Patents Examined by Roberta S Delisle
  • Wood screw
    Patent number: 11365756
    Abstract: A wood screw is disclosed herein. It comprises a screw head and a rod body integrally extended from the screw head and having a shank part and a screwing part, wherein the screwing part comprises a straight surface surrounded with a threaded section and a cutting section on which a cutting unit is formed, and wherein a root diameter of the shank part is larger than root diameters of the threaded section and the cutting section respectively, and larger than or equal to a maximum outer diameter of the cutting section defined by the cutting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kuo-Tai Hsu, Ming-Hao Hsu
  • Fire rated isolation washer
    Patent number: 11365760
    Abstract: A washer for protecting a flange. The washer is capable of withstanding high compression loads, protecting a flange plate from galvanic corrosion, and maintaining torque load when a flange joint is exposed to extreme heat. The washer has two primary components—an inner ring and an outer ring—that are preferably made of materials having dielectric properties, particularly with respect to electrical insulation. The inner ring and outer ring are preferably fit together using an interference fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventors: Damian Daigle, Joseph E. Wilson, Miguel Regato
  • Positive locking fastener
    Patent number: 11359662
    Abstract: The invention relates to a positive locking fastener comprising: a screw (1), a threaded portion (11) of which has a blind hole (110) and a groove (111); a nut (2) having a tightening portion (21); a cap (3); and a pin (4). The cap (3) has an immobilizing portion (31) intended to engage with the tightening portion (21) and a locking portion (32) intended to cooperate with the blind hole (110) to prevent said cap from rotating relative to the screw (1). The locking portion (32) also comprises openings (322) suitable for allowing the pin (4) to be inserted into said openings and into the groove (111) in order to hold the screw (1) and the cap (3) together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LISI AEROSPACE
    Inventor: Loïc Meiffre
  • Positive locking fastener
    Patent number: 11353054
    Abstract: The invention relates to a positive locking fastener comprising: a screw (1) having a cavity (110) at a threaded portion (11); a nut (2) having a tightening portion (21); a first cap (3); a second cap (4); and a pin (5). The first cap is suitable for being inserted into the cavity of the threaded portion. The second cap has a locking portion (402) intended to engage with the first cap and a blocking portion (401) intended to engage with a tightening portion (21) of the nut. The locking portion of said second cap comprises openings (4020) suitable for allowing the pin to be inserted through said openings in order to hold the first cap and the second cap together. The invention also relates to a method for implementing the fastener according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LISI AEROSPACE
    Inventors: Julien Goyer, Mohamed Abou Halima, Loïc Meiffre
  • Nut locking assembly
    Patent number: 11352128
    Abstract: A nut locking assembly may comprise a pin, a nut, and a lock ring. The pin may include an outer diameter threaded surface and a plurality of radially inward extending grooves formed between the outer diameter threaded surface and an end of the pin. The nut may include an inner diameter threaded surface and a plurality of radially outward extending grooves formed between the inner diameter threaded surface and an axial end of the nut. The lock ring may include a plurality of outer diameter protrusions and a plurality of inner diameter protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Lawson
  • High security fastener with external shroud retainer
    Patent number: 11339821
    Abstract: An improved fastener comprising a fastener body orientated about a central axis and having a tool-engaging portion, a threaded fastening portion and a shroud-receiving portion; a shroud concentrically mounted in the shroud-receiving portion to rotate relative to the fastener body under an applied external torque and having an outwardly extending annular shoulder; the shroud-receiving portion comprising an inwardly deformed stop radially overlapping the outwardly extending annular shoulder of the shroud; and the deformed stop of the shroud-receiving portion and the annular shoulder of the shroud forming a shroud-retaining element restraining the shroud from movement in at least a first axial direction along the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: McGard LLC
    Inventors: Dustin D. Bielecki, Dillon Jones, Timothy Fox, Daniel Tornow, David C. Meyer
  • Captive screw spray nozzle
    Patent number: 11333057
    Abstract: A captive screw spray nozzle comprising a screw for holding the spray nozzle on a support, the screw comprising a screw head engaging with a holding member, secured to the spray nozzle, and forming a stop for retaining the captive screw on the spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: BONTAZ CENTRE R & D
    Inventors: Frédéric Daniel Bernard Pineau, Marc Eugène Talotti, Arnaud Guy Sappey
  • Dowel pin for easy assembly and high accuracy
    Patent number: 11333186
    Abstract: A dowel pin (1) according to a first aspect with a cylindrical body (4). The cylindrical body (4) is divided into first and second parts (2,3). The first part (2) is movably connected to the second part (3) allowing only relative transverse movement between the first and second parts (2,3). According to a second aspect, the dowel pin (1) comprises a cylindrical circumferential surface (5) and first and second longitudinal ends. The circumferential surface (5) comprises a first plurality of primary radially lifted contact areas (33) at a first distance D1 from the first longitudinal end and a second distance D2 from the second longitudinal end, with D1 being less than D2, and a second plurality of secondary lifted contact areas (35,36) at a third distance D3 from the first longitudinal end and a fourth distance D4 from the second longitudinal end, D3 being larger than D4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Component 2.0 A/S
    Inventor: Janus Juul Rasmussen
  • Fasteners for high strength steel
    Patent number: 11326637
    Abstract: A fastener has a generally cylindrical shank and a driver at a first end of the shank. The shank has a thread having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side. The first and second sides form a compound angle between the shank and an apex where the first and second sides meet. The compound angle is formed by a body portion extending along the first and second sides from the shank to an intersection, and a crest portion extending along the first and second sides from the intersection to the apex. The first and second sides in the body portion form a body angle with respect to each other, and the first and second sides in the crest portion form a crest angle with respect to each other. The crest angle is greater than the body angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SEMBLEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brandt J. Ruszkiewicz, Gene M. Simpson
  • Wall nail
    Patent number: 11319980
    Abstract: A wall nail includes a rod body, a nail head, a rotary head, and a rubber cover. The rod body has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion. The nail head includes a threaded rod and a drill. Two ends of the threaded rod are integrally connected with the second end portion of the rod body and the drill respectively. The rotary head is integrally formed on the first end portion of the rod body. The rubber cover covers the peripheries of the rod body and the rotary head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: YU JIA INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Wen-Ta Lai
  • Bolt
    Patent number: 11313401
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a bolt including a main body, a head portion and a thread portion. The main body has a central axis. The head portion connects the main body. The thread portion is connected to the main body and runs around the central axis. The thread portion has a bearing surface facing toward the head portion. The bearing surface is a continuous curved surface or has an inflection point. The bearing surface includes a concave curved surface, a convex curved surface and a flank surface. The concave curved surface connects the main body. The convex curved surface is located further away from the main body than the concave curved surface. One side of the convex curved surface connects the concave curved surface, and another side of the convex curved surface connects the flank surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CHUN YU WORKS & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Ren Chu, Chih-Lung Hsieh
  • Blind tack fastener and methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 11313398
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a blind tack fastener. The blind tack fastener includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The blind tack fastener also includes a collar surrounding a portion of the elongated body. The blind tack fastener also includes a sleeve surrounding the elongated body and positioned between the second end of the elongated body and the collar. A region of the sleeve is band annealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Blake A. Simpson, Sean D. Morden
  • Spring-loaded fastening system for process chamber liners
    Patent number: 11313404
    Abstract: A spring-loaded fastening system for fastening a liner to a structure, including a spring-loaded fastener with a cleat defining an interior cavity, a spring element disposed on a floor of the interior cavity, and a shoulder bolt with head portion disposed on the spring element, with a shoulder portion of the shoulder bolt extending through a mounting aperture in a floor of the interior cavity and a threaded portion of the shoulder bolt fastened to the structure. The system further includes a hanger pocket in a rear surface of the liner including a first portion with an opening large enough to accommodate a diameter of a lower portion of the cleat and not large enough to accommodate a diameter of an upper portion of the cleat, and a second portion adjoining the first portion with an opening large enough to accommodate the diameter of the upper portion of the cleat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin F. Webb
  • Fixing disc and method for initially fixing a fastening element and removing a protective film
    Patent number: 11313394
    Abstract: A fixing disc (1) for initially fixing a fastening element (2) in an opening of a component to be fastened, in particular a facade panel, during mounting of the fastening element (2) and for cutting into and/or removing a defined region of a protective film on the component to be fastened during mounting of the fastening element (2) is described. The fixing disc (1) has a fixing means for initially holding the fastening element (2) in a predetermined position relative to the opening during mounting of the fastening element (2), at least one connecting means (4) for at least temporarily producing a connection between the fixing disc (1) and the fastening element (2), and at least one cutting and/or friction means (5) on that side of the fixing disc (1) which faces the component to be fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: EJOT Baubefestigungen GmbH
    Inventors: Kostja Heinrich, Erhard Hackler, Ulrich Knebel
  • Self-locking threaded connection element
    Patent number: 11306765
    Abstract: A self-locking threaded connection element can be a screw or a nut, and includes a thread with a set of several turns. The thread has a thread pitch which varies from one turn to another and which enables the element to be self-locking, without seizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: Estefania Docampo López, José Manuel Ramos Carrillo
  • Self-tapping screw
    Patent number: 11306761
    Abstract: A self-tapping screw includes a screw head, a screw shank having a shank body extending from the screw head along an axis, a self-tapping thread extending helically around an outer peripheral surface of the shank body and having a plurality of cutting edges continuously connected to one another and extending outwardly, radially and taperingly from the outer peripheral surface of the shank body, and a supporting unit including a plurality of supporting teeth each disposed between two adjacent ones of the cutting edges, and a plurality of concave surfaces respectively adjacent to the supporting teeth and extending inwardly from the outer peripheral surface of the shank body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TYCOONS GROUP ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pang-Hsiu Yen
  • Barrel nut
    Patent number: 11300150
    Abstract: A barrel nut for a fastener is disclosed. The barrel nut is configured to prevent axial movement of the fastener relative to a structure on which the fastener is installed. The barrel nut comprises a first part and a second part pivotable relative to the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: William Tulloch, Pat Broomfield
  • Floating nut, battery assembly and vehicle
    Patent number: 11300149
    Abstract: The present invention provides a floating nut, a battery assembly and a vehicle. The floating nut comprises a limit box defining a cavity located therein and a nut body which comprises an axially extending body and a flange radially extending from one end of the body, wherein the size of the flange is configured to adapt to fit within the cavity; and an outer contour of the flange is configured in the shape of a parallelogram, and the parallelogram is configured to have diagonal lines of unequal lengths. The floating nut, the battery assembly and the vehicle of the present invention have the advantages such as being simple in structure, easy to manufacture and convenient for installation, can be used in a limited space, and can reduce the risk of failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NIO (ANHUI) HOLDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunping Yuan, Jan Bengtsson, Nan Li, Xiaotao Tian
  • Sleeves for interference fasteners
    Patent number: 11300147
    Abstract: An expandable sleeve for an interference fastener has a hollow elongate stem extending axially between an insertion end and a head portion. The elongate stem has an inside surface and an outside surface. A portion of the stem has a fluted shape and/or has a cylindrical shape with a conical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Hartnett, Curtis M. Swartley, Charles Houle, Phil Smith, Giovanni C. Albini
  • Self-driving masonry anchor
    Patent number: 11293473
    Abstract: A self-driving masonry anchor that includes ahead configured to receive a driving bit, a threaded section extending from the bottom of the head, a drilling section following the threaded section, and a drill tip at the end of the drilling section. The threaded section includes alternating high and low threads. The high threads include notches or serrations. The low threads are double low threads such that there are two low threads between each high thread. The drilling section includes at least two flutes for the removal of debris. The drill tip includes an abrasive material which is different than the material of the drilling section such that the drill tip and drill section predrill a hole in a masonry material for the threaded section, the threaded section fastening to the masonry material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Steven Priess