Patents by Inventor Edwin D. Bowling, JR.

Edwin D. Bowling, JR. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Partially threaded bolt for use with a self-threading fastener and method of use
    Publication number: 20090220296
    Abstract: A nut for use with a self-threading bolt-like fastener possessing a cavity for collecting and compacting cuttings produced by the self-threading process. The central bore of the nut is partially threaded, the threads originating at the first end of the nut and terminating between the first end and the second end, the threads having the same pitch as the self-threading fastener it is intended for use with. The self-threading bolt-like fastener has a larger diameter across the cutting threads that the diameter of the central bore of the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventor: Edwin D. Bowling, JR.