Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
411045000 | And means to captively retain expander | 20 |
20080260488 | PIN AND GROMMET FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A fastener assembly configured to secure a first panel to a second panel includes a pin and a grommet. The pin includes a shaft connected to a tip. The grommet is configured to snapably secure into a hole of a panel. The grommet includes a central passage. The shaft is adjustably secured within the central passage, such that the shaft is allowed to shift a fixed distance within the central passage in a first direction, but is locked in place in the central passage with respect to a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. | 10-23-2008 |
20080279650 | Device for Fastening an Attachment to a Support Page - A device for fastening an attachment ( | 11-13-2008 |
20090022564 | Anchor for screw fastener - An anchor for a screw fastener for hollow walls and doors and solid walls and doors, the anchor of two-piece construction having a nose piece with conical end portion and a cooperative lock nut which is drawn over the conical end portion of the nose piece upon influence of rotation of the screw causing the lock nut fingers to flare out and engage the interior surface of a hollow wall or the circumferential surface of a bore in a solid wall. | 01-22-2009 |
20100278608 | INTEGRATED EXPANDING SLEEVE HOLE FILLING THREADED FASTENER - A novel fastener is provided which includes an expanding sleeve for receiving a pin where the pin has shank terminating at a first end in a pin head and terminating at a second end in an externally threaded portion of the pin. The expanding sleeve may include a hollow tubular shank terminating at a first end in a sleeve head and having an opening at a second sleeve end for receiving the pin. The sleeve head include an internal sleeve head surface for engagement with an external pin head side surface when in an assembled position. When the pin and expanding sleeve in the assembled position are inserted into an aperture in a structure, a gap is formed between the aperture and an outer surface of the expanding sleeve. The outer surface of the expanding sleeve radially expands outward into the aperture filling the gap upon engagement of the internal face of the sleeve head and the external pin head surface. | 11-04-2010 |
20100303575 | Drop-In Anchor - A drop-in anchor includes a tubular sleeve having a first end and an expandable second end. The sleeve tapers in inner diameter from the first end to the second end at a sleeve taper angle. A plug is insertable in the sleeve such that when the plug is driven into an installed position in the sleeve the second end expands. The plug tapers at a plug taper angle from a head end to a tip end. A difference between the sleeve taper angle and the plug taper angle is about one degree or more. | 12-02-2010 |
20100303576 | DROP-IN ANCHOR - A retainer for a drop-in anchor includes a durable, moisture resistant member insertable into a sleeve of a drop-in anchor and configured to be retained in the sleeve by one or more threads disposed in the sleeve to prevent inadvertent removal of a plug from the sleeve. A drop-in anchor assembly includes a tubular sleeve having a first end including one or more internal threads, and an expandable second end. A plug is insertable in the sleeve such that when the plug is driven into an installed position in the sleeve the second end expands. A retainer formed of a durable moisture-resistant material is insertable in the sleeve behind the plug, and is configured to be retained in the sleeve by the one or more threads and prevent inadvertent removal of the plug from the sleeve. | 12-02-2010 |
20110081217 | Expansion anchor - A multi-part expansion anchor ( | 04-07-2011 |
20110116888 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING COMPOSITE HARDWARE, AND RIVETING MEMBER ENABLING IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for assembling parts (P | 05-19-2011 |
20130094921 | DYNAMIC SLEEVE INSERT FOR USE WITH A BLIND FASTENER SYSTEM - Methods, articles and systems for off-center, non-destructive association between at least two work pieces using a blind fastener component or system having a first part of a first two part anti-rotation arrangement such as disclosed in WO 03/069971, without deformation or loss of compressive association there between, and/or fastening system failure. Article and system embodiments include at least one dynamic sleeve insert having a second part of the first anti-rotation arrangement on an inner surface thereof and a first part of a second anti-rotation arrangement on an outer surface thereof, wherein the inner surface accommodates substantial axial translation of the blind fastener, the first part of the second anti-rotation arrangement is functionally complementary to an auxiliary structure having a second part of the second anti-rotation arrangement, and optionally the second anti-rotation arrangement accommodates greater than nominal lateral translation (shear movement) between the dynamic sleeve insert and the auxiliary structure. | 04-18-2013 |
20130136559 | EXPANDING RIVET - An expanding rivet formed with a rivet body and with a rivet pin includes foot webs formed on the rivet pin, which foot webs project laterally in a pre-fitting position relative to spring arms formed on the rivet body. As a result, the free ends of the spring arms are protected against damage when the expanding rivet is inserted into a locating recess. | 05-30-2013 |
20130309039 | UNITARY, STRIKE, DROP-IN ANCHOR FOR CONCRETE AND THE LIKE - There is provided a unitary, strike drop-in anchor where the individual parts are permanently held together to avoid misplacing any such individual part. The anchor comprises an anchor body with a central bore, the first end of the bore being threaded and having a constant internal cross-section for the length of the threaded portion. The exterior of the anchor body, and the central bore, having a decreasing bore towards the second end of the anchor body beyond the threaded portion, a threaded bolt with an internal central bore and a preferably polygonal drive head, and external threads extending from the drive head to the second end, has a strike tool extending through the central bore from the second end and extending beyond the drive head. The strike tool has a strike head that has a diameter larger than the central bore of the threaded bolt and is adjacent the second end of the threaded bolt; a wedge slug is wedged within the central bore of the anchor body, adjacent the decreasing bore portion and is held in place within the anchor body by the threaded bolt and the strike head. When the anchor is assembled, and the anchor is placed within a hole drilled into concrete, striking the outer end of the strike tool with a hammer, causes the wedge slug to flare the narrower inner end of the anchor body, locking the anchor into the concrete. | 11-21-2013 |
20140093325 | CLIP - A clip for attaching a mounting component to a base component, and the clip comprises: a pin including a head portion for engaging the mounting component, and a shaft portion which is contiguous to the head portion, and a lock pins which extends downward from the head portion; and a grommet including a flange and a shank contiguous to the flange and partially defining an aperture operable to receive the pin in one of a temporary fitted position and a permanent fitted position; and wherein the temporary fitted position, the lock pin abuts a recessed portion in the grommet for maintaining the temporary fitted position, and wherein in the permanent fitted position, the lock pin collapses on the inside, and is contained on the inside of the shank portion of the grommet. | 04-03-2014 |
411046000 | Follower captive within groove | 2 |
20080199272 | Fastener to Affix a Component to a Support With Aperture - A fastener to affix a component in a support fitted with an aperture, comprising an affixation casing of resilient plastic, further a hollow conical shell, and at one end a radial flange that cooperates in sealing manner with the support surface facing it when the affixation casing has been mounted in said aperture, the casing being fitted peripherally with radial bosses, ribs or the like that engage from below the aperture rim when the affixation casing, being temporarily deformed radially at its bosses, ribs or the like is being inserted into said aperture, further comprising a plastic core which is fitted with a head and which can be inserted from the affixation casing's flanged end into the core cavity and which radially expands the casing and prevents it from being removable from the aperture, characterized by at least one radially inwardly pointing boss on the wall of the casing cavity and by the core being fitted at its end with a preferably peripheral groove that is entered by said boss when the core is pressed into the conical shell of the affixation casing and by the core being fitted on the side of the clearance facing the of the core with a shoulder or a shoulder engaging under the boss when the core has been fully inserted into the conical shell. | 08-21-2008 |
20080240882 | Plastic Rivet and Removing Tool - A molded plastic rivet ( | 10-02-2008 |
411048000 | Tongue-type retainer | 6 |
20080298925 | Two-piece clip - Provided is a two-piece clip that can be detached from a mounting hole easily and reliably. A two-piece clip includes a grommet and a pin. The pin has a flange portion, a shaft portion, and a first lock member to be engaged with the peripheral edge of a mounting hole. A first lock groove is formed in the outer periphery of the distal end portion of the shaft portion, and, further, a second lock groove is formed in the outer periphery of the shaft portion on the proximal end side of the first lock groove. The grommet has a cylinder portion, an opening through which a first lock member is projected and retracted, and an elastic member deflectably formed at the distal end of the cylinder portion and adapted to be engaged with the first lock groove and the second lock groove; when the elastic member is engaged with the first lock groove of the pin, the first lock member protrudes from the opening; and, when the elastic member is engaged with the second lock groove, the first lock member is pressed by the peripheral edge of the opening and drawn into the opening. | 12-04-2008 |
20100172714 | ANCHOR - A pin having a head and a plurality of legs extending from that head, and a bushing having a flange and a shank extending from that flange, are comprised. In the flange, holes for accepting a plurality of legs are provided in a plurality corresponding to the number of legs, and in the shank, corresponding spaces for accepting each of the legs which have passed through the holes are provided in a plurality corresponding to the number of legs. The cross-section of the shank is polygonal, spaces are disposed on the surfaces of the shank capable of forming that polygon, and elastic latching pieces extending outward in lateral directions are provided at positions adjacent to the flange in a plurality corresponding to the spaces. By inserting the legs into the spaces, the elastic latching pieces are prevented from being displaced in directions whereby they would approach the spaces. | 07-08-2010 |
20110150598 | STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING AN ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLE - There is provided a structure for mounting an attachment for vehicle capable of absorbing the marginal difference of a front spoiler and reducing the procedures for controlling the dimension of the front spoiler. The structure for mounting a front spoiler on a front bumper includes: a male clip provided on the front spoiler; an insertion hole provided on the front bumper for inserting the male clip therethrough; and a female clip engaged with the male clip and allowing the front spoiler to be held by the front bumper. The male clip is loosely inserted through the insertion hole and engaged with the female clip around said insertion hole via an abutting brim, thereby producing a gap between the insertion hole and the male clip, thus increasing the degree of freedom of positional adjustment, reducing the steps for mounting and controlling the accuracy of the attachment, reducing the overall cost. | 06-23-2011 |
20140050548 | FASTENING CLIP - In a fastening clip ( | 02-20-2014 |
20140050549 | CLIP - A clip is provided which can flexibly deal with a change in thickness of a member in which a mounting hole is formed so as to be stably fixed in the mounting hole without any looseness. | 02-20-2014 |
20160047406 | INSERTION-LOCKING PIN AND GROMMET AND RELATED METHODS - A pin and grommet fastener is assembled into a shipping configuration in which the pin is retained in a first position relative to the grommet with longitudinally extending leg members of the grommet in an unexpanded state. Cooperating members are provided on the pin and the grommet to engage each other in a locking configuration in which the pin is retained in a second position relative to the grommet causing the longitudinally extending leg members to be in a laterally expanded state. A driving member is provided on the pin to engage a periphery of an aperture of a joining part to cause the joining part to automatically drive the pin from the first position to the second position simultaneously with the insertion of the assembled pin and grommet into the aperture of the joining part. | 02-18-2016 |