| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 411427000 | INTERNALLY THREADED FASTENER ELEMENT, E.G., NUT, ETC. | 89 |
| 20100098514 | Fast Extraction Threaded Nut - The present invention relates to a fast extraction threaded nut intended to be used on a threaded bolt or male member wherein the fast extraction threaded nut comprises at least an outer face and an axial bore as to allow insertion of a male member or like, wherein the fast extraction threaded nut and the threaded bolt have tightening means with common geometry, and the fast extraction threaded nut and the threaded bolt or male member are intended to join or connect two elements that need to be attached or coupled to each other, wherein the fast extraction threaded nut comprises in at least the outer face a notch of variable section and the notching is formed by at least two faces wherein the maximum cross-section of the notch is positioned in the outer area and the minimum section is positioned prior to the axial bore at such a distance that allows for the generation of an increase area which extensively grows until reaching the inner surface of the axial bore where the common tightening means is formed thus generating the split of the fast extraction threaded nut. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20120219381 | REMOVABLE AND REUSABLE QUICK NUT - A REMOVABLE AND REUSABLE QUICK NUT, of the type used to fasten panels and/or accessories thereto, principally in the automobile industry, wherein on said nut, originating from a planar base, emerge individual opposite compression tabs that rise and fold toward an inner zone of the nut and that, by means of another fold, invert their direction in order on the outside to return to the height of the base, forming joining surfaces; from said surfaces there originate individual lugs or fins that, by means of successive folds, converge toward the inner zone of the nut in a position designed to engage with the screw thread of the screw for fastening the nut. | 08-30-2012 |
| 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 bolt. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20110150603 | ENCAPSULATED FASTENER AND METHOD AND TOOLING FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An encapsulated fastener includes a nut having a face with a concave gap adapted to receive a bolt. The nut is encapsulated by an encapsulation including an extension, which includes a tube adapted for receiving a portion of the bolt and a flange adapted for engaging a face of the nut. The encapsulation extension is placed on the nut in an overmolding tool, wherein an encapsulation base is injection molded over a portion of the encapsulation extension. The encapsulation base encapsulates the nut and extends into the nut concave gap forming a base foot and washer protrusion. The nut is encapsulated except for its bore which is sealed off during the overmolding process by a spring-mounted mandrel. Alternative embodiments of the invention include tubes with different configurations for contacting the bolt whereby the tube or cylinder is reinforced. A method and tooling for manufacturing the encapsulated fastener are also provided. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20090297293 | VEHICLE NUT HOLDING APPARATUS - A vehicle nut holding apparatus aims to improve the disadvantages of conventional holding apparatus that are difficult to fabricate and assemble, and cannot hold vehicle nuts securely and differentiate usage of the nuts. The holding apparatus of the invention has a plurality of housing troughs to hold a plurality of vehicle nuts. Each vehicle nut has at least one protrusive portion and one indented portion adjacent to each other. Each housing trough has a bottom and a side wall abutting the bottom. The side wall has a retaining recess corresponding to the protrusive portion and a retaining boss corresponding to the indented portion. The retaining recess is located between the retaining boss and the bottom. The retaining recess and retaining boss can retain the vehicle nut and allow the vehicle nut to be held in a displaying manner to indicate its usage. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20120294694 | ANCHORING MEANS - A system and method for configuring a component carrier is presented. A component carrier assignment message is received. The component carrier assignment message may be configured to identify the component carrier and include at least one of, at least one of a downlink carrier frequency, a carrier frequency of a paired uplink carrier, a bandwidth of the component carrier, and a bandwidth of the paired uplink carrier, an indication of whether the component carrier is a control channel monitoring component carrier configured to signal data channel assignment information for the component carrier, and a logical index of the component carrier. The component carrier assignment message may then be used to configure the component carrier on a user equipment (UE). | 11-22-2012 |
| 20090136320 | Internally Threaded Connector - The internally threaded connector device ( | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090097943 | Distorted nut with an arrow shaped end - Normally, when assembling trucks to a skateboard, a screw and a nut are used to mount it to the skateboard. The assembly requires two tools, a screw driver and socket wrench, which are used to tighten the skate trucks to the board. The purpose of my invention is to eliminate the use of the socket wrench. Lockdown is a specially designed nut with an arrow like end that serves to keep the nut from rotating when tightening the skate trucks to the board, which eliminates the socket wrench. This is how the process works, the nut with the aid of its arrow like end, butts up against the truck and prevents it from rotating. Normally with a regular nut, you would need a socket wrench to keep the nut from rotating. With lockdown the process eliminates the need for a socket wrench thereby making the installation faster and efficient. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100178132 | Magnetized Nut For Fastening a Compressor Wheel of an Exhaust Turbocharger to the Turbo Shaft, and Method for the Production Thereof - A magnetized nut for fastening a compressor wheel of an exhaust turbocharger to a turbo shaft. The nut has a base body made of a non-magnetic material forming a hollow space for accommodating a magnetic material, and a method for the production of the magnetized nut. In order to provide a magnetized nut that is produced in a simple and cost-effective manner and ensures as equal a distribution of mass as possible with regard to the rotational axis of the nut, the magnetic material is introduced into the hollow space using injection molding. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20090067947 | Fastening device - There is provided a fastening device in which the tightening load at the engaged portion between the thread of a nut and the thread of a bolt can be made uniform along the length of the threads, the circumferential load distribution at the end of the engagement of the bolt can also be made uniform, and concentration of a stress in the vicinity of the beginning of the engagement can be reduced. The fastening device includes an object to be fastened, having a nut hole; a nut having, at one end, a female screw portion to be fitted in the nut hole and configured such that the center of gravity is located in the nut hole; and a bolt having, at one end, a male screw portion to be screwed into the female screw portion. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20110123292 | THREAD RETENTION FOR AN EARTH BORING DEVICE - A threaded element for connection with a housing of an earth boring device includes a body having an inner bore and a slot. The slot extends inwardly from a perimeter of the body and terminates in the inner bore of the body. The body of the threaded element has a receptacle in the area of the slot for insertion of a locking bolt, with the body having an outer diameter which undergoes an enlargement, as the locking bolt is inserted in the receptacle. The body has an outer thread for threaded connection with a housing. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110027046 | SELF-PIERCING BLIND NUT INSERT - A threaded insert which has a cutting edge on its external surface. The cutting edge is configured to punch a hole in a workpiece while leaving a slug intact, still connected to the workpiece structure. The cutting edge is configured such that no backup die need be utilized to form the hole in the workpiece. The threaded insert includes an internal threaded portion, and a deformable side wall which is configured to deform upon installation of the threaded insert, to forming a blind-side bulb against the workpiece, and against the slug. The threaded insert is configured such that an installation tool can be threaded into the threaded insert, the threaded insert pierced through the workpiece. Then, the installation tool is actuated to cause the deformable side wall of the threaded insert to plastically deform and form the blind-side bulb. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20120243960 | FLANGED RIBBED NUT - According to aspects of one or more exemplary implementations, disclosed is a flanged ribbed nut, or FRN, having a head above an extended flange formed integral to said head, and a neck integral to and extending from said flange opposite said head, and a threading guide in fluid communication with said head, flange and neck, and having at least two interfering ribs formed therein. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20100129177 | CONNECTING MEMBER - A connecting member includes an elongated body portion. The body portion defines a hole. A sidewall of the hole defines a plurality of slots communicating the hole. A plurality of supporting portions are formed between adjacent slots. At least one slot is above or below each supporting portion along a longitudinal axis of the body portion. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110070052 | Nut Assembly and Method for the Production the Same - A nut assembly comprised of a nut body ( | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110188967 | Magnesium Nut Manufacturing Method and Magnesium Nut Member Produced Thereby - A magnesium nut manufacturing method includes the steps of: providing a magnesium wire or rod; processing a directly-heating procedure, a thermal insulation material coating and directly-heating procedure or a directly-heating and thermal insulation material coating procedure on the magnesium wire or rod; forming a nut blank and a through hole thereof from the magnesium wire or rod, with the through hole having an inner thread to produce a magnesium nut member. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20090028666 | Nut for Reinforcing Bar - A nut for a reinforcing bar capable of stably maintaining its screwed state with a reinforcing bar and enabling the reduction of its projecting portion from the end face of a structural body. The nut for a reinforcing bar ( | 01-29-2009 |
| 20120148370 | 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 |
| 20110091299 | FASTENING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FASTENING ASSEMBLY AT CASE - This invention provides a fastening assembly and a method for manufacturing the fastening assembly. The method for manufacturing the fastening assembly is used for an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a first case. The method at least includes the following steps. A boss is embedded into a seat by hot melting to allow the boss and the seat to form a first fastening element, and the boss has a screwed hole. Then, the first fastening element is disposed at the first case by hot melting. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20120076614 | PRELOAD RELEASING FASTENER AND RELEASE SYSTEM USING SAME - A preload reducing fastener adapted to be fastened into a system in which includes a release system. The fastener may have an integral collar which is adapted to change shape, as in the case of a shape memory alloy. The application of heat to fastener may deform the collar such that the fastener may move axially in the load direction, thus reducing the preload previously held by the fastener. A preload reducing device including a preload reducing fastener may include an outer case adapted to center and capture a preload reducing fastener. The case may center the fastener in a desired location in a preloaded system, and may also capture the fastener after release of the system. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20100047037 | NUT | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100124474 | BARREL NUT - A barrel nut is provided having an internal female threaded portion adapted to engage a male threaded portion of a fastener. The barrel nut includes a bearing surface and a top surface opposed to the bearing surface. A sidewall surface is interposed substantially between the bearing surface and the top surface. The sidewall surface has a profile shaped so as to reduce the material used in fabricating the barrel nut. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20120269599 | THREADED STRUCTURES WITH SOLDER MANAGEMENT FEATURES - Threaded structures such as threaded standoff structures may be provided with features that control the flow of solder. A base structure for a standoff may be formed from a material such as metal. During attachment of the standoff to a substrate such as a printed circuit board, the base structure may be exposed to molten solder. A solderphilic coating may be provided on the outer surface of the standoff to encourage wicking of solder up and over lower portions of the standoff and beneath the standoff, thereby helping to secure the standoff to the substrate. The center of the base structure may be provided with threads to receive screws. To prevent solder from covering the threads, the surface of the threads may be provided with a solderphobic surface. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20110311334 | BLIND FASTENER AND PRODUCTON METHOD THEREOF - This invention relates to a blind fastener having a hollow sleeve with high surface hardness and sufficient elongation, and to a novel heat treatment method therefor. The method for the heat treatment of the blind fastener includes austempering. The austempering includes a step in which a hollow sleeve of cold-rolled low carbon steel with a carbon percentage of 0.08 to 0.13% is heated and maintained from 800° C. to 950° C. during carburization, and a subsequent step in which isothermal maintenance is performed from 320° C. to 500° C. The resulting carbon percentage (CP) value is from 0.3 to 0.5%. Even in the case of a low carbon steel blind fastener, the austempering can harden the surface of the sleeve and soften the inner portion other than the surface for suitable elongation in order to provide a blind fastener having a sleeve with high surface hardness and sufficient elongation. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110158768 | Washer, Screw or Nut with Increased Coefficient of Friction - The invention relates to a washer ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 411428000 | Including lubricating means | 1 |
| 20100047038 | Bolt protectors for subsurface pipe fittings and associated methods - A protective covering for protecting an exposed portion of a threaded fastener comprises a body cavity, sized and shaped to be positioned over the exposed portion of the threaded fastener. The body cavity includes at least two ends and a quantity of a protectant material is disposed within the body cavity. A rupturable membrane is disposed over at least one end of the body cavity. The rupturable membrane operable to: retain the protectant material within the body cavity during storage and transport of the protective covering, and be ruptured during positioning of the body cavity over the exposed portion of the threaded fastener. | 02-25-2010 |
| 411429000 | Having cap | 13 |
| 20090290956 | SELF TAPPING NUT - A self tapping nut includes a round cylindrical cap, and an upper half of the cap is formed with a deformable portion with a thin wall. An upper edge of the deformable portion is formed as a protruding lip and a lower half of the cap is formed with an un-deformable portion. One end of the un-deformable portion of the cap is installed with a drilling head by which in use of the drilling head performing a drilling on a work piece directly and simplifying a process of a work. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20080232927 | Protective cap - A protective cap for a threaded valve stem has a protective end, an open end, and a wall between the protective end and the open end. The wall has an internal surface and may have a plurality of ribs located on the internal surface, wherein the ribs have a tapered portion facing the open end for use in guiding the threaded valve stem into the center of the protective cap as it is inserted. The protective cap also has a plurality of projections connected to the internal surface of the wall for engaging the external threads of the valve stem, to prevent easy removal of the cap. The protective end and/or the wall also has a plurality of vent openings. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20110123293 | NUT AND BOLT COVER - A nut and bolt cover apparatus is preferably made from three pieces. A cover piece may be placed over a nut and may have an adapter piece placed over the cover. An exterior cover may be releasably attached to the adapter piece and may squeeze a portion of the adapter piece as the exterior cover is releasably attached to the adapter. Squeezing the adapter piece preferably compresses the cover piece and causes the cover piece to grip the nut of a nut and bolt assembly while the adapter piece grips the cover piece. Removing the exterior cover may relieve the compression forces causing the adapter piece to grip the cover piece and the cover piece to grip a nut, thus permitting the nut and bolt cover apparatus to be removed. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20090067948 | Fastening Device - A fastening device includes a threaded bolt, a first nut and a second nut. The threaded bolt includes a head and a threaded body extended from the head. The first nut is for engagement with the threaded body to sandwich at least one object between the first nut and the head. The first nut includes a convex face on a side. The second nut includes a concave face for tight contact with the convex face of the first nut so that the second nut causes the first nut to shrink and clamp the threaded body when the second nut is in firm engagement with the threaded body. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20110070053 | UNIVERSAL SAFETY END CAP - A universal safety end cap includes a body, provided therein with a receiving portion. The receiving portion has a plurality of segments of different diameters and lengths. The segments are such arranged that the segment having the least diameter is closest to a close end of the receiving portion while the segment having the greatest diameter is farthest from the close end and open to an open end of the receiving portion, so that the receiving portion is capable of fittingly receiving sharp ends of different specifications therein. The universal safety end cap, when removably mounted around a sharp end of a steel bar, a steel rod, an iron component, an aluminum component, a preformed stick-shaped material, a mechanical device, furniture, or a public facility, helps to protect relevant workers or the public from accidents and secure their priceless life. The end cap can also incorporate esthetic design for decoration. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20120170994 | Ballistic resistant fastener - A ballistic resistant bolt to be used in securing straps on a military combat helmet is provided, the bolt having a bolt head and a shaft extending from the underside surface of the bolt head. The bolt head has a generally circular shape and a side surface. The shaft has a bore extending from the end opposite the bolt head. The ratio of the diameter of the bolt head to the diameter of the shaft is approximately 1.65 to 1. The ratio of the diameter of the bolt head to the height of the side surface is approximately 11 to 1. The proportion of the diameter of the bore measured relative to the diameter of the shaft is between approximately 50% and approximately 73%. Also provided is a means for rotationally engaging the bolt head. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120076615 | EXPANSIBLE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY AND ITS FASTENING ADAPTOR - An expansible anchor assembly includes an expansion sleeve and an anchor bolt plugging and expanding the expansion sleeve. The expansion sleeve includes a first end, a second end, an expansible member adjacent to the second end that is divided into expansible segments by slits, and a bore defined in the expansion sleeve for communicating the first end with the second end. A groove is annularly formed on the expansion sleeve, and a distance from the groove to the second end equals to ¼˜⅖ times a length of the expansion sleeve for preventing an over length of the slits, which is beneficial to the manufacture. During expansion, the expansible segments are completely expanded when the expansible member is subjected to a thrust from the anchor bolt to promote the anchoring force and avoid damaging a working wall. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120263558 | HUB CENTRIC WHEEL FASTENER - A wheel fastener comprises a nut including a central axis, an enlarged head, a cylindrical collar extending axially from the head, and an internal bore extending having internal threads, wherein the head includes an annular inner engagement surface that is a planar surface normal to the central axis. The wheel fastener further comprises a washer permanently mounted on the collar to be rotatable relative to the nut about the central axis but confined against axial movement along the collar. The washer includes an annular outer engagement surface arranged to face the inner engagement surface of the nut head for engagement therewith, wherein the outer engagement surface of the washer is a planar surface normal to the central axis. The length of the nut collar is adapted depending upon intended use in either a single-wheel or dual wheel assembly. Anti-theft embodiments include a torque-slipping cap around the head of the nut. | 10-18-2012 |
| 411431000 | Resiliently retained | 5 |
| 20090060677 | Wheel lug nut management device - A multifunction wheel nut cap is used on motor vehicle to indicate loosening and rotation of a lug nut. On large trucks on which the lug nuts have to be frequently torqued to prevent the lug nut from loosening and turning until it drops from the wheel bolt, the indication of rotation and limiting of the rotation prevents the lug nut loss and requires tightening only when there is an indication that the lug has become loose. The Wheel cap nut device gives a visual warning when a nut has become loose. It also prevents water and contaminants from penetrating the lug nut and bolt threads. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090169335 | INTERNAL THREAD HOLE CLOSING PLUG - An internal thread hole closing plug for closing an internal thread hole in a weld nut and a hole in a body panel includes a flange, column and elastic latching pieces and that extend from the column toward the flange and away from the column. The tips of the elastic latching pieces engage the thread flanks of the internal thread hole in correspondence with the lead angle of the threads thereof to align the axis of the column with the axis of the internal thread hole. The pair of lower elastic latching pieces extend in one radial direction, centered on the column, and the pair of upper elastic latching pieces extend in a radial direction that crosses the lower elastic latching pieces. This causes the axis of the column to be aligned with the axis of the internal thread hole when the column is passed through the internal thread hole. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090016847 | LOCK NUT - A special shape inner peripheral surface connected to a base end side of a female thread and set to be rotatable only by a first special purpose tool is formed in a nut main body. A cap is constituted by a shaft portion which is inserted to the special shape inner peripheral surface of the nut main body and having a male thread threaded with a base end portion of the female thread of the nut main body in a leading end side, and a head portion provided in abase end side of the shaft portion. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20120321412 | COVER FOR A STUD AND NUT ASSEMBLY - A cover for a stud and nut assembly. The cover includes a first section and a second section. The first section includes a first inner surface extending from an open end. Further, the first section includes two protruding members configured on the first inner surface. The second section is integral with the first section. The second section includes a second inner surface which extends to a closed end. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120288346 | NUT ASSEMBLY - A nut assembly includes a nut and an carrier. The nut defines a number of latching grooves. The carrier includes a planar board and a number of flexible holding elements protruding from the planar board. Each flexible holding element is releasably latched in one of the latching grooves to latch the carrier to the nut. The carrier is capable of moving relative to the nut from a first state to a second state, so the flexible holding elements slide out of the latching grooves to release the carrier from the nut. | 11-15-2012 |
| 411432000 | Multipart | 39 |
| 20100040433 | CONNECTING ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR A SPEED NUT - The invention relates to a connection element, in particular a plate nut, comprising a base body for attachment of an arbitrary component to a metallic planar object, in particular to a sheet metal. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20130058737 | Electrically Insulating Cage Nut - An electrically insulating cage nut ( | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130094923 | Self-Aligning Telescoping Internally Threaded Fastener - A telescoping, self-aligning, fastener comprising a telescoping nut assembly flexibly connected to a companion sleeve, wherein said telescoping nut assembly comprises a nut and two or more extensions depending from said nut; said nut comprises a head and an internally threaded portion; said extensions are configured such that at least one slot is formed between each extension; said companion sleeve comprises an opening at one end configured to couple to a telescoping nut assembly, an opening at the opposite end configured to accept a male fastener portion, and said openings are connected by an interior cavity; and said telescoping nut assembly is able to rotate and translate relative to the companion sleeve. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20120189403 | TAPPED INSERT TO BE INSERT MOULDED AND INSERT MOULDING METHOD - A tapped insert to be insert moulded comprises a shank provided at its axial ends with flanges delineating two axially opposite heads of the insert. The shank is provided with an internally threaded axial section to form a tapping. Means for blocking the insert in rotation after insert moulding and means for blocking the insert axially in translation after insert moulding are arranged on the outside of the shank. The shank comprises at least one fusible area of greater axial deformability located between the threaded axial section and one of the heads. The fusible area is configured to deform under a predefined axial compressive force applied to the heads without causing deformation of the threaded axial section. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20110194913 | NUT ASSEMBLY FOR DRAIN PAN - A cage nut assembly for a drain pan includes a nut having a barrel with a barrel end and a distal end opposed thereto. A flange at the distal end has a flange face abutting the drain pan inner surface. A threaded bore is defined along a central axis through the barrel and flange. At least one channel is defined in the flange face and allows substantially complete drainage of a fluid from a sump through a single drain aperture. A cage having a plate with a central aperture receives the barrel with substantial clearance to an edge of the central aperture. Leg(s) extend substantially orthogonally from the plate. An attachment projection on the leg(s) attaches the assembly to the drain pan. The assembly accepts a flange bolt removably installed through the single drain aperture. The flange bolt removably compresses a seal around a periphery of the single drain aperture. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20080206016 | ENCAPSULATED FASTENER AND METHOD AND TOOLING FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An encapsulated fastener includes a nut adapted to receive a bolt. The nut is encapsulated by an encapsulation including an extension, which includes a tube adapted for receiving a portion of the bolt and a flange adapted for engaging a face of the nut. The encapsulation extension is placed on the nut in an overmolding tool, wherein an encapsulation base is injection molded over a portion of the encapsulation extension. The encapsulation base encapsulates the nut, except for its bore, which is sealed off during the overmolding process by a spring-mounted mandrel. Alternative embodiments of the invention include tubes with different configurations for contacting the bolt whereby the tube or cylinder is reinforced. A method and tooling for manufacturing the encapsulated fastener are also provided. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080273942 | STRUCTURAL SCREW SECURE DEVICE FOR A RADIATOR ASSEMBLY - A structural screw device for a radiator assembly includes a frame and four screw members. The frame with four corners provides at least a leg post with an axial through hole respectively. The respective screw member is inserted into the leg post and the main body of the screw member is surrounded with an elastic member. The axial through hole of the leg post provides a step at intersection of the first and second hole sections. The free end of the leg post has split paw portions and each of the paw portions has an inner projection such that the neck section is caught with the projection while the screw member is inserted into the through hole in a way of the engaging section extending to the paw portions and the elastic member being biased against the step. Therefore, the projection is capable of being propped up to be away from the neck section and restoring to hold the neck section. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090169336 | Locking Device With Quick Release Mechanism - A locking device includes an outer ring in which a clutch disc and a locking disc are respectively connected at two opposite sides thereof A first pad is located on clutch disc and a second pad is located on the first pad. A plurality of balls are located between adjacent first and second protrusions of the first and second pads. A plurality of springs are biased between the far first and second protrusions. A screw bolt connected with a grinding wheel is threadedly extended through the locking disc. When the outer ring is rotated in first direction, the balls do not fall into the recesses defined in the locking disc so as to push the clutch disc to lock the grinding wheel. When the outer ring is rotated in second direction, the balls fall into the recesses and the clutch disc is loosened from the grinding wheel. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20110014008 | DOWEL, PARTICULARLY ONE TO ALLOW A SLEEPER SCREW USED TO ATTACH A RAILWAY RAIL TO BE SCREWED INTO A RAILWAY SLEEPER - Dowel allowing a fastener to be fitted into a wall, particularly allowing a sleeper screw used to secure a railway rail to be screwed into a railway sleeper. The dowel including an internal screw thread intended to mate with the screw thread of the fastener, and containing a compressible element resting against the end wall of the dowel. The compressible element in the undeformed state having a height at least equal to one third of the height of the dowel. | 01-20-2011 |
| 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 ( | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090053009 | Pre-stressing apparatus using a split threaded fastener - A fastener includes a threaded circular ring half divided along a plane intersecting a central longitudinal axis. One of the end walls is formed with a truncated conical load-bearing surface that is seated on a truncated conical thrust surface formed on a circular ring of a stress generator. The load bearing and thrust generating surfaces are arranged to present a conjugate pair of truncated conical surfaces to provide a favorable resolution of forces developed by torque applied to jack bolts distributed about an outwardly surrounding cylindrical stress generator body section. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090080998 | INSERT NUT - There is provided an insert nut, having an outer hollow portion made of a resin material and an inner hollow portion made of a metal material. The outer hollow portion has a projection functioning as a male screw or wedge formed on an outer surface thereof. The inner hollow portion has a female screw formed on an inner surface thereof. The inner hollow portion is press-fitted to the outer hollow portion by inserting one end of the inner hollow portion into the outer hollow portion to reach a final position. Further insertion of the inner hollow portion is prevented beyond the final position. Said one end of the inner hollow portion is caulked with the outer hollow portion. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100310338 | SPEED NUT - This invention describes a speed nut that is formed by three surfaces, a lower surface that is a coupling washer to be pressed against the panel or protective device to which it is attached, an intermediate or base surface, and a final surface that is formed by an arm which, folded back on itself, covers the center of the nut. These surfaces have central holes whose centers are vertically aligned. The nut of the invention has a double screw thread, which consists of the conventional thread of the surface or upper arm and of another thread that is present on the base surface. Both screw threads are created by means of cuts that produce independent flanges of different sizes which together form a helical outline that is designed to mate with the corresponding threading of the screw or bolt that will pass through said nut. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100119328 | ADJUSTABLE FASTENER - An adjustable fastener includes a main body and an elastic portion. The elastic portion is connected to an end of the main body. The elastic portion is deformable thus changing a total length of the adjustable fastener. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100158635 | Split Nut Assembly - The invention provides a female nut comprising a) an inner cylindrical member having first and second open ends, a threaded inner bore, and a non-threaded outer surface, where the cylindrical member is comprised of first and second longitudinally divided members, whereby the first and second divided members together form the cylindrical member; and b) an outer sheath having first and second open ends, a non-threaded inner bore and an outer surface, where the outer sheath fits over the assembled cylindrical member with the inner bore of the outer sheath in close contact with the outer surface of the cylindrical member and respective first open ends adjacent. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110188968 | Semi-Trailer Support Loading Nut - A semi-trailer leg loading nut includes a screwed hole provided on a nut column and connecting two ends of the nut. Said nut is a two-layered structure formed of a top layer and an under layer or a three-layered structure formed of a top layer, an intermediate layer and an under layer. The outer outline of at least two layers of the nut is a square with the same cutting angle. The side length of the two layers of squares is equal. The outer outline projection of the two layers of squares overlap with each other along the column axis direction. The outer outline projection of the other layer is within the overlapped projection of the two layers along the column axis direction. A funneled oil cup or an oil groove is provided on the top layer of the nut and communicates with the screwed hole. A bottom of the under layer of the nut is plane and is pressed on a loading plate in a quadrate pipe to transfer load. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20100021264 | SEPARATION FASTENER WITH SEGMENTED WASHER - A separation fastener assembly including a base and a housing positioned adjacent the base. A nut is disposed in the cavity. A bolt extends through an aperture in the base and including an end coupled to the nut. A washer is positioned proximate the nut and operative to retain the nut within the housing. The washer includes a plurality of segments. An actuator is carried by the housing and is in communication with the cavity. The actuator is operative to displace the housing relative to the washer from a first position radially retaining plurality of segments of the washer and retaining the nut in the cavity to a second position permitting radial expansion of the plurality of segments and permitting withdrawal of the nut from the housing. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20110103918 | 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 the structural member and provides the torque resistance required to drive the screw into the nut. The retention clip holds the nut in place and provides the axial resistance required for the lead chamfer of the screw to engage the nut and resist the axial loading on the screw during installation. The nutplate is designed to facilitate cost-effective manufacturing. The per hole cost of the integrated floating-fastener is approximately 30% of the cost of the industry standard riveted floating fastener. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20100247270 | SCREW ASSEMBLY - A screw assembly includes hollow first screw and a second screw smaller than the first screw in size. A first thread is defined on an outer surface of the first screw. A receiving hole is defined in the first screw. The second screw is adapted to be received in the receiving hole to engage with the first screw. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100034617 | LOCKING DEVICE - A locking device includes an outer ring and a locking disk is located on a first side of the outer ring and has a shaft which extends through the outer ring. An annular ring, a needle roller bearing, a first washer, a second washer, and a transmission disk are mounted to the shaft, respectively. The first washer is co-rotated with the shaft and the second washer is co-rotated with the outer ring. The transmission disk is freely mounted to the shaft by a clamp and includes first recesses and second recesses which are shallower than the first recesses. Balls are located between the first and second washers and movably engaged with the first recesses or the second recesses so as to control the movement of the transmission disk to be engaged with a rotatable part such as a grinding wheel of a sand wheel machine. | 02-11-2010 |
| 411433000 | Including movable threaded segments | 19 |
| 20110188969 | Captive Hardware - Captive fasteners are provided that may be used with guards that cover particular areas of a machine. The fasteners are attached to the guards so that they remain with the guard when the guard is removed from the machine. In order to make it easier to reinstall the guard onto a machine when the guard is misaligned, the fasteners can move along a slotted opening in the guard. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20130034407 | Segmented Nut for Screw Connections - A nut for screw connections has two substantially identically sized nut segments of a half-shell shape, wherein the nut segments each have an inner side provided with an inner thread segment defining together an inner thread. The nut segments are connected to each other so as to be moveable toward each other until the nut segments reach a closed position. The nut segments are maintained in the closed position by springs or a locking device. An actuating device is moveably arranged on at least one of the two nut segments for releasing the closed position, wherein the actuating device is adapted to manually actuated. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20110286816 | FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A fastener assembly configured to provide secure column support between two components includes a base having at least one first cam member, and a connector nut having at least one second cam member. The connector nut is configured to rotatably move between closed and extended positions by way of the at least one second cam member rotatably sliding with respect to the at least one first cam member. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20090297294 | QUICK FASTENING NUT - A quick fastening nut includes a first ring member and a second ring member. The first ring member has a bore at a center thereof and fastening portions around the bore. Each of the fastening portions has a threaded section at an inner side thereof. The second ring member has a bore at a center thereof and a plurality of stop portions, each of which has a stop face on a distal end thereof. The fastening portions of the first ring member is inserted into the bore of the second ring member that the second ring member may be moved along the fastening portions of the first ring member, and the second ring member will bend the fastening portions inwards when the second ring member is moved toward distal ends of the fastening portions. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090279985 | FIXING UNIT - A fixing unit that includes a sleeve assembly defining a through hole along an axis thereof, and an assembly slidably received in the through hole. The assembly includes first and second end. An elastic claw extends from the first end. The second end can be actuated by a user. The elastic claw is biased towards an open state. The fixing unit moves between a first and a second position. In the first position, the elastic claw is received in the sleeve assembly and contracts. In the second position the elastic claw extends out of the sleeve assembly and expands. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090162166 | Segmented Nut for Screw Connections - A nut for a screw connections has, in the circumferential direction, segments that are substantially of the same size, abut one another in separating planes, and are movably guided relative to one another between an open position and a closed position. Closing elements serve for movement of the segments toward one another into the closed position. In order to provide a segmented nut that is suitable for many applications in facility and apparatus engineering, the segments are pivotable relative to one another and connected for this purpose in a first end area in a pivotable way. The closing elements load the segments in the second end areas. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090311076 | LAMINATED NUT WITH CENTER TENSION SLEEVE - A laminated nut includes a conical spring, top disc and a conical spring, bottom disc stacked upon each other defining a laminated stack having a common central bore and an outer wrench engaging surface. A generally cylindrical tension sleeve is located in the central bore. The tension sleeve has an outer wall shaped to substantially conform with the shape of the central bore and an inner wall which is threaded. The tension sleeve has a first end and a second end, the first end of the tension sleeve includes an outwardly extending upper flange and the second end includes an outwardly extending bottom flange, the upper flange and the bottom flange are shaped and dimensioned to retain the top disc and the bottom disc in a stacked relation with the tension sleeve fixedly secured to the laminated stack, such that the conical spring discs and tension sleeve rotate together as a unit. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20110085876 | QUICK RELEASE NUT - A fastener is provided that may be readily threadingly engaged with and/or disengaged from a threaded shaft without the need to threadingly advance the fastener along substantially the entire length of the threaded shaft. In one exemplary embodiment, a quick release nut is provided that includes an upper body portion and a lower body portion that are rotatably connected to one another. Each of the upper body portion and the lower body portion include central apertures extending therethrough with the walls defining the central apertures of the upper and lower body portions being at least partially threaded. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20090324364 | Thread Clamping Device With Improved Locking Distance - A thread clamping device is described including a plurality of movable nut segments around a threaded rod, and spring members flexibly holding the segments against the rod. Smaller locking distances are shown to result by using at least one double-threaded segment as a component of the thread clamping device. Such a thread clamping device can advantageously be used as a component of a self-adjusting shrinkage compensation device, a coupler for threaded rods, hold-downs, among other uses. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20110110746 | FAST-ACTING COLLAPSIBLE FASTENER - A threaded fastener includes an outer body defining an axis and an inner body at least partially positioned within the outer body. The inner body is movable along the axis relative to the outer body. A plurality of threaded segments is coupled to the outer body and radially supported by the inner body. The plurality of threaded segments defines a nominal diameter. At least one biasing member biases the plurality of threaded segments inward toward the axis. The plurality of threaded segments is movable inward toward the axis by the at least one biasing member when the inner body is moved axially from a first position to a second position so that the plurality of threaded segments define a reduced diameter that is smaller than the nominal diameter. | 05-12-2011 |
| 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 the structural member and provides the torque resistance required to drive the screw into the nut. The retention clip holds the nut in place and provides the axial resistance required for the lead chamfer of the screw to engage the nut and resist the axial loading on the screw during installation. The nutplate is designed to facilitate cost-effective manufacturing. The per hole cost of the integrated floating-fastener is approximately 30% of the cost of the industry standard riveted floating fastener. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090053010 | Nut Having at Least Two Parts - The invention relates to a nut ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100166525 | QUICK ATTACHING AND DETACHING NUT - A nut assembly comprises a capture nut having a smooth bore adapted to fit around the threads of a threaded member such as a bolt or a threaded rod. The capture nut includes a tapered bowl which defines a hexagon in cross section, for example. The nut assembly further includes a split nut having a surface which snugly mates with the tapered bowl of the capture nut. The split nut engages the threads of the threaded member, but only after the split nut is brought into close proximity to the capture nut, thereby avoiding the need to thread the nut assembly the entire length of the threads of the threaded member. The split nut may be formed to two separable pieces, or it may be formed of two integral halves joined together by a thin membrane. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20120014765 | FRAC NUT AND METHOD OF USING - A frac nut assembly and method of using the assembly. The assembly has an annular shape, an outer circumferential surface, an interior surface having female threads thereon at one axial end of the frac nut assembly and a shoulder that extends radially inward from an opposite axial end of the frac nut assembly, and at least two lugs radially protruding from the outer circumferential surface. The frac nut assembly further comprises at least two members that define the frac nut assembly when assembled together at planar radial interfaces. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120177463 | QUICK ADJUSTING NUT, ESPECIALLY FOR ATTACHING A VEHICLE WHEEL TO THE MOUNTING SHAFT OF A BALANCING MACHINE - A quick adjusting nut ( | 07-12-2012 |
| 20110182697 | Multi-rod thread clamping device - Thread clamping devices are described in which a single such device is capable of robustly engaging with different threaded rods having different thread configurations. Such devices include a plurality of threaded, movable segments wherein the threads of each segment are capable of robust engagement with the threads of a rod, and different segments or groups of segments have thread configurations capable of binding with different rod thread structures. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110188970 | LOCKING NUT - A nut fastener is provided for locking the nut to prevent inadvertent loosening of the nut. The nut fastener is particularly useful for tightening a wheel onto an axle. The nut fastener includes a nut, a collar and a retaining ring. The nut is unlocked by pushing on an engagement surface of the collar. When the collar is released, the collar locks against the nut. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110268534 | Segmented Nut for Screw Connections - A nut for screw connections has two substantially identically sized nut segments of a half-shell shape, wherein the nut segments each have an inner side provided with an inner thread segment defining together an inner thread. The nut segments are connected to each other so as to be moveable toward each other until the nut segments reach a closed position. The nut segments are maintained in the closed position by springs or a locking device. An actuating device is moveably arranged on at least one of the two nut segments for releasing the closed position, wherein the actuating device is adapted to manually actuated. | 11-03-2011 |
| 411434000 | Moved by fluent pressure | 1 |
| 20100021265 | SEPARATION FASTENER WITH FRANGIBLE NUT - A separation fastener assembly includes a housing defining a cavity. A frangible nut is disposed in the cavity. The nut includes a plurality of nut segments. The one-piece frangible nut greatly reduces existing assembly problems and difficulties. Adjacent nut segments are interconnected at fracture lines. A bolt has an end coupled to the nut. A movable element is disposed in the housing and movable from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the nut segments are restrained from radial expansion. In the second position the nut segments are permitted to radially expand for releasing the fastener assembly. | 01-28-2010 |
| 411435000 | Wing | 1 |
| 20090257845 | NUT FOR ATTACHING TWO DEVICES AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THE SAME - A nut that includes a body having an aperture disposed within the body, threads located within the aperture of the body, and a plurality of protrusions disposed along a circumference of the body. The plurality of protrusions provides visual and tactile directional signals as to the rotational direction required to attach or detach the nut to or from a threaded member. The nut may be used for attaching a water filter system to a water faucet. | 10-15-2009 |
| 411436000 | Thread structure | 10 |
| 20100086378 | SYMMETRICALLY STEPPED BORE COUPLER NUT - A coupler nut with multiple bore diameters that are symmetrically stepped in both directions away from the center bore diameter. The bore diameter at the center is the smallest, and each pair of steps away from the center bore increases the bore diameter. This means that the coupler nut has no single, correct vertical orientation. It has no top or bottom, and as such is vertically ambidextrous. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100129178 | QUICK-ACTING THREADED FASTENER - A threaded fastener includes an outer body defining a cavity and a central axis extending through the cavity, and a plurality of threaded segments positioned substantially within the cavity. The plurality of threaded segments is movable relative to the outer body generally toward and away from the central axis. The threaded fastener also includes a cap positioned at least partially within the cavity to secure the plurality of threaded segments within the cavity. The cap includes a plurality of projections engaging the plurality of threaded segments and the outer body to inhibit relative rotation between the plurality of threaded segments and the outer body. The plurality of projections is formed as a single piece with the cap. The threaded fastener further includes a snap ring removably coupled to the outer body to secure the cap within the cavity. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20090087280 | REUSEABLE LOCK NUT DEVICE - A reusable lock nut device is provided. The reusable lock nut device includes a nut with an axial bore and at least one setscrew bore extending radially through a sidewall and opening into the axial bore. The setscrew bore accepts a setscrew for interfacing with and selectively locking against a threaded fastener, used with the reusable lock nut device. The threads of the threaded fastener define a thread angle between respective pairs of converging lateral thread walls. An end portion of the setscrew is tapered, with a taper angle that corresponds to such thread angle. This configuration enables the end portion of the setscrew to nest wholly within a thread valley defined between walls segments of the respective pairs of converging lateral thread walls. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100183402 | TAPPING NUT - A tapping nut includes a cylindrical tunnel, a conical tunnel, a plurality of slits and a plurality of edges. The diameter of the cylindrical tunnel is marginally smaller than that of a bolt to be tapped by the tapping nut. The conical tunnel extends and expands from the cylindrical tunnel so that the bolt can be introduced into the cylindrical tunnel through the conical tunnel. The cutting edges are formed on an internal side of the tapping nut. Each of the cutting edges extends along a related one of the slits so that the cutting edges can cut the bolt while the slits allows the removing of debris of the bolt. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20120328394 | ELEMENT WITH A SHANK AND A HOLDING ELEMENT CONNECTED TO IT FOR CONNECTING TO A ROD - An element with a shank ( | 12-27-2012 |
| 411437000 | Interrupted | 2 |
| 20090016848 | SCREW NUT, METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF AND CORRESPONDING TOOL - A screw nut from a metal material, which comprises a tapped hole and an inner groove which radially extends in relation to the longitudinal axis thereof. An annular collar is formed onto one of the faces of the screw nut and its cross-section is bent in the direction of the axis to such a degree as to delimit, together with a section of the face surrounding the tapped hole as a contact surface, a receiving slot that is directly associated therewith. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20100278615 | METHOD FOR PRIMARY MOLDING OF A MOLDED PART, AND MOLD PART PRODUCED BY PRIMARY MOLDING, IN PARTICULAR NUT - In a method for primary molding of a molded part having an opening and an internal thread formed in the opening, segments of a course of the inner thread arranged in two different sectors of the opening are formed by molding cores projecting into the opening. For release from the mold, the mold cores are withdrawn from the molded part radially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the internal thread. A molded part produced according to the method has an opening and, formed in the opening, an internal thread that has segments of a course of thread located in different sectors of the opening, wherein one core opening is opposite each segment of the internal thread, which opening penetrates the wall of the molded part radially outward. | 11-04-2010 |
| 411438000 | Coil spring | 3 |
| 20100221087 | Preload locking Wire Insert - A preload locking wire insert comprised of a unitary, coiled wire having a particular polygonal cross-section for use in combination with a threaded fastener and a complementary threaded bore in a work piece, wherein the wire insert provides a ramping surface which locks the threads of the fastener into place against the inner threaded wall of the bore in the work piece. A further embodiment provides for the wire insert to be threaded into the bore in either direction, with no regard to orientation, while still retaining the definitive locking aspect. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100272539 | ANTI-LOOSE LOCK NUT - The invention is an anti-loose lock nut which prevents a screw coupling between a bolt | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110158769 | TANGED SCREW THREAD INSERT WITH IMPROVED REMOVABILITY - A helical-shaped insert to engage a threaded fastener to a receiving member includes a helical coil having a plurality of coil sections having inner and outer surfaces forming a thread shape, and opposing first and second coil end sections. A removable tang extends radially inward from the first coil end section. A continuously curved surface at a finished end of the second coil end section forms a tangent point where the continuously curved surface tangentially meets the second coil end section outer surface. | 06-30-2011 |
