, separated... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090129889 - Integrated nutplate and clip for a floating fastener and method of manufacture and assembly: An inexpensive and reliable floating fastener is provided by manufacturing an integrated nutplate into the backside of the interior structural member. A retention clip engages the nutplate to capture the nut while allowing the nut to float. The integrated nutplate roughly aligns the floating nut to the axial through-hole in... Agent: The Noblitt Group, PLLC

20090129890 - Connected fastener assembly: In a connected fastener assembly, the shaft sections of multiple fasteners are connected using a connecting band made of a synthetic resin. Retaining sections for allowing the shaft sections of the fasteners to be inserted therein and connecting sections for connecting the adjacent retaining sections are formed continuously. The connecting... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090129891 - Support pin fixed by staking, and back plate for flat display having the support pin installed thereon: A support pin mainly composed of a fitting part fitted into a hole in a workpiece, a flange part (head part) formed at one end of the fitting part, and a projected shaft formed at the other end of the fitting part. The fitting part is larger in diameter than... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090123251 - Powder-actuated mechanical lock concrete anchor: A powder-actuated mechanical lock concrete anchor, wherein the lower end portion of the concrete anchor is adapted to be disposed within the lower end portion of a blind bore drilled within a concrete substrate, and wherein a powder-actuated mechanical locking device is located within the lower end portion of the... Agent: Steven W. Weinrieb Law Offices Of Steven W. Weinrieb

20090123252 - Power seal bolt assembly: A power seal bolt assembly includes a bolt having a head and a shaft having an unthreaded shaft portion and a threaded portion. A washer is fixed to the bolt proximate to the head. A compressible washer retainer frictionally engages the unthreaded shaft portion and contacts the head. The compressible... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090123253 - Countersunk head screw: The invention relates to a countersunk head screw comprising a cylindrical shaft (2) and an essentially conical countersunk head (4) comprising at least two edges (15) on the lower side. Said countersunk head screw is characterised in that the edges each mark an end of a partial surface (10) located... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - Dc

20090116928 - Locking device to prevent loosening of two screw action connections: A metal wire is configured to provide a diagonal interconnecting part extending tangentially between first and second coils which are sized to fit around respective screw action connectors. First and second wire end portions extend tangentially from the respective first and second coils across and beyond the diagonal interconnecting part... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20090116929 - Thread profile modification for controlled stiffness: The thread form can provide a controlled thread stiffness which can more evenly distribute loads and can be less sensitive to changes in relative pitch. The controlled stiffness of the thread can provide a desired cantilever bending of the thread under assembled load. The thread form can utilize a traditional... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090116930 - Fastener system, fastener system article, and method: A fastener system for retaining a loose elongate fastener in a counterbore, including an elongate fastener, such as a bolt, having a head for being received and retained in a counterbore in a structure and in generally flush relation to a surface of the structure surrounding the counterbore, and a... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20090116931 - Fastening devices, systems and method of installation: Devices methods, and systems for facilitating the installation of an item to a structure, and including for installation of doors and windows, and in particular for plumbing and/or leveling door/window jambs is provided. The devices may be used for facilitating the alignment of door/window jambs even before shims are installed.... Agent: Frank J. Bonini, Jr. Harding, Earley, Follmer & Frailey

20090116932 - Process for producing molded article with undercut, forging apparatus therefor, and intermediate molded object: First upsetting is conducted in which an annular sidewall part is plastically deformed outward in the radial directions by a first molding part of a punch to thereby form a first-upsetting molded part on one end. Subsequently, second upsetting is conducted in which a solid part is pressed with the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090116933 - Extension apparatus for anchor bolts: An extension apparatus for anchor bolts includes a head and a shank. The head is comprised of a plurality of surfaces and a head bore. The bore is sized to receive an anchor bolt. The shank is an elongate cylindrical member with a shank bore sized to receive an anchor... Agent: Law Offices Of Andrew Schroeder

20090116934 - Self-piercing riveting: A self-piercing rivet for forming joints in high strength steel has a partially hollow shank of a particular form in order to ensure that it has sufficient column strength to pierce the material. The thickness of the shank is such that adequate joint strength is achieved with a lower degree... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP