Patents Assigned to Action Machining Corp.
  • Action piercing fastener
    Patent number: 4124050
    Abstract: A self-piercing fastener which locks itself to the metal panel upon which it is mounted for self-swaging its piercing portion to form automatic back taper thereof and by coining the margins of the pierced opening, the panel being disposed against a flat-top anvil having an opening therein providing clearance for discharge of the slug punched from the mounting material, and a method for securing self-piercing fasteners to a flat sheet metal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1978
    Assignee: Action Machining Corp.
    Inventor: George L. Ackerman