Patents Assigned to Kato Hatsujou Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 4311421
    Abstract: A fastener, comprising an expander part having a saucer-shaped head and a shank extending from the head and formed with a male thread thereon, and a fastener part having a flange and opposite stem portions branched from the back of the flange and connecting through hinge portions to guide portions which join each other at the other ends thereof, the expander part and fastener part each being made of a resin, the fastener part having a circular bore extending from the flange to the stem portions to permit the expander part to be inserted in and temporarily retained in the stem portions, the circular bore having therein opposite bulges positioned ahead of the hinge portions to spread the stem portions outward away from each other when the expander part is pushed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignees: Kato Hatsujou Kabushiki Kaisha, Nissan Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeo Okada, Katsuo Sato
  • Patent number: RE33809
    Abstract: A fastener, comprising an expander part having a saucer-shaped head and a shank extending from the head and formed with a male thread thereon, and a fastener part having a flange and opposite stem portions branched from the back of the flange and connecting through hinge portions to guide portions which join each other at the other ends thereof, the expander part and fastener part each being made of a resin, the fastener part having a circular bore extending from the flange to the stem portions to permit the expander part to be inserted in and temporarily retained in the stem portions, the circular bore having therein opposite bulges positioned ahead of the hinge portions to spread the stem portions outward away from each other when the expander part is pushed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Kato Hatsujou Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeo Okada, Katsuo Sato