Abstract: Provided is a reserver tank for a motor vehicle, more particularly, a reserver tank for a motor vehicle including a lateral coupling portion for easy assembly and installation of the reserver tank in an internal portion of an engine room.

Abstract: A suture anchor device and method for attaching soft tissue to bone includes an anchor body and a suture locking wedge movably disposed within the anchor body. The suture locking wedge includes lateral portions which engage slots or windows in the anchor body. Tension applied to one limb of a suture causes the suture locking wedge to translate and rotate to a position which compresses the suture, thereby locking the suture in the anchor.

Abstract: Apparatus for securing a first object to a second object, the apparatus comprising: an elongated body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending between the distal end and the proximal end, the lumen comprising a first section and a second section, the first section of the lumen being disposed distal to the second section of the lumen, and with the first section of the lumen having a wider diameter than the second section of the lumen; at least one longitudinally-extending slit extending through the side wall of the elongated body and communicating with the lumen, the at least one longitudinally-extending slit having a distal end and a proximal end, with the distal end of the at least one longitudinally-extending slit being spaced from the distal end of the elongated body; and an elongated element extending through the lumen of the elongated body.

Abstract: A wedge fastener configured for use in extreme ambient conditions includes a pin or bolt having a head and a shank with an elongate slot through the shank. The wedge fastener also includes a wedge sized so that at least a portion of the wedge may extend through the elongate slot to grip a flange between the head and the wedge. The wedge fastener also includes a locking mechanism for locking the wedge in a gripping position against the flange. In one example, the locking mechanism includes locking keys with angled ridges configured to slide in angled slots on the wedge until the locking keys engage the shank. In another example, the locking mechanism includes a jack plate attached to the wedge and adjustment screws for engaging the shank to pull the wedge through the elongate slot.

Abstract: A blind fastener employs a split bolt element having two symmetrical half sections split at mating separation faces and cooperatively displaceable between a first collapsed position and a second expanded position. A capture portion split bolt has a substantially circular plan form in the fist collapsed position with a diameter which is received through an attachment hole in a structural member. A bearing section and a threaded portion both have a substantially circular plan form in the second expanded position while the capture portion has compression surfaces extending with an elliptical major axis greater than the hole diameter in the extended second position to engage a bottom surface surrounding the attachment hole. The bearing section closely engages the attachment hole in the expanded position. A wedge separator element is insertable between the half sections to expand them from the first collapsed position to the second expanded position.

Abstract: A wedge fastener configured for use in extreme ambient conditions includes a pin or bolt having a head and a shank with an elongate slot through the shank. The wedge fastener also includes a wedge sized so that at least a portion of the wedge may extend through the elongate slot to grip a flange between the head and the wedge. The wedge fastener also includes a locking mechanism for locking the wedge in a gripping position against the flange. In one example, the locking mechanism includes locking keys with angled ridges configured to slide in angled slots on the wedge until the locking keys engage the shank. In another example, the locking mechanism includes a jack plate attached to the wedge and adjustment screws for engaging the shank to pull the wedge through the elongate slot.

Abstract: A connecting pin includes a head and a body having a first end connected to the head. The body includes an underside having at least one surface arranged on a first plane parallel to a longitudinal direction. The body also includes a nose at a second end, the nose having an lower surface that extends upwardly and outwardly from the body underside. The body further includes an inclined surface extending to from an upper surface of the nose in the direction of the head.

Abstract: A connector assembly pivotally couples a caster assembly with a pivot arm of an agricultural implement. The connector assembly includes first and second structural support plates having openings to receive a connector pin therethrough pivotally coupling the arm between the plates. A fixed collar having a bore, and a lock pin passage aligned perpendicular thereto, is fixed at one of the first or second structural support plates to receive the connector pin therethrough. The connector pin includes a first end having an exterior threaded portion and a second end having a connector pin opening. The connector pin opening and the lock pin opening receive a lock pin therethrough that secures a position of the connector pin in the collar. Tightening a nut at the threaded end of the connector causes the structural support plates to squeeze against the arm, enhancing lateral support of the arm.

Abstract: A fastening device for attaching an object to a support structure, comprising at least one locking member on the object or the support structure and adapted for insertion in an aperture running through the support structure or the object. A transverse hole in the locking member which, at the time of fitting the object, is adapted to be partly masked by the material surrounding the aperture. An engagement device having a cross-section with a varying distance between its center point and its periphery is inserted in the unmasked portion of the transverse hole running through the locking member and is turned thereafter from one position to another position to bring about a clamping action between the object and the support structure. Also a method for attaching an object to a support structure using the above device.

Abstract: A fastener apparatus is disclosed that features projecting locking members that extend and retract when a central drive shaft is rotated. The exterior of the connector has a body that is partially threaded to receive a nut so that two structures (eg. flanges, panels, plates, beams, etc.) can be pulled together by tightening the bolt when the locking members are in the extended position. In one embodiment, the shaft can be an eyebolt.

Abstract: A retaining wedge for concrete forms has a tapered body of generally trapezoidal or triangular configuration. Oppositely diverging side edges of the body are provided with alternating peaks and valleys so as to present a number of detent-like depressions that encourage a firm and secure gripping action when the wedge is driven into the retaining slot of a locking pin that interconnects a pair of adjacent form panels. The peaks and valleys along each edge are presented by alternating convex and concave intersections between successive edge portions that slope outwardly at different angles from one another. Although certain portions of the edge slope outwardly at a higher angle than others, no edge portions slope inwardly toward the longitudinal axis of the wedge body. Consequently, the wedge is constantly tapering over its full length from one end to the other. A long, slender tip of the wedge facilitates insertion and fast starts.

Abstract: A toggle bolt type connector has projecting locking members that extend and retract when a central drive shaft is rotated. The exterior of the connector has a body that is partially threaded to receive a nut so that two structures (eg. flanges, panels, plates, beams, etc.) can be pulled together by tightening the bolt when the locking members are in the extended position.

Abstract: A pin and wedge combination to couple adjacent panels of a concrete wall form together includes a pin with a tapered region along its shank to assist in removal of the pin from the hole in the flange of the panel and the tie-rod during disassembly of a concrete wall form.

Abstract: The steel setting device is a pair of temporary bolts, wherein each bolt having an enlarged flat head portion, a cylindrical body portion with a slot extending through the body portion proximate the head, and a tapered portion. The device includes a flat wedge element having an isosceles trapezoidal shape. The bolts are inserted through aligned apertures in the steel plates of girders to be joined to a column, the plates being placed to abut the column, the head portion of the bolt being on one side of the plate and the slot being on the other side of the column. The wedge elements are inserted through the slots to temporarily secure the two steel plates together. Permanent bolts and nuts may then be installed through other pairs of aligned apertures in the plates. Once the permanent bolts are installed, the wedges may be tapped out of the slots and the cylindrical bolt elements of the steel setting device may be removed.

Abstract: In the poured concrete wall industry, adjacent form panels are commonly coupled together by a slotted pin and wedge combination. Advantageously, the slotted pin and wedge combination includes a sloped wedge so that the narrow end of the wedge is spaced from the wall panels for easy access and disassembly of the pin and wedge when separating the adjacent wall panels after the poured concrete wall has cured. The sloped wedge is formed by a curved inner surface and a curved outer surface extending towards the narrow end of the wedge. With the curved inner and outer surfaces meeting at a rounded blunt end to allow a hammer to strike the wedge free of the slotted pin upon disassembly of the form panels.

Abstract: A device for fastening together two devices (1, 30), wherein the first device (1) comprises a screw (20) with a pointed end section (26), and at least one engagement element (50) which is arranged to abut against the end section (26) and radially movable between two end positions by means of the end section (26) and in relation thereto. The second device (30) comprises a shoulder section (36) with a central opening (39), through which the engagement element (50) can be inserted when it is located in its radially inner position. The shoulder section (36) is arranged to engage with a contact section (51) of the engagement element (50) when it has been passed through the opening (39) and is located in its radially outer end position. The screw (20) is mounted rotatably, but axially immovable in relation to the frame (2), and is screwed into a nut (15), which is mounted axially movably in the frame (2) and arranged to abut against the shoulder section (36). The engagement elements (50) mounted in the nut (15).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a screw hole (12) in hardware parts (10), especially in metal furniture hardware, in which is screw with a given outside thread diameter provided with a truncoconical countersink head can be preinstalled. The hole (12) has a countersink (18) matching the truncoconical head of the screw, followed by a substantially cylindrical hole section (20) for the passage of the shaft of the screw. The inside diameter of the cylindrical hole section (20) is slightly smaller than the outside diameter of the screw shaft measured across the threads of the screw (14), and into the cylindrical hole section an internal thread (24) is worked into the cylindrical hole section, where the length of the threaded shaft as measured in the screw driving direction is shorter than that of the unthreaded shaft section of the screw adjoining the bottom of the countersink head.

Abstract: A two-piece suture anchor is disclosed wherein a barrel-like main portion is provided with a pair of legs in a central opening. A ball-like actuating device is received within the central opening and drawn upward into the device in order to separate the legs and cause the device to expand into the soft cancellous bone of a previously prepared bone site.

Abstract: A pin and wedge combination for connecting together adjoining lattice bridge panels (M) is characterised in that the pin (P) has a plurality of diametric slots (S) spaced along its axis and with ends which overlap in the general direction of the axis. Additionally, the wedge (W) is curved and resiliently deformable in a plane perpendicular to its depth whereby the wedge is insertable by deformation into any selected one of the slots (S) and thereafter resiliently engages spaced points of the sides of that slot so as to be self-retaining therein.

Abstract: A quick connect/disconnect assembly includes a headed bifurcated primary member or post having a secondary or locking means releasably, slidably and swingably related thereto for movements between locked and unlocked positions.

Abstract: A fastener for sheet metal has a head, a bifurcated stem, a cross-piece running radially through the stem, and a gripping keeper placed between the sides of said stem with a pin running through a cutout in said gripping keeper. At least one side of the cutout in the gripping keeper and the outer side of the gripping keeper next thereto are placed at a small angle to each other so that, after the fastener has been inserted through holes in two members to be fastened together, with the gripping keeper lined up with the stem, the gripping keeper may be turned through 90 degrees about the pin and then pushed in a direction generally normal to said stem, for example, by using a hammer, so that the two members are forced together by a wedging effect.

Abstract: According to an embodiment thereof, the stabilizer set comprises a first, basic, friction rock stabilizer for insertion into a bore formed within an earth structure, and a second, supplementary, friction rock stabilizer, having an annulus for supporting a roof plate, for insertion into the first stabilizer for frictional engagement therewith to provide (a) yieldability of the roof plate and/or (b) reinforcement of the first stabilizer. The methods of the invention, then, comprise inserting a supplementary friction rock stabilizer into a first-inserted friction rock stabilizer in order to reinforce the first, or to provide a necessary yieldability when it is anticipated that the roof plate may become unduly loaded.