| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 411360000 | Deformable securing means | 30 |
| 20080286068 | Rotary part mounting mechanism - The present invention proposes a mounting mechanism where a rotary part can be easily and assuredly mounted to a mounting plate; and the mounting mechanism has a supporting part composed of an annular plate having a circular center hole, and a support cylinder that projects concentrically with the circular center hole on one surface side of the annular plate, and a fixing cylinder that has an inner circumferential surface, which is continuous to the circular center hole on said one surface side of the annular plate, and that projects along the axis line direction to be longer than the support cylinder; the fixing cylinder has a tapered surface whose diameter becomes smaller toward the end on the inner circumference, which is situated further compared to the end of the support cylinder and is divided into three or more along the circumferential direction; the support cylinder is fitted into the circular hole of the rotary part; the fixing cylinder of the supporting part is fitted into the circular fixing hole of the mounting plate; a securing part is fitted into the fixing cylinder and the tapered surface is pressed by its end; and the end of the fixing cylinder is warped outward due to elastic deformation. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090279982 | Fastener Assembly and Method - A fastener assembly allowing two opposed structures to be joined while providing a blind joint is disclosed as well as the method to join these two opposed structures. The fastener assembly comprises a double-ended male part and a female part. The male part has a first end generally adapted to be fixed into one of the two structures and a second end extending therefrom. The female part is generally adapted to be fixed into the other one of the two structures and further comprises a passage way adapted to receive the second end of the male part in a locking yet releasable arrangement. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100260578 | CAPTIVE SECURING ARRANGEMENT - A captive securing arrangement for securing a connection element in an opening with a securing element that protects the connection element from falling out. The securing element is constructed integrally from one of the components to be connected and projects in the radial direction into the opening, reducing the opening. The connection element is constructed as a screw that has a shaft diameter D | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110064538 | CLAMPING BOLT - Clamping bolt for a securing device of an adjustable steering column, characterized in that at least one cam or at least one cam following contour is formed as one piece on the clamping bolt. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110142567 | ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY SLEEVED FASTENER AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A sleeve interference fastener adapted to be installed in a hole of a structure includes a sleeve; a pin member, wherein the pin member has a transition zone between a shank portion and a locking portion and wherein a portion of the pin member comprises a low friction dielectric coating; a locking member; wherein, in the installed position, a first interface between the shank portion of the pin member and the sleeve is substantially free from the low friction dielectric coating, and wherein, in the installed position, the transition zone of the pin member and a second interface between the locking portion of the pin member and the locking member are substantially covered with the low friction dielectric coating. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110164942 | SCREW GROMMET - A plastic screw grommet includes a head portion and a leg portion having an end portion which is moved to a head portion side due to a screw advancing operation of a screw body inserted from the head portion side. The plastic screw grommet is structured so as to expand an intermediate portion by inserting the end portion, which is moved to the head portion side, into an inside of the intermediate portion of the leg portion between the end portion and the head portion. An outer surface of the end portion contacting an inner surface of an expanded portion of the intermediate portion at a time of the expansion is structured so as to have a shape following the inner surface of this expanded portion. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110170982 | CLIP - A clip includes a pin having at at least a part thereof a noncircular cross-section, and a grommet having an insertion hole into which the pin can be inserted, wherein a part of the grommet is adapted to be expandable by insertion of the pin into the insertion hole. The grommet has slope surfaces provided at an entrance-side hole edge of the insertion hole to lead the pin into the insertion hole when the pin is displaced from a normal position to be in contact with the entrance-side hole edge of the insertion hole. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110236155 | FASTENING SYSTEM AND FASTENING DEVICE MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A fastening system includes a first connecting member, a second connecting member, a rivet, and an elastic member. The second connecting member is positioned on the first connecting member, and defines a receiving groove. The rivet extends through the first connecting member and the second connecting member, and rivets the first connecting member and the second connecting member together. The rivet forms a riveting flange at an end adjacent to the second connecting member. The elastic member is received in the receiving groove of the second connecting member, and compressed by the riveting flange to generate a predetermined positive pressing force between the first connecting member and the second connecting member. A fastening device for manufacturing the fastening system is also provided. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110262244 | Accessory Retaining Device - Systems, apparatus and methods for an accessory retaining device are described. According to various embodiments, a handle, shaft and fastener are configured to provide a rotational interface. With the assistance of a cam bushing, threading between the shaft and the fastener or other components, rotation of the handle causes axial movement of the shaft or fastener and compression of a grommet located about the shaft or fastener. Compression of the grommet results in radial expansion. In this way, the accessory retaining device is adapted to secure an accessory to a mounting aperture located on a vehicle or other device when the handle is in a closed position. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110268530 | CONNECTING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF FASTENING A BOLT - A connecting arrangement is provided. The connecting arrangement includes a bolt with a fastening portion at one end thereof, which has one or more grooves; a cotter having a conical shape and one or more convex cuts on the inner side of the cotter adapted for fitting with the one or more grooves of the fastening portion of the bolt; two support blocks, each having a thread on the outer side, wherein at least one of them is on the inner side adapted for fitting to the conical shape of the cotter; and a fastener having a thread on the inner side, wherein the fastener is adapted for being screwed on the support blocks. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120003060 | SCREW - Disclosed herein is a screw, including: a screw head part; a body including screw threads and screw grooves; and a flange part integrally formed with the body, while being spaced from the screw head part, and having a washer shape elastically deformed at the time of being fastened. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120034045 | Temporary Rivet - A temporary fastener or temporary blind rivet having a cylindrical sleeve and a sleeve head thereon, the region where the sleeve and sleeve head mate having a plurality of local protrusions thereon, with a stem passing through the sleeve head and sleeve, the stem having an enlarged stem head thereon adjacent the end of the sleeve opposite the sleeve head, the stem for pulling relative to the sleeve head to cause the enlarged stem head to form a blind side head on the sleeve, to pull the workpieces together, to cause the local protrusions to make depressions in, and to fill the depressions in, an outer edge of the hole in the adjacent workpiece, and to pull through the sleeve and sleeve head to expand the sleeve into a tight fit in the hole in the workpieces. The protrusions make indentations in the edge of the hole in the adjacent workpiece to provide increased resistance to spinning when the temporary blind rivet is drilled out for a permanent fastener. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20130330149 | SCREW POST - A screw post is detachably screwed with a self-tapping screw. The screw post includes a post body and a rib structure. The post body has an approximately triangular hollow structure formed therein. The approximately triangular hollow structure has three arc-shaped sides. The rib structure protrudes from an outer surface of the post body corresponding to at least one of the three arc-shaped sides in an axially-extending manner. The self-tapping screw is screwed into the approximately triangular hollow structure. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140050550 | Anchor Fastening Element - Anchor fastening element for fastening an object to a wall having a drilled hole, which comprises a threaded bolt having a threaded portion at one end and an anchor portion at the other end and also having a shank portion in between. The threaded portion and the anchor portion have a low ductility and the shank portion has a higher ductility. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140314518 | FIXING DEVICE AND PLATE ASSEMBLY USING THE SAME - An exemplary fixing device includes an elastically deformable sleeve and a screw extendable through the sleeve. The sleeve includes a hollow column and multiple flanges extending outwardly from an outer circumferential face of the column. A plate assembly incorporating the fixing device is also provided. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20160061248 | Fastener Arrangement with Compressible Washer - A washer includes a domed central portion with a central opening establishing a longitudinal axis, a base wall extending in a direction radially outwardly from the axis, and an extension wall extending in a direction radially outwardly and axially away from the base wall. The washer also includes a curled radially outer periphery with a peripheral wall extending radially outwardly from the extension wall and in a direction axially away from the extension wall back toward the base wall. A fastener assembly includes the washer and a fastener having a shank extending through the central opening of the central portion. A fastener arrangement includes the fastener assembly and an object to which the fastener assembly is fastened. A product, and a related method, include a panel carried by an underlying support structure to which the shank of the fastener assembly is coupled, with the curled radially outer periphery engaging the panel. | 03-03-2016 |
| 411361000 | Swageable collar | 13 |
| 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 component is installed through two or more structural components to be joined. The swage collar component is then deformed or swaged onto the threads of the pre-coated threaded pin component to achieve the same, if not improved, fastener/joint performance characteristics of existing lockbolt systems using aluminum-alloy material swage collar components. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20110027043 | PRE-COATED, ULTRA-FINE, SUBMICRON GRAIN TITANIUM AND TITANIUM-ALLOY COMPONENTS - A high-strength, pre-coated, titanium or titanium-alloy material component is provided that includes a titanium or titanium-alloy material article having ultra-fine, submicron grain size microstructure and an organic coating of phenolic resin applied to the surface of the article. The article is prepared from a coarse grain titanium or titanium-alloy powder material that is cryomilled into an ultra-fine, submicron grain material, degassed, and densified. The densified material is formed or otherwise processed into a article, and pre-coated with an organic coating containing phenolic resin prior to installation or assembly. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110058916 | SELF-INTERLOCKING SLEEVE-CORE SHEAR PIN FASTENER - A novel one piece integrated fastener is provided which includes a deformable sleeve for receiving a pin where the pin has an elongated pin shank, terminating at a first pin end in a pin head and terminating at a second pin end in an externally threaded portion, and a transitional section integrally connected between the first pin end and the second pin end. The deformable sleeve may include a hollow tubular shank terminating at a first sleeve end in a sleeve head having an opening for receiving the pin and terminating at a second sleeve end having an internal sleeve head surface for engagement with the external pin head side surface when in an assembled position. The sleeve includes a first sleeve section, a second sleeve section and a third sleeve section having an internal surface for engaging the externally threaded portion of the pin upon installation. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110268531 | SEGMENTED THREAD AND CONNECTING ARRANGEMENT - A connecting arrangement is provided. The connecting arrangement includes a bolt with at least one end having , wherein the fastening portion has a tapered shape; a segmented thread block having a thread on the outer side and being adapted for fitting the fastening portion of the bolt in a locked position; and fastener having a thread on the inner side, wherein the fastener is adapted for being screwed on the segmented thread block. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120034046 | FASTENER - A fastener ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120148368 | Pull sterm hi-lite pin with pull groove for swaging collars - A fastener for installation into a workpiece which may be installed by either a swaging operation or a torquing operation. The fastener includes an enlarged protruding head which is proximal to a substantially cylindrical smooth shank portion. A threaded shank portion positioned distal to the smooth shank portion includes a male thread which is sufficiently strong to have a swage collar swaged onto it. Distal to the threaded shank portion is a pin tail portion having a surface which is configured to engage a tool. Positioned between the threaded shank portion and the pin tail portion is a breakneck groove having a lower tensile strength than any other portion of the fastener. The tensile strength of the breakneck groove is controlled such that the fastener severs within the breakneck groove when a preset range of tension is applied to the pin tail portion by the tool. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120213610 | FAMILY OF FASTENING ELEMENTS, CHECK GAUGES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CHOICE OF THE LENGTH OF A FASTENING ELEMENT - The invention refers to a family of fastening devices including at least two fastening elements ( | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120263556 | FASTENER AND METHOD OF INSTALLING SAME - A fastener includes a body having a cylindrical passage formed through a central portion of the body and a tapered ramp disposed at an end of the body and a corebolt disposed within the passage formed by the body. The fastener further includes a sleeve movably disposed over the corebolt and adjacent the tapered ramp of the body. The sleeve includes a bore extending between first and second ends of the sleeve and a taper extending inwardly from the second end of the sleeve toward the first end of the sleeve, the second end of the sleeve being adjacent the tapered ramp of the body. The sleeve further includes a weakened interior region disposed between the taper and the first end of the sleeve, the weakened interior region being adapted to bulb outwardly when the sleeve is compressed against a workpiece. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130202382 | SWAGE INDICATING COLLAR - A swage collar including a shank having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an outside diameter, a flange extending circumferentially from the first end of the shank and having a outer diameter, and a transition step formed at a location where the first end of the shank transitions to the flange. When the swage collar is swaged, the transition step is deformed from an undeformed state to a deformed state such that the transition step is blended with the outside diameter of the shank and the outer diameter of the flange. The transition step is substantially linear in its undeformed state and is oriented at an angle from a longitudinal axis of the swage collar. When the transition step is in its deformed state, the transition step includes a curved portion having a radius of curvature visually indicating a complete swage of the collar. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130202383 | SWAGE INDICATING COLLAR - A swage collar including a shank having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an outside diameter, a flange extending circumferentially from the first end of the shank and having a outer diameter, and a scalloped shoulder formed at a location where the first end of the shank transitions to the flange. When the swage collar is swaged, the shoulder is deformed from an undeformed state to a deformed state such that the shoulder is blended with the outside diameter of the shank and the outer diameter of the flange. When the shoulder is in its deformed state, it includes multiple curved portions each having a radius of curvature that visually indicates all around the outside diameter of the collar a complete swage of the collar. Knurling located on the outside diameter of the shank and proximate to the second end is deformable and provides a visual indication of the application of an installation tool. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20140050551 | VARIABLE WALL THICKNESS COLLAR - A collar having a shank with an interior surface and an exterior surface. The exterior surface of the shank includes a first exterior surface extending from the first end to a first exterior inflection point, and a curvilinear exterior surface extending from the first exterior inflection point to a second exterior inflection point. The curvilinear exterior surface and an imaginary line extending from the first exterior inflection point to the second exterior inflection point form a first area that is sized and shaped to receive forward extrusion of the collar as the collar is being installed. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20150078859 | LOCK BOLT COLLAR WITH HIGH STANDOFF INTERNAL BEAD - A lock bolt collar comprises a shank having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a through-bore extending from the first end to the second end, an inner wall having an internal bead located proximate to the first end of the shank and extending circumferentially and inwardly into the through-bore. The bead includes a first inner diameter and an extended portion extending from the bead and to a point proximate to the second end, the extended portion including a second inner diameter, where the second inner diameter is greater than the first inner diameter. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150308479 | SWAGE LOCK FASTENERS - A fastener includes a pin member, a swage collar, and an insert. The pin member includes an elongated shank portion, a head, a threaded portion having an external thread and a plurality of lock grooves, and a pull portion. The swage collar includes a shank having a flange and a through bore with a first interior portion extending from a first end of the collar to a stepped portion and forming a first inner wall having a first inner diameter, and a second interior portion extending from the stepped portion to a second end of the collar and forming a second inner wall having a second inner diameter. The insert includes a through bore forming an inner wall that has an internal thread adapted to engage the external thread of the pin member. | 10-29-2015 |
| 411362000 | Securing means deflecting a portion of fastener end | 1 |
| 411363000 | Plural end legs | 1 |
| 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 surface, a V-shape of which the point, which is directed outwardly, is located at said inflection plane. The core is a hub about which at least three said wings are regularly spaced. Each wing comprises a corner delimited by said longitudinal edge surface and by a shoulder and a web less thick than the corner, disposed between the hub and the shoulder. Each wing is adapted to flex by elastic deformation towards the convex surface of the neighboring wing. | 01-22-2009 |
