| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 411172000 | Nut, and means to engage substructure on its opposite faces for retaining nut at aperture therein, formed as unitary component | 74 |
| 20080310934 | Plastic threaded insert - The present invention relates to an insert comprising a tubular plastic body having a hollow, axially extending threaded interior, and a plurality substantially parallel ribs extending radially outward from the plastic body and along the majority of the length of the insert. The insert is capable of threadable engagement with a threaded fastener, such as a crew, to attach a base to a component. | 12-18-2008 |
| 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 the countertop section to apply a force in a second direction, wherein the second direction is a direction that is different from the first direction; and a fastener connection, wherein the fastener connection couples the countertop connecting fastener securing device to a countertop connecting fastener. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090016845 | Fastening Element - The invention relates to a fastening element comprising a clip part ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090155015 | MAT FASTENING SYSTEM - A system for securing a floor mat with respect to a carpet within a vehicle that may include a carpet grommet configured to secure to the carpet, a mat grommet configured to secure to the floor mat, and a locking ring secured to or within one of the carpet grommet or the mat grommet. The locking ring includes first ramped shelves configured to securely abut reciprocal ramped surfaces formed on the other of the carpet grommet or the mat grommet. The first ramped shelves are angled in a non-perpendicular and non-parallel manner with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the system, wherein the locking ring secures the carpet grommet to the mat grommet. The carpet grommet may also include an auger configured to pierce and secure into the carpet. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090285652 | Barrel Nut Assembly - A fastener assembly for securing two components to one another. The fastener assembly includes a barrel or pin that has a radially extending hole in the barrel. The pin also has a reduced diametrical portion on at least one end to form a shoulder and possibly on both ends. The pin is inserted into a hole formed into a hollow or sandwich component. The shoulder engages against a wall on the component to orient and secure the pin in the hole. A threaded fastener is then inserted transversely through the two components to engage in the radially extending hole. The threaded fastener is then rotated to secure the two components to one another. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090311071 | U-NUT FASTENER AND COLLATED STRIP THEREOF - A stackable U-nut fastener includes first and second spaced arms and a folded edge portion interconnecting the arms. A plurality of U-nut fasteners can be engaged one with another to form a collated strip of fasteners. A collating tab from one arm of one U-nut fasteners engages an opening in an arm of an adjacent U-nut fastener. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100135744 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HOLLOW ELEMENTS, HOLLOW ELEMENT, ASSEMBLY PIECE, AND FOLLOW-ON COMPOSITE TOOL FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - Disclosed is a method for producing hollow elements ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100209210 | SELF-ATTACHING NUT - A self-attaching nut for attachment to a panel includes a central pilot portion having a bore therethrough, and having a substantially cylindrical outer surface. A flange portion surrounds the outer surface of the pilot portion, and the flange portion includes an annular groove surrounding the pilot portion. The annular groove has a substantially V-shaped axial cross section. The self-attaching nut further includes a plurality of spaced raised buttons formed on a surface of the annular groove. The spaced raised buttons are configured to substantially prevent relative rotation between the nut and the panel, and configured to aid in preventing pull-out of the nut from the panel. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100296894 | SCREW FASTENING UNIT - A screw fastening unit, which fastens a first member and a second member together, is provided. The screw fastening unit includes a screw member which includes a screw head from which a support portion extends in a fastening direction in which the screw member is fastened for supporting the first member, and a screw thread coupled to the screw head and which passes through a first penetrating hole formed through the first member; and a screw receiving member configured to receive the screw thread and which extends in a direction opposite to the fastening direction through a second penetrating hole formed through the second member and passes through the first penetrating hole. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100329813 | Self-Tapping and Self-Aligning Insert to Replace Damaged 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 the workpiece. The self-tapping insert may comprise internal threads which are used to replace damaged threads in the workpiece. The means of installing the self-tapping insert may include a drive bolt having threads which make up into those of the self-tapping insert's internal threads. The self-tapping insert is aligned within the bore hole by means of a detachable pilot, which is connected to the insert with attachment means. The attachment means include the pilot being attached to the drive bolt. The pilot may be attached to the drive bolt means of left-handed threads in an axially-centered aperture of the pilot and matching left-handed threads on the end of the drive bolt. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100329814 | 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 the workpiece. The self-tapping insert may comprise internal threads which are used to replace damaged threads in the workpiece. The exterior threads of the self-tapping insert may be configured as left-handed threads, while the internal threads are right-handed threads. The top of the self-tapping insert may comprise a recessed hexagon configuration, and a drive device having substantially the same configuration may be employed to install the self-tapping insert, eliminating the need for a drive-bolt or special tooling, and allowing the counter-clockwise installation of the self-tapping insert. The exterior of the self-tapping insert may further comprise an integral pilot for aligning the insert straight with the axis of the bore, as well as a leading edge for cutting the new threads, which edge has a radial extension equal to or greater than the trailing edge. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110194910 | ASSEMBLY HAVING SCREW AND NUT - An assembly includes a main body, a screw, a nut and a restricting tab. The main body has a slot. A first end portion of the slot is narrower than a second end portion of the slot. The screw has a head and a shank. The shank is movable along the slot. The nut is threadedly engaged with the shank, and is wider than the first end portion and narrower than the second end portion. The restricting tab can be detachably sandwiched between the nut and the main body such that the shank can be trapped in the first end portion. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110318135 | SPEED NUT - A speed nut for engaging a member includes a housing including a first wall having a first opening therethrough for receiving the member and a second wall facing the first inner wall, the first and second walls defining a cavity therebetween; and a plurality of engagement elements arranged in the cavity about a longitudinal axis of the housing to form an opening therebetween, at least one of the engagement elements being freely movable in the cavity between a first position wherein an inner surface of the at least one engagement element is spaced from the longitudinal axis by a first distance for engaging the member and a second position wherein the inner surface of the at least one engagement element is spaced from the longitudinal axis by a second distance greater than the first distance for receiving the member through the opening. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120121360 | Fastening Device and Fastening System - A fastening device including at least one nut and at least one holding element, in which the at least one nut and the at least one holding element functionally engage each other, and a fastening system including such a fastening device. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130101370 | ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR FIXING ON A PLATE HAVING A HOLE AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH AN ATTACHMENT DEVICE - An attachment device having a nut member, flange member, and tabs connecting the flange member to the nut member. The nut member extends along an axis and has an axial thread-engaging bore. The flange member extends transversely to the axis and has an opening, with the flange member being spaced axially from nut member. The tabs connect the flange member to the nut member, with each tab having a first end connected to the nut member and a second end connected to the flange. The nut member includes blocks having abutment faces defining a polygonal outline with side faces, with each tab extending alongside an abutment face on a side face. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130177366 | STRUT-CHANNEL NUT - A nut for a channel of a strut is disclosed. In one embodiment, the length of the nut is greater than the width of the nut. In one embodiment, the first end surface of the nut meets the first side surface at a first rounded corner, and the second end surface meets the second side surface of the nut at a second rounded corner (opposite the first rounded corner). In one embodiment, the first side surface includes a first protrusion at a third corner adjacent the first rounded corner and the second side surface includes a second protrusion at a fourth corner adjacent the second rounded corner. In one embodiment, the first rounded corner and the second rounded corner allow the nut to be rotated in a channel of a strut. In one embodiment, the third corner and the fourth corner disallow further rotation in the channel of the strut. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20140219741 | RECEPTACLE ARRANGEMENT FOR ELONGATED FASTENER AND NUT - A receptacle arrangement for an elongated fastener and a nut is disclosed. The receptacle arrangement includes an assembly of two or more stacked blocks. The assembly defines an elongated receptacle extending through a first block up to a mid portion of a second block. The elongated receptacle is configured to receive the elongated fastener. A receptacle obliquely extends across the elongated receptacle and mutually adjoining surfaces of the second block. The receptacle is configured to slidably receive the nut such that the elongated fastener engages into the nut. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140241827 | INSERT NUT HAVING RECTANGULAR LATTIC STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method of manufacturing the insert nut having the rectangular lattice structure, comprises preparing a forged article having a flange and a nut body formed with a serration, which are formed by a forging process; pressing the forged article with a thread rolling die in which a diagonal line inclined at an angle of 15° to 30° with respect to a vertical line to a length direction thereof is formed, and a circular arc is defined by the diagonal line, and a curved die protrusion is provided to have a curvature R so that the vertical line is tangentially contacted with the circular arc, and thus an angle between rectangular lattices is maintained to 50° to 40°; and performing a thread rolling process by pressing-in and rotating the forged article. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20160076578 | NUT ANTI-ROTATION CAP - A nut anti-rotation cap includes an end wall having an inner surface configured to be operatively coupled to an end of a threaded mechanical fastener. Also included is at least one sidewall extending from the end wall, wherein the at least one sidewall is a solid wall configured to be secured to a nut engaged with the threaded mechanical fastener and to enclose an exposed portion of the threaded mechanical fastener. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160091006 | FIXING ASSEMBLY AND FIXING DEVICE - A fixing assembly includes a first mounting part, a second mounting part, a fastener and a screw. The second mounting part defines a hole. The first mounting part includes a connecting portion. The fastener includes a stopper portion and a fixing end. The fixing end extends from the stopper portion. The fixing end includes a resisting portion and a fixing part. The connecting portion is fixed with the stopper portion. The fixing part passes through the hole and engages with the screw. The first mounting part and the second mounting part are fixed in the two ends of resisting portion. | 03-31-2016 |
| 411173000 | Means to engage extends through aperture | 17 |
| 20100111638 | UNDETACHABLE PLASTIC ANCHOR - A plastic, undetachable anchor ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100129173 | COMPONENT ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF A FASTENER ELEMENT AND A SHEET METAL PART AND ALSO A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - A component assembly comprising a sheet metal part and a fastener element which has a flange part of larger diameter and a shaft part of smaller diameter which extends away from the flange part and merges at its end remote from the flange part into a cylindrical rivet section is characterized in that the fastener element is designed for use with sheet metal parts with thicknesses in the range of 3 mm and larger. With relatively thin sheet metal parts the sheet metal part has a smooth pierced cylindrical opening which has a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the shaft part, with the cylindrical rivet section being reshaped to a rivet bead which contacts the underside of the sheet metal part. With sheet metal parts of medium thickness the sheet metal part has a stepped hole with the hole region of larger diameter receiving the rivet bead. For relatively thick sheet metal parts the sheet metal part has a conical pierced hole and the cylindrical rivet section is reshaped to a conical rivet bead which is wedged in the conically diverging hole. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100209211 | SECTION FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS, HOLLOW BODY ELEMENT AND COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - A section ( | 08-19-2010 |
| 20120009041 | MOUNTING DEVICE FOR FASTENING A MODULE ONTO A COMPONENT, IN PARTICULAR AN OUTSIDE HOUSING OF ANOTHER MODULE - The invention relates to a mounting device for fastening a module onto a component, in particular an outside housing of another module. The device includes a fastening screw having a thread, a screw carrier to receive the screw shaft of the fastening screw, and a thread carrier which is connected to the component and has an inside thread corresponding to the thread of the fastening screw. A force-locking connection between the screw carrier and the thread carrier is established by means of the fastening screw in the fastening position, and the module is supported on a supporting element of the component in the fastening position. The screw shaft of the fastening screw has an additional shaft section which is connected to the front shaft section at the screw head end for receiving a spring element. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120134763 | CAGE NUT FOR MOUNTING SERVER TO SERVER RACK - A cage nut includes a substantially rectangular base portion, two sidewalls, two stopper portions, two arm portions, two clamping portions, and a nut. The sidewalls extend from two opposite edges of the base portion. Each stopper portion extends from an end of a corresponding sidewall away from the base portion. The two stopper portions extend toward each other. Each arm portion extends outwardly from an end of a corresponding stopper portion. Each clamping portion extends from an end of a corresponding arm portion and includes a first side edge and a second side edge. The first side edge and the second side edge are arranged in an angle. The angle is equal to or less than about | 05-31-2012 |
| 20150023757 | HOUSING WITH NUT AND METHOD FOR FIXING THE NUT IN THE HOUSING - A method for fixing at least one nut in a housing is provided. The nut includes a latching portion, and the housing defines a connecting hole. The method includes providing a pressing block, placing the nut into the connecting hole of the housing, engaging the pressing block with the nut, heating the pressing block and transmitting heat energy to the nut, rotating the nut into the connecting hole, and melting a portion of an inner wall of the connecting hole to solidify molten material in the latching portion, thereby fixing the nut in the housing. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150369273 | PART-FASTENING STRUCTURE - A part-fastening structure having a nut unrotatably inserted into a nut housing portion provided to a resin-made part from a side. The part is fastened to a base by screwing a bolt inserted through the base, into the nut. The nut integrally includes a nut main portion having a screw hole in its center portion and unrotatably inserted into the housing portion, and an extending arm portion extending laterally from an outer periphery of the main portion. A through-hole for penetration of the arm portion is provided to a sidewall opposite an insertion opening, through which the main portion is inserted. A rotation preventing portion is integrally provided to the part and prevents rotation of the nut by abutting against at least a tip end portion of the arm portion. Accordingly, load the part receives due to fastening rotational torque of the bolt is minimized. | 12-24-2015 |
| 411174000 | Means to engage grasps an edge of substructure | 10 |
| 20080247842 | Device to be Connected to a Screw - The invention relates to a device to be connected to a screw. Said device comprises a plurality of connecting elements ( | 10-09-2008 |
| 20130101371 | SYSTEM OF FASTENING ELEMENTS DEFINED BY A NUT AND A DRAW BAR; DRAWBAR AND NUT - The system ( | 04-25-2013 |
| 20140321940 | Clip - In a clip that copes with pitches of a plurality of types of screw grooves, force to support the engaged screw members is increased at low cost. Each elastic locking piece extends from the first side to the second side opposite to the first side, in the direction of the axis of the screw member such that its leading end approaches the screw member within the insertion hole of a tubular body part. Each elastic locking piece is elastically deformable such that its leading end is separated from the screw member. Each locking piece has at its leading end a locking claw that engages with the screw groove of the screw member. A claw leading-edge of the locking claw has a straight section extending straight on one side in a circumferential direction around the axis, and a curved section extending curvedly along the circumferential direction on the other side. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150117976 | THREADED BUSHING, MOTOR VEHICLE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE MOTOR VEHICLE STRUCTURE - A threaded bushing ( | 04-30-2015 |
| 20160017904 | Method for attaching a joint element in a metal sheet and joint element - The invention relates to a method for anchoring a joint element ( | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160084287 | EXTENSIBLE FIXING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a fixing device and finds particular, although not exclusive, utility in providing an anchoring point in plasterboard cavity walls or ceilings for the purpose of affixing other items thereto, in which the fixing device may be used in plasterboard walls of varying thickness without risk of over-insertion and loss of the fixing device in the cavity behind the plasterboard. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160102695 | DEFORMABLE SLEEVE NUT AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a deformable sleeve nut that includes selectively strain hardening only a first portion of a material blank while not strain hardening a second portion of the material blank, then, after strain hardening the first portion of the material blank, internally threading the first portion of the material blank to define a nut portion and machining the second portion of the material blank to define a deformable sleeve portion that includes an end portion and a bulbing portion positioned between the end portion and the nut portion, where the bulbing portion is constructed to bulb outwardly and form a load bearing flange when the bulbing portion is compressed between the end portion and the nut portion. Also disclosed is a deformable sleeve nut made with this process. | 04-14-2016 |
| 411175000 | And has projection contacting periphery of aperture | 3 |
| 20110311331 | REMOVABLE LONG-LIVED AND REUSABLE U-SHAPED HYBRID NUT - A NUT WITH A C-SHAPED PROFILE, of the type formed by a punched metal sheet folded onto itself for fixing onto a panel, wherein one of the arms, i.e. the upper base, has a hole for the arrangement of a screwed device with at least one thread and wherein the other arm, i.e. the lower base, which is aligned with the axis of the preceding hole, has another hole for receiving the nut tightening screw, said upper base being provided with incisions which define horizontal connecting portions separated from the body of said upper base and longitudinal connecting portions which form an extension of the former and which join together said upper base and lower base, which has a retaining claw which is designed to facilitate application of a tool for slackening the pressure which the nut applies to the panel to which it is fixed; which has a bottom rear flange and side stops on said upper base which form an anti-rotation mechanism when a screw is tightened on the nut; said bottom rear flange freeing from pressure said upper base during assembly on the panel; and said longitudinal connecting portions are overdimensioned, i.e. their height is greater than the sum of the greatest thickness “P” of the panel foreseen for use with said nut and the height “h” of said retaining claw in relation to said lower base. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20130064623 | FASTENING UNIT - A fastening unit ( | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130294863 | FLOATING FASTENER - A floating fastener includes a mounting base member bonded to a first panel member and having a partition wall dividing an inside space thereof into an upper chamber and a bottom chamber and a screw hole located at the center of the partition wall, a lock screw having a stepped head, a shank extended from the stepped head and inserted through the screw hole and terminating in a threaded locking tip, a cap member affixed to the stepped head and axially movably coupled to the mounting base member, and a spring member sleeved onto the shank of the lock screw and stopped between the stepped head of the lock screw and the partition wall of the mounting base member for allowing the lock screw to be moved in and out of the mounting base member for detachably locking the first panel member to a second panel member. | 11-07-2013 |
| 411176000 | Fastener having a deformable portion or deforms substructure (e.g., prong) | 37 |
| 20080260489 | Captured nut assembly - A strip has a plurality of slots therein each which has a captured nut freely rotatable in the slot to be assembled to a work piece. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100086377 | Vibration isolation fastener insert - A vibration isolation fastener insert structure adapted to be partially or wholly snugly received in a hole in a panel comprising: | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110182692 | NUT PLATE ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A nut plate assembly includes a nut retainer and a bushing for expanding a tubular body of the retainer. The retainer assembly is used to cold work an opening of a workpiece in order to fix the nut retainer assembly relative to the workpiece. A nut member can be snapped into the retainer. A method of installation includes passing a mandrel through the bushing to radially expand the bushing into a tubular body of the retainer. The tubular body is compressed between the workpiece and bushing as the bushing is displaced radially causing corresponding radial displacement of the tubular body. The expanded bushing applies pressure to the tubular body for a desired fit between the nut retainer and workpiece. | 07-28-2011 |
| 411177000 | Nut assembled to substructure utilizing cooperating regions on both | 28 |
| 20080286066 | Push Nut - A push nut comprises legs ( | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090220320 | Insert For A Sandwich Component Having A Honeycomb Core - An insert ( | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100068002 | BLIND STUD INSERT - An insert for blind installation in a workpiece, and method of manufacture of an insert, the insert ( | 03-18-2010 |
| 411178000 | Nut is externally and internally threaded cylinder | 4 |
| 20080240883 | Threaded Insert and Method of Using Same - The present invention is directed to a threaded insert having an internal threaded surface and an external threaded surface. The threaded surfaces have threads that are threaded in opposite directions. Thus, if the internal threaded surface is a right handed thread, then the external threaded surface will be a left handed thread. Through the use of the opposite direction threads the insert counteracts torque applied to a threaded fastener as it is inserted or removed. This results in a threaded insert that both resists over tightening of the fastener, and assists in the removal of the fastener from the insert. | 10-02-2008 |
| 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 the workpiece. The self-tapping insert may comprise internal threads which are used to replaced damaged threads in the workpiece. The exterior threads of the self-tapping insert may be configured as left-handed threads, while the internal threads are right-handed threads. The top of the self-tapping insert may comprise a plurality of castellations, and a drive head having matching castellations may be employed to install the self-tapping insert, eliminating the need for installing the insert with a drive bolt. The exterior of the self-tapping insert may further comprise a leading edge for cutting the new threads, where the leading edge has greater radial extension than the trailing edge. This feature provides greater chip relief, thereby reducing the torque required to install the self-tapping insert. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20110070047 | Insert Kit and Installation Method - An insert ( | 03-24-2011 |
| 20140023453 | WIRE THREAD INSERT - A wire thread insert including a body having a leading end and a trailing end, a first segment having a first plurality of coils and a first diameter, and a second segment having at least one coil and a second diameter. The second diameter of the second segment is greater than the first diameter of the first segment. A bolt threadedly engages the insert, and the bolt/insert assembly threadedly engages a hole of a workpiece. When the bolt/insert assembly is installed into the hole, the at least one coil expands diametrically outwardly into the internal threads of the hole so that the at least one coil remains seated therein. The bolt is removable while the insert remains within the hole. | 01-23-2014 |
| 411179000 | Nut penetrates substructure and anchors itself thereto (e.g., pierce nut) | 1 |
| 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 also disclosed. By applying the method according to the invention, a safe and precise insertion of T-nuts is obtained without the risk of T-nuts accidentally being driven from the apparatus and without the risk of the T-nuts being driven into the work piece at locations beside the predrilled holes. | 01-22-2009 |
| 411180000 | Nut deforms wall of preformed opening in substructure during assembly | 12 |
| 20080206013 | ROTATABLE CAPTIVATED NUT - A rotatably captive clinch nut includes a body having an axial threaded bore and a flange forming a base of the nut body. The flange includes a surface on a bottom side thereof preferably unitary therewith for providing a bearing surface of reduced friction. A displacer unitary with the nut body is located directly below the flange and has an outside diameter less than an outside diameter of the flange. A tubular flared shank unitary with the nut body extends coaxially from the displacer and includes a neck immediately adjacent the displacer, forming an undercut area between the outside of the shank and an underside of the displacer. The neck may include an axially extending cylindrical portion so that the thickness of the displaced material in the region of the undercut is substantially less than the axial length of the nut. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080232923 | SELF-ATTACHING NUT - A self-attaching nut having a central pilot projecting from an end face of the body portion, an annular groove surrounding the pilot and an annular panel support face surrounding the groove, wherein the outer side wall includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced notches, each having an outer wall which extends from the bottom wall of the annular groove to the panel support face and the bottom wall of the groove includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial ribs integral with either the outer or inner side walls of the annular groove having a radial end spaced from the opposed side wall and a top face inclined toward the bottom wall of the annular groove providing improved torque resistance and push-off strength. Alternating circumferentially overlapping radial ribs integral with the pilot and the outer groove wall and ribs which extend below the bottom wall of the groove are also disclosed. | 09-25-2008 |
| 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. The head part further has a ring-like projection surrounding the neck part with a radial spacing and projecting away from the ring surface and the neck part has a radially outwardly projecting ring bead, which can be formed as a continuous ring bead or as a ring bead interrupted at points, with the apex of the ring bead having an axial spacing from the ring surface which is larger than the axial spacing of the apex of the ring-like projection from the ring surface, which lies radially within this projection and together with it and the ring bead forms a pocket which receives material of the component. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090155016 | FASTENER FOR CONNECTING STRUCTURAL MEMBERS - A fastener ( | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090297291 | Process for Attaching a Functional Element to a Flat Material and a Connection Between a Functional Element and a Flat Material - Process for attaching a functional element to a plastically deformable flat material or workpiece, the functional element on a contact surface having a rivet collar which is formed by a hollow or tubular section and which stands away over this surface, in the joining area in the flat material by plastic deformation a dome-like section being formed which with its base projects over the plane of the flat material surrounding this section and on the base has a joining opening, and the attachment of the functional element to the flat material in a joining and riveting process taking place by insertion of the rivet collar into the joining opening and by plastic deformation of the rivet collar such that the base is held in a region of the base which surrounds the joining opening between the deformed rivet collar and the contact surface or end side of the functional element, the functional element being anchored on the edge region which surrounds the joining opening without reducing the diameter of the joining opening. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090304477 | CONNECTING MEMBER - An exemplary connecting member includes a head portion, a body portion, and a connecting neck portion connecting the head portion to the body portion. The head portion, the connecting neck portion, and the body portion cooperatively define a collar depression. An outer surface of the connecting neck portion connects with an outer surface of the head portion. The outer surface of the connecting neck portion and the outer surface of the head portion cooperatively define a smooth curved surface at a boundary of the outer surface of the connecting neck portion and the outer surface of the head portion. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100098512 | CONNECTING ELEMENT - A connecting element includes a tapered head, a shaft, and a neck portion connected between the head and the shaft. A circumference of the head decreases towards the neck portion to form a slanted guiding portion functioning as a slanted guiding portion. The shaft includes a resisting portion facing and connecting with the neck portion. The guiding portion, the neck portion, and the resisting portion corporately form a slot. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100119324 | Clinch Nut to Prevent Corrosion - A clinch nut is used to attach a first panel and a second panel with a space therebetween for accepting a liquid primer. The body has a nut face for abutting a first panel and a threaded aperture through the nut body for receiving a threaded bolt. The nut face has grooves into which the first panel is deformed to clinch the nut body to the first panel. An abutment rises from the nut face a distance greater than the thickness of the first panel so that upon the bolting of the second panel to the first panel by the insertion of the threaded bolt into the threaded aperture of the nut body, the second panel will be spaced from the first panel by the abutment thereby assuring that the liquid primer can flow between the first and second panels. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100129174 | PIERCING STANDOFF - A piercing fastener is attachable to a panel without a hole by penetrating its surface. The fastener further includes means for attachment of a device to it so that the fastener acts as an intermediate component attaching the device to the panel. The fastener has either male or female attachment means and further includes an outside surface extending from a top end to a bottom end. Near the bottom end, a reinforcement collar includes an annular top surface for receiving a downward pressing force to install the fastener into the panel. A displacer and undercut are located immediately below the collar to effect and receive a cold flow of deformed panel material to secure the fastener to the panel. A plurality of axially extending circumferential teeth are located immediately below the undercut and comprise triangular knurls with sharp edges which penetrate the sheet as the fastener is applied. The bottom of the fastener terminates in a sharp circular cutting edge for penetrating the panel. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110027040 | FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A fastener assembly for attaching a fastener to an opening of a sheet material is disclosed. The sheet material is typically located adjacent to a base structure and the fastener assembly affords radial movement of the fastener relative to the opening of the sheet material. The radial movement allows the fastener to be aligned with a desired location on the base structure, e.g. a threaded aperture—after being attached to the sheet material. In this manner, the fastener assembly provides for the placement of the fastener in difficult to reach and/or see locations until it can be attached to the base structure. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20130149067 | SELF-PIERCING NUT - Self-piercing nut | 06-13-2013 |
| 20150322994 | NUT OR OTHER INSERT WITH TORQUE AND PULLOUT RESISTANCE - Disclosed is a nut or an insert that includes a body having a through opening, which may be threaded, a deformable pilot portion having an annular wall surrounding the opening, and anti-rotation features arranged around the pilot portion that resist rotation of the nut or the insert due to an applied torque when the nut or the insert is installed in a sheet of metal, the pilot portion being deformable to form a lip or a flange to trap a portion of the sheet between the body and the lip or the flange to resist pull out. Disclosed is also a system that includes the nut or the insert and a tool for installing the nut or the insert in a hole in a sheet of material. | 11-12-2015 |
| 411181000 | Both cooperating regions deformed | 6 |
| 20080213064 | METHOD FOR CHEATING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN AN ELECTRIC TERMINAL DEVICE SUCH AS A CABLE SHOE AND A SHEET METAL PART, FASTENER ELEMENT AND COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a method for creating an electrically conductive connection between an electric terminal device having a cavity, such as a cable shoe, and a sheet metal part. According to said method, a hollow fixing element is riveted to the sheet metal part to prevent torsion, thus producing an electrically conductive connection between the fixing element and the sheet metal part and the assembled component is then provided with an electrically non-conductive or poorly conductive protective coating, such as for example a lacquer coating or powder coating. Said method is characterized in that a receptacle for the electric terminal device is configured in the vicinity of the front face of the fixing element, to which the electric terminal device is attached, said receptacle preventing the torsion of the terminal device in relation to the fixing element and the sheet metal part and that a thread forming or cutting screw is screwed through the cavity of the electric terminal device into the hollow fixing element, said screwing action forming or cutting a thread. The invention also relates to a corresponding fixing element and an assembled component that is produced in this manner. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090245968 | NUT ATTACHING AN AIRCRAFT WINDSHIELD AND DEVICE FOR ATTACHING AN AIRCRAFT WINDSHIELD INCORPORATING SAID NUT - A nut for the attachment of an aircraft windshield interposed between two elements kept assembled by at least one connecting element that includes a screw and the nut includes two parts, a first part called a body that has a threaded bore for the threaded stem of the screw, and a second part called a base that can be integrated with one of the windshield holding elements. The body and the base have cooperating shapes to prevent the body from rotating relative to the base along the axis of the bore of the body. The body, at one of its ends, includes a surface that can be in contact with the base, whereby the surface has at least one protuberance that projects relative to the surface in the direction of the axis of the bore that can work with a pattern that is provided at the base. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20120141224 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS, HOLLOW BODY ELEMENT, COMPONENT, FOLLOW-ON COMPOSITE TOOL FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a method for producing hollow body elements ( | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120148366 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS, HOLLOW BODY ELEMENT, COMPONENT, FOLLOW-ON COMPOSITE TOOL FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODY ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a method for producing hollow body elements ( | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120148367 | ELEMENT ATTACHABLE BY RIVETING TO A SHEET METAL PART AND ALSO A COMPONENT ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - An element attachable to a sheet metal part by riveting, having a shaft part and a head part. The head part has at its side con-fronting the sheet metal part a ring recess which merges at the radially inner side into a cylinder section of the head part which merges into the shaft part and into a tubular rivet section which surrounds the shaft part in the region of the head part. The head part is disposed within a contact surface arranged radially outside of the ring recess and merges at the radially outer side via an at least approximately conical wall into the ring-like contact surface. At least one local recess and preferably a plurality of in particular uniformly distributed local recesses is or are provided in the conical wall of the ring recess and/or in an optionally present base surface of the ring recess. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20150369274 | FASTENER RECEPTACLE AND VEHICLE PART - A rivet-nut for a vehicle component includes a tubular barrel and a head attached to the barrel. The barrel includes a sidewall having a threaded section with the first wall thickness and a crush section with the second wall thickness that is less than the first sidewall thickness. The head is attached to one end of the crush section and includes a channel recessed into a part engaging surface of the head around a perimeter of the barrel. The rivet-nut may be installed onto a part. When installed the rivet-nut includes a compressed annular locking ring that engages the part opposite the head to clinch the rivet-nut to the part. | 12-24-2015 |
| 411182000 | Nonmetallic nut, resiliently deformed during assembly | 2 |
| 20080286067 | Automobile Body Accessory Fastener - A fastener for mounting an automobile body accessory to an automobile body. The fastener includes a doghouse formed in the accessory. The doghouse includes a first wall having a slot formed therein forming two opposing slot faces. A second wall extends transversely from the first wall at an intersection. A bolt includes a shaft and means, such as threads and a nut, at a first shaft end for fastening to the automobile body. A bolt head is formed near an opposite, second shaft end. A washer is mounted to the shaft and spaced from the head to form a recessed collar between the washer and the head. The collar has at least first and second opposing collar faces for disposing adjacent the slot faces. The contact between the faces prevents rotation of the bolt during installation. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20100119325 | STUD RETAINING FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A fastener assembly adapted to facilitate the secure placement of an overlay structure of rigid or flexible character in juxtaposed relation to a support panel by engagement with one or more studs projecting outwardly from the support panel. The fastener assembly includes a body portion with an axial through hole and with one or more rotatable legs. The leg members are adapted to rotate outwardly to a spread condition across a surface of the overlay structure facing away from the support panel. The fastener assembly further includes a pin member adapted for retention within the body portion. The pin member includes an axially oriented stud acceptance cavity adapted to receive a stud projecting outwardly from the support panel. One or more flexible stud retention arms are disposed radially at least partially about the stud acceptance cavity. Distal edges of the stud retention arms engage the surface of the stud and block withdrawal of the stud from the stud acceptance cavity. | 05-13-2010 |
| 411183000 | Nut assembled to substructure by plastically deformable region on nut | 3 |
| 20080260490 | Sheet Metal Nut - Disclosed is a sheet metal nut comprising a cage part ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20110150599 | MODULAR NUT PLATE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A nut plate assembly includes a nut retainer and a bushing for expanding a tubular body of the retainer. The retainer assembly is used to cold work an opening of a workpiece in order to fix the nut retainer assembly relative to the workpiece. A nut can be snapped into the retainer. A method of installation includes passing a mandrel through the bushing to radially expand the bushing into a tubular body of the retainer. The tubular body is compressed between the workpiece and bushing as the bushing is displaced radially causing corresponding radial displacement of the tubular body. The expanded bushing applies pressure to the tubular body for a desired fit between the nut retainer and workpiece. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20140308090 | BLIND RIVET NUT - Blind rivet nut with a rivet shank and method for forming blind rivet nut. The blind rivet nut includes a set head. a threaded section having a thread, and a deformation section arranged between the set head and the threaded section, having at least one reinforcement region. | 10-16-2014 |
| 411184000 | Region on inwardly facing surface of bolt head or nut | 3 |
| 411187000 | Having axially directed projection or recess | 3 |
| 411188000 | Plural, radially extending, and generally equally spaced | 3 |
| 20110211932 | SELF-PIERCING NUT ELEMENT AND COMPONENT ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF THE NUT ELEMENT AND A SHEET METAL PART - A piercing nut element having a strength in the range between 700 and 900 MPa which is designed to be pressed into the sheet metal part. The nut element is characterized in that the self-piercing attachment of the nut element into a sheet metal part of higher strength, or into a sheet metal part with a thickness greater than 3.5 mm, the nut element is designed in such a way that the piercing section has a peripheral extending groove below the sheet metal contact surface and in that the piercing section has a piercing edge at its free end face with the piercing edge being spaced from the boundary of the groove adjacent to the piercing section by a peripheral surface having an axial height which corresponds to at least 30% and preferably to at least 50% of the sheet metal thickness, wherein the radial wall thickness of the piercing section in the region of its free end face from the outer side of the piercing section up to the nominal diameter of the thread corresponds to a thickness between 1.2 to 1.8 and preferably 1.5 times the intended sheet metal thickness. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120219377 | NUT WITH LUG FLARE - A clinch nut for attachment to a plastically deformable metal substrate is provided. The clinch nut comprises a body portion with a central axis and a punch portion extending from the body portion and coaxial with the central axis. The body portion includes an annular-shaped surface encircling the central punch portion. The annular-shaped surface includes a plurality of spaced apart lugs encircling the central punch portion. The plurality of lugs each includes a contact surface with a recessed portion where the contact surface engages the metal substrate. A first portion of the contact surface is biased outwards from the central axis upon insertion in the metal substrate to form at least one lug flare during attachment of the nut to the metal substrate. A portion of the metal substrate is entrapped between the at least one lug flare and the body portion. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20160102699 | SELF-PIERCING NUT ELEMENT AND COMPONENT ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF THE NUT ELEMENT AND A SHEET METAL PART - A piercing nut element having a strength in the range between 700 and 900 MPa which is designed to be pressed into the sheet metal part. The nut element is characterized in that the self-piercing attachment of the nut element into a sheet metal part of higher strength, or into a sheet metal part with a thickness greater than 3.5 mm, the nut element is designed in such a way that the piercing section has a peripheral extending groove below the sheet metal contact surface and in that the piercing section has a piercing edge at its free end face with the piercing edge being spaced from the boundary of the groove adjacent to the piercing section by a peripheral surface having an axial height which corresponds to at least 30% and preferably to at least 50% of the sheet metal thickness, wherein the radial wall thickness of the piercing section in the region of its free end face from the outer side of the piercing section up to the nominal diameter of the thread corresponds to a thickness between 1.2 to 1.8 and preferably 1.5 times the intended sheet metal thickness. | 04-14-2016 |
