Abstract: A fastener for a heat sink of the present invention includes a length-variable operating member (10), a piston member (20), an embracing member (30), a resilient member (40) and a post (58) extending from a printed circuit board (50). The piston member is movable in the operating member when the operating member varies between a shortest length and a longest length. The resilient member covers around the piston member. The embracing member is controllable cooperatively by the piston member and the resilient member to grasp the post or release the post.

Abstract: An anchoring structure for components such as a ball-stud grommet includes a head and a plurality of retention legs defining lips in spaced, confronting relationship with a surface of the head. The legs are arranged in a circle and are provided in sufficient number and in sufficiently close spaced relation that at least one leg on opposite sides engage edges of a slot for any rotational position of the fastener relative to the slot.

Abstract: A locking device for mounting a heat sink to a CPU mounted on a printed circuit board, includes a back plate mounted below the circuit board and having a plurality of fasteners extending upwardly beyond the circuit board, and a plurality of retainers. Each retainer includes an operating member resting on a heat sink, a locking member extending through the operating member, and a pushing member extending through the locking member. The locking member includes a locking structure extending through the heat sink to engage with one of the fasteners. The pushing member includes a taper bottom portion. The pushing member is downward movable to cause the taper bottom portion to disengage the locking structure from the one of the fasteners.

Abstract: A clip includes a grommet, a pin, and a thin connection portion integrally connecting the grommet and the pin. The grommet includes a pair of expandable leg pieces and has a V-shape. The pin can relatively move inside the grommet. A through hole for guiding a top portion of the pin is defined at a tip of the V-shape of the grommet. The thin connection portion is located between an edge of the top portion of the pin and an edge of the through hole. The thin connection is cut when the pin is pushed into the inside of the grommet.

Abstract: A fastener comprises an anchor and a central pin. The anchor has a top plate to which a central leg is connected. At the free end of the central leg are two anchor arms that extend up and outward from the free end, forming an arrowhead shape. Each anchor arm has an outwardly extending lip connected to its free end. The anchor arms are flexible and can flex inward as the anchor is placed through a hole in an item to be fastened. Connected to the top surface of the top plate is a push pin. Depressing the push pin breaks the connection areas to create a two-piece anchor from the single part. The push pin comprises a push button and a pin connected to the underside of the push button. The pin consists of a vertical post having a channel therein for accommodating the central leg of the anchor. Pushing the push button downward causes the anchor arms to be pushed outward and to anchor the fastener into the items to be fastened.

Abstract: A fastener comprises an anchor and a central pin. The anchor has a top plate to which a central leg is connected. At the free end of the central leg are two anchor arms that extend up and outward from the free end, forming an arrowhead shape. The anchor arms are flexible and can flex inward as the anchor is placed through a hole in an item to be fastened. Connected to the top surface of the top plate is a push pin. Depressing the push pin breaks the connection areas to create a two-piece anchor from the single part. The push pin comprises a push button and a pin connected to the underside of the push button. The pin consists of a vertical post having a channel therein for accommodating the central leg of the anchor. Pushing the push button downward causes the anchor arms to be pushed outward and to anchor the fastener into the items to be fastened.

Abstract: The invention provides a rivet and method of installing the rivet to attach honeycomb material to other materials. The rivet is installed by drilling a hole through the materials. A back side sleeve of the rivet is inserted through one end of the hole while a front side sleeve with a stem member inserted therethrough is inserted through the other end of the hole such that the head of the stem member and the sleeve portion of the front sleeve are positioned within the sleeve portion of the back sleeve. The shank portion of the stem member is then pulled such that the head of the stem member expands the sleeve portions of the front and back sleeves into the materials to attach the rivet to the materials. A locking collar is also provided to lock the stem member to the front sleeve upon continued pulling of the stem member.

Abstract: A fastener for connecting plate members includes a male member, and a female member to be inserted into mounting holes of the plate members. The female member includes a cylinder body for receiving the main body therein, a projecting portion formed on an outer periphery of the cylinder body at one end thereof, and protruding portions formed at the other end thereof. A first engaging portion is formed on an outer surface of a main body of the male member or an inner surface of the cylinder body, and a second engaging portion engaging the first engaging portion is formed on the inner surface or the outer surface. The second engaging portion has two engaging sections and a smooth surface portion interposed therebetween. When the male member is inserted into the female member, the male member can be easily engaged with the female member.

Abstract: A fastener for securing a panel to a substrate is herein disclosed. The fastener has a body portion that is received in a substrate and a pin portion that is passed through a panel and driven into the body portion to secure the panel to the substrate. The body portion has a pair of legs that act to retain the body portion within the substrate and which incorporate an interference control mechanism that controls the force required to insert the pin portion of the fastener into the body portion. The interference control mechanism may include a bore formed through a leg of the body portion, a reduced cross-sectional area formed adjacent the base of a leg at the fastener, or an elastomeric member molded into the base of a leg of the fastener.

Abstract: Various improved methods are provided for fastening two of more steel framing members together with a fastener. In one aspect, the fastening technique employs a fastener having a tip section such that a portion of the tip section extending beyond the underside of the framing members may be outwardly flared, thereby inhibiting removal of the fastener from the framing members In another aspect, the fastening technique employs a fastener having a steel tip nose for piercing the framing members and a plastic stem section, such that a portion of the stem section extending beyond the underside of the framing members expands, thereby inhibiting removal of the fastener from the framing members. In yet another aspect, the fastening technique employs a fastener having a coil section with an elastic characteristic.

Abstract: A bioabsorbable rivet and pin fastener is formed as an elongated unit that may be used for anchoring, or for attachment of a fixation plate. The rivet has a head mechanically connected to two or more legs that extend generally distally from the head and may flex outwardly from a central rivet axis. The pin is integral with the rivet and oriented along the central axis by a connection such as a web or a plurality of braces, forming an integral, aligned, one-piece assembly that may, for example, be molded as a single piece. The connection breaks under force as the pin is driven into the rivet, so that the pin contacts internal surfaces of the legs and pushes the legs outward into frictional engagement with the surrounding bone. The one-piece assembly may be formed in a gated mold having a central pin with a relief passage that defines the braces between upper and lower portions of the rivet.

Abstract: A two-piece clip includes a grommet and a pin. The grommet includes a plurality of elastic leg portions separately extending from a flange. The pin includes a shaft for radially expanding the elastic leg portions when the shaft is inserted among the elastic leg portions through the center hole. At an intermediate portion of the shaft, a temporarily locking piece and a locking protrusion are formed. Both ends of the temporarily locking portion are coupled with the shaft in a shaft direction to have a bridge-like shape. The temporarily locking piece protrudes in an outer radial direction. The locking protrusion is adjacent to the temporarily locking piece in a shaft tip end direction. An inner peripheral edge of the flange is engaged between the temporarily locking piece and the locking protrusion so that the pin is temporarily locked to the grommet.

Abstract: The clip 1 comprises a hollow bushing 6 with a flange 10 and a shank 11, and a pin 5 with a shank 9 inserted into the bushing 6. The pin shank 9 is inserted into the bushing shank 11 to enlarge the bushing shank 11 so workpieces 2, 3 are connected to each other by the enlarged section of the bushing shank 26 and the bushing flange 10. A guide 13 extending from the end of the bushing shank so the pin shank is inserted into the bushing shank 11 without enlarging the bushing shank is formed in the end of the pin shank 5. The guide 13 has a large diameter section 14 larger than the end of the bushing shank. The diameter of the large diameter section 14 is formed so as to be larger than the diameter of a thick section 26 of the creep-deformed bushing shank when enlarged by the pin shank.

Abstract: A releasable fastening device that includes a rivet (3) that can be inserted in through openings (5, 6) of components (1, 2) that are to be mounted. The rivet (3) is provided with a projection at one end and with spreadable expansion elements (4) at its other end. A threaded bolt (8) is axially pushed into an internal counter-thread of the rivet (3) to spread the expansion elements (4). When the fastening device is assembled, the walls of the components (1, 2) or of an intermediate element (7) engage radial recesses on the circumference of the rivet (3) to hold the components securely. Bolt (8) can be unscrewed from the rivet (3) to facilitate disassembly.

Abstract: A clamp has two injection moulded tangs 1, 2 hinges together by a pin 3 and held closed by a wing nut 4 and a screw 5 having a cross-head 6. The tangs each have a tapered groove 7 running around inside them. In use, this groove engages flanges F on tubes T with a seal S therebetween to hold the tubes in sealing relationship with each other. The one tang 2 has a clevis 10 defined by two lugs 11. Each has an overhung recess 12 into which the cross-head 6 of the screw clips. A crossbar 14 connects the lugs remote from their tang, whereby the screw is limited in its angular displacement about the recesses 12, as shown in FIG. 3. The crossbar also stabilises the lugs against relative displacement under load when the nut is tightened. The other tang 1 has a part conical formation 21 on lugs 22 defining a clevis 23 similar to clevis 10. The nut has a complementary conical recess 24. Engagement of the formation 21 in the recess 24 restrains the lugs from separating under load as the nut is tightened.

Abstract: An expandable bone fastener adapted to be inserted into an untapped hole drilled in a bone, thereafter adapted to expand a plurality of barbs into the surrounding bone has an enlarged proximal end, a tubular outer body portion having an axial bore, a distal end having either expandable or non-expandable legs dimensioned to fit snugly within the hole, and an expansion pin slidably mounted within the axial bore. The tubular outer body portion of the expandable bone fastener has a plurality of longitudinal slots in the wall thereof to allow the expansion and retraction of the expansion pin's barbs into or out of the surrounding bone. The barbs on the expansion pin may be elastically deformed from a normal, retracted configuration to a locking, splayed configuration wherein the outer ends of the barbs extend outwardly through the slots in the tubular outer body portion to penetrate the surrounding bone as the expansion pin is moved in a proximal direction from a fully extended position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting element between a support, in particular part of a motor vehicle body and a bearing part which is to be fixed onto said support. The connecting element comprises an outer part (1) which can be connected to the bearing part and an inner part (2) which is used in the assembly position to expand at least one section of the outer part (1) behind and/or in an opening of the support. The outer part (1) has an upper flange (10), containing centered internal toothing (11) which can be engaged by counter-toothing (21) in the inner part (2), when in the assembly position. The inner part (2) has at least one catch groove in a catch area between two cylindrical sections. At least one counter-catch of the outer part (1) is inserted into said catch groove in the assembly position.

Abstract: The invention relates to an expansible anchor (10) for fastening to a panel-shaped building material, having an anchor sleeve (12) with forwardly projecting expansion tongues (18) that can be spread open by drawing in an expander body (24) having an expander cone (26). The invention proposes to form the expansible anchor (10) with a locking connection (20, 36) which locks the expander body (24) on the expansible anchor (10) in a position in which the expander body (24) is drawn in between the expansion tongues (18) and holds the expansion tongues (18) in a spread-open position. The invention has the advantage that the expander body (24) remains in its position in which it is drawn in between the expansion tongues (18) and holds the expansion tongues in a spread-open position even when an expander screw is unscrewed from the expansible anchor (10).

Abstract: A clip includes a grommet including a pair of expandable leg pieces, the grommet having a V-shape, a pin, which can relatively move inside the grommet, and a this connection portion integrally connecting the grommet and the pin. A through hole for guiding a top portion of the pin is defined at a tip of the V-shape of the grommet. The thin connection portion is located between an edge of the top portion of the pin and an edge of the through hole. The thin connection portion is cut when the pin is push into the inside of the grommet.

Abstract: A head-protecting airbag device includes an airbag cover mounted on the body of a vehicle for covering a folded airbag. The airbag cover includes an airbag cover body and a clip portion protruding from the back side of the airbag cover body. The clip portion is inserted into a retaining of the vehicle body and is retained by the vehicle body. The clip portion can establish two states: a first retaining state, in which the clip portion is so unextractably retained in the retaining hole that the clip portion cannot be pulled from the body; and a second retaining state, in which the clip portion is inserted farther into the retaining hole compared to the first retaining state and is extractably retained to permit extraction of the clip portion from the body. The head-protecting airbag device can firmly mount the airbag cover to and easily dismount the airbag cover from the vehicle body.

Abstract: A retaining member structure. The structure includes a retaining rod member and a joint clamping member used to retain two object members. The joint clamping member extends between the jointed surfaces of two object members and the upper thereof has receiving slots, and the lower thereof has resilient clamping plates, and the center thereof has a through round hole which is provided for the retaining rod member to extend into, to make a retaining rod extend outside the resilient retaining plate and to further push the plate open to push against the inside of the inner insert hole of an object member, to assemble the retaining member engaged by the retaining rod member and the joint clamping member for fastening two object members. The retaining rod member and the joint clamping member can be separated to withdraw from two object members.

Abstract: A fastener including a body and a looking pin is disclosed. The fastener body includes an apertured base and conjoined flexible arms extending from the base and defining a passage therebetween. The locking pin is arranged for movement relative to the fastener body along a predetermined path of travel and within the aperture and the passage defined by the flexible arms. The locking pin has a predriven position and an extended driven position. A resilient lock is provided in conjunction with the fastener body and resiliently extends into the predetermined path of travel of the pin, when said locking or drive pin is in the predriven position, thereby inhibiting movement of said locking pin toward said driven position. The lock remains in position to inhibit inadvertent linear shifting of the driving pin until the flexible arms are inserted through an opening in an article with which the fastener is arranged in operable association.

Abstract: A snap-in fastener secures two sheets together by snap fit. Extensions of the fastener body include a clinch feature that provides a permanent attachment to a first sheet of metal. Integral snap arms which extend beyond the opposite side of the first sheet provide a reusable means to attach to an appropriately sized hole in a second sheet thus uniting the two sheets. The sheets include rectangularly-shaped holes positioned in alignment through which the snap arms of the fastener pass to achieve attachment. A locking mechanism may be employed to hold the snap arms in their engaged position to prevent pull-out of the second panel. In addition, finger grips integral with the body of the fastener provide an ergonomically suitable handle for carrying the attached sheet.

Abstract: A clip 1 includes both a pin 7 having a flange 10 and a shank 11, and a bush 9 having a flange 13 and a shank 14 with the bush 9 having a hollow configuration to receive the shank of the pin 11. The shank of the bush is inserted into holes of a plurality of attachment members to be connected with each other. Then, the shank of the pin is inserted into the hollow shank of the bush to enlarge the diameter of the shank of the bush so as to connect the attachment members each other by the enlarged shank of the bush and the flange of the bush. The shank of the bush 14 includes a plurality of longitudinally extending legs 31 which are divided in the circumferential direction of the shank of the bush. Each of the legs 31 includes a thin wall portion, which extends longitudinally from the root portion of the leg adjacent to the flange of the bush to the intermediate portion 34 of the leg.

Abstract: The fastener includes a pin and a body. The pin includes longitudinal grooves which communicate with partially threaded grooved which traverse the circumference of the shank by an interger multiple of 180°. Retention fingers engage the longitudinal grooves in the pre-installed configuration and allow straight-line insertion of the pin into the body. The retention fingers are then urged outwardly by the walls of the partially threaded grooves and then snap engage into subsequent portions of the partially threaded grooves thereby preventing straight-line removal of the pin. The pin, however, can be subsequently removed by threaded rotating the pin until the retention fingers engage the longitudinal grooves. Thereafter, the pin can be manually removed by a straight-line motion.

Abstract: A clip is used to hold two or more sheet-like materials, for example, an automobile panel and a trim, together. The clip comprises a grommet having a V-shaped leg portion, a pin movable in the axial direction in a space between the V-shaped leg, and a pair of hinges coupling the pin with the V-shaped leg portion of the grommet. The V-shaped leg has a pair of leg pieces and a bottom connecting the leg pieces. The hinges are curved in the free state, and extend in planes perpendicular to the plane defined by the longitudinal axes of the leg pieces of the V-shaped leg.

Abstract: A clip is formed of a male and a female members, and can take a temporarily fastened state by inserting an inserting shaft of the male member into an inner side of leg pieces of the female member and a finally fastened state by further inserting the inserting shaft. In the finally fastened state, the leg pieces are widely opened and fixed to the inserting shaft. The clip includes engaging projections, as a correcting device, disposed between the adjacent leg pieces facing each other and allowing the widely opened leg pieces to move inwardly when the male member is moved to the temporally fastened state. Thus, the clip can be easily fastened and removed.

Abstract: A fastener for connecting plate members includes a male member, and a female member to be inserted into mounting holes of the plate members. The female member includes a cylinder body for receiving the main body therein, a projecting portion formed on an outer periphery of the cylinder body at one end thereof, and protruding portions formed at the other end thereof. A first engaging portion is formed on an outer surface of a main body of the male member or an inner surface of the cylinder body, and a second engaging portion engaging the first engaging portion is formed on the inner surface or the outer surface. The second engaging portion has two engaging sections and a smooth surface portion interposed therebetween. When the male member is inserted into the female member, the male member can be easily engaged with the female member.

Abstract: A mounting element with a connecting pin and a fastening sleeve, wherein the fastening sleeve can be fixed in place in a bore of a workpiece. So that the mounting element can be dependably and securely mounted, the connecting pin is held in a pre-plug-in position in a receptacle of the fastening sleeve. The connecting pin has a detent which, in the pre-plug-in position, rests against a shoulder of the fastening sleeve, and rests against the fastening sleeve in the direction of the insertion movement of the connecting pin into the fastening sleeve. The connecting pin and/or the fastening sleeve has a triggering device, by which the connection between the connecting pin and the fastening sleeve can be released.

Abstract: The subject matter of the invention relates to an assembly system with fastening stud as well as to a method of forming an assembly system. The assembly system comprises a fastening stud (1) and an assembly part (20) mounted on the fastening stud (1). The assembly part (20) has a receiving space (21) for receiving the fastening stud (1). When the assembly part (20) has been mounted, the inner surfaces of the receiving space (21) and the outer surface of the fastening stud (1) are frictionally connected to one another. The fastening stud (1) has a frontal opening. The fastening stud (1) is radially resilient at least in the region of the opening.

Abstract: A clip 1 is provided with a grommet 4 and a pin member 6. The grommet 4 has an axial leg 3 formed in the shape of a hollow cylinder by a plurality of elastic pieces 2. The pin member 6 is provided with an axial portion 7, recess grooves 8 and dams 10. Temporarily stopping pieces 9 are provided for the above recess grooves 8. Further, the above dams 10, 10 are formed at the leading half portions of the above recess grooves which the above axial leg comes into elastic contact with. By inserting the above axial portion 7 into a hollow portion 5 formed in the axial leg 3, the above elastic pieces 2 are expanded and plural panels are coupled to one another. At the temporarily fixing time, the temporarily stopping pieces 9 fit in fitting receivers 12 of the base ends of slits each of which is formed between the adjacent elastic pieces 2, thereby to prevent the pin member 6 from dropping out of the grommet. Further, the rotation of the pin member 6 is prevented by the dams 10.

Abstract: The grommet assembly includes a grommet head and a pin. The pin includes longitudinal guide channels and an enlarged head which may include undercuts formed immediately underneath the enlarged head. The grommet head includes grommet segments secured radially by radial bands with a nose band forming the tip of the grommet head. An aperture is formed between the grommet segments, with guide ridges formed on the interior arcuate walls to engage said longitudinal guide channels. The aperture further includes inwardly ramped surfaces which are forced apart by the enlarged head of the pin during insertion. Thereafter, in the fully installed position, the inwardly ramped surfaces engage the undercuts formed beneath the enlarged head.

Abstract: A window runner includes a clip-in member that engages a hole in a window to attach the window runner to the window. A locking member, in the form of a screw pre-mounted on the runner, is introduced into a central orifice of the clip from the side of the window which faces toward the interior of the vehicle. Flexible tabs extending from the clip lock into the periphery of the window hole. It is therefore extremely difficult to detach the clip from outside the vehicle. In consequence, any unauthorized lowering of the window by detaching the window clip-in member is no longer possible.

Abstract: A mounting element used in furniture building which is inserted into a bore of a furniture element and fixed in place therein. The mounting element includes a fastening sleeve and a connecting pin wherein the fastening sleeve is divided into deflectable holding springs and is inserted into the bore of the furniture element. The holding springs have tooth elements on an exterior and enclose a centered receptacle for the connecting pin. The connecting pin has a fastening receptacle or threaded receptacle and is connected in one piece with the fastening sleeve by gates which act as predetermined breaking points. The connecting pin is secured by the gates in a prepared position, ready to be driven. A connecting pin produced separately from the fastening sleeve is secured by partially inserting the connecting pin into the receptacle of the fastening sleeve in a prepared position, ready to be driven.

Abstract: A fastening element for attaching plate-shaped boards, and including a large-surface clamping member (2;22) with a hollow-stem (3;23) projecting from opening in the clamping member (2,22) with a hollow stem (3;23) projecting from and having a bore (5;25) opening in the clamping member (2;22) for receiving an expansion member (14) for an anchoring member (4;14); and a plug-shaped member (9;29) attached to the clamping member (2;22) with a strap (8;28) for closing the bore and having a plug-in section (11) with a sealing surface (12;32) sealing by cooperating with the bore wall and is force-lockingly retained therein, with the plug-in section (11;31) having at least one recess (13;33) provided with an undercut and a largest diameter of which corresponds to a diameter of a stem (15) of the expansion member (14) for enabling the closing member (9;29) to eclipse the shaft (15) of the expansion member (14).

Abstract: A connection element (1) between a support (2), specifically a body part of a motor vehicle, and a plate element, specifically a door or wall facing. The connection element (1) includes an upper piece (3) attachable to the plate element and a lower piece (4) connectable with a support (2). A neck-shaped intermediate region (5) is provided between the upper part (3) and the lower part (4). The intermediate region (5) is equipped with locking elements (10) and penetrates into a support opening (7) embeddable contact piece (12). The intermediate region (5) above the support (2) is surrounded by a casing part (15), which is lockable with the locking elements (10) and the contact piece (12). A sealing element (20), which acts upon the surface of the support (2), is arranged between a casing piece (15) and a contact piece (12).

Abstract: The article includes a first piece (7) provided with two flexible lugs adopting, in the absence of any force, a position of rest in which they can, over a certain length, be inserted without effort into an opening (6) in a support (1), and a second piece (30) having a fixing foot (32) adapted to cooperate with the first piece so that the fixing foot can be inserted through the first piece (7) as far as a configuration of locking on the support in which the fixing foot (32) keeps the flexible lugs on the first piece (7) separated and in which the first and second pieces (7, 30) are snapped into each other.

Abstract: A fastener assembly is integrated with a motor vehicle component such as an assist strap handle in a manner to allow the assist strap to be releasably mounted to overhead or other structural vehicle body panels. The fastener assembly includes a first set of resilient latch legs that extend from a main body of the fastener and are adapted to engage in a motor vehicle body panel opening. The latch legs are interengaged at their respective termini opposite the fastener body to facilitate insertion into the panel opening by preventing the latch legs from deflecting away from one another during movement through the opening. A second set of semi-rigid lateral support legs carried on the main body permit the fastener construction to be preassembled to another vehicle component, such as a headliner, prior to the time that the assist strap component and the headliner component are joined to the vehicle body panel.

Abstract: An airtight end retainer assembly has a premolded body with apertures and a seat area for receiving a combination stud insert, having a head, which is press fitted into the body with an o-ring seal therebetween. The retainer assembly is for use in an airspring assembly. Combinations of complementary shapes between a first body aperture and the stud head compared to a second body aperture and a central portion of the stud insert prevent relative rotation between the body and the stud insert.

Abstract: The fastener includes a body and a locking pin. The body includes a base with an aperture therethrough which is aligned with a slot formed between two downwardly extending conjoined arms. The downwardly extending conjoined arms include predrive engagement notches and locking surfaces. The locking pin includes two downwardly extending flexible legs with predrive positioning protrusions. In the predriven position of the fastener, the predrive positioning protrusions are engaged by the predrive engagement notches. In the driven position of the fastener, the predrive positioning protrusions are engaged by the locking surfaces. Additionally, in the driven position, pin retention protrusions on the locking pin are engaged by mating surfaces in the base of the body. The predrive positioning protrusions are formed in a plane which is perpendicular to the plane in which the pin retention protrusions are formed.

Abstract: A fixing clip is provided for fixing an attachment member to a panel having an attachment hole. The fixing clip includes a grommet having a plurality of extensible leg pieces for engagement with a periphery of the attachment hole, a pin to be pressed into the grommet and a seal cap for accommodating the grommet. The seal cap has a plurality of extensible pleats formed in respective places corresponding to the leg pieces of the grommet. When the leg pieces of the grommet spread and engage with the periphery of the attachment hole of the panel through the seal cap, the pleats of the seal cap stretch out to follow the spreading leg pieces, so that the seal cap can be deformed easily. Therefore, there is no fear of reducing the engagement force of the leg pieces with the periphery of the attachment hole of the panel.

Abstract: A small bracket is provided for a sun visor for a vehicle. The bracket includes a base body supporting at least two locking elements and at least one seating dome, which can be mounted by means of locking elements. The locking elements can be inserted from the visible side into cutouts in the support structure behind whose cutout edges they extend. The bracket has a cover on the visible side, on which blocking wedges for securing the locking elements are arranged. Each locking element has two legs that can be brought into engagement transversely in respect to the insertion direction at oppositely located cutout edges. One leg of each locking element is arranged separated from the base body and movable in relation to it in the engagement direction. The bracket has an interlocking coupling that can be engaged in the engagement direction between the movable leg and the base body.

Abstract: A vibration-isolating system for mounting a cathode ray tube monitor to an enclosed audio base includes an annular vibration-isolating grommet having an axial bore; a snap cap including an annular portion having a surface for supporting the grommet and an axial aperture, at least two legs extending substantially perpendicularly from the annular portion opposite the surface astride the aperture to distal ends, and a nub extending radially from the distal end of each leg; and an elongated member configured to fit about the legs, through the axial aperture and through the axial bore, and to attach to a cathode ray tube housing.

Abstract: The device comprises a foot (7) equipped with two pairs of mutually opposite lugs (10A, 10B, 12A, 12B) one of which carries a crosspiece (11) having a portion (18) in the form of a wedge which points towards a slot situated between the lugs (12A, 12B) of the other pair, the crosspiece (11) having a body (17) in which a housing (19) is formed for a metal nut (4) with which the threaded metallic shank of a screw (3) engages, the screw (3) serving to drive the crosspiece (11) towards the base member (5) so that the lugs (10A, 10B) of the first pair flex while the wedge (18) causes the lugs (12A, 12B) of the other pair to bend outwards.The fastening support (1) also comprises a hook (6) provided for the pivot of a sun visor.

Abstract: A plastic rivet is composed of a resilient material and has a drive pin and a body. Drive pin has a head and a shank. Distal end of shank has a pair of resilient legs, and proximal end of shank has a transverse hole forming deflectable walls. A first pair of protrusions project radially outwardly from the legs, and a second pair of protrusions project radially outwardly from the walls. Body has a head and elongated portion insertable into holes in members to be joined. The elongated portion is comprised of a pair of outwardly tapered longitudinal members projecting from the head and interconnected by an inwardly tapered nose. Shank of drive pin is insertable into a passage which extends through the head and elongated portion of the body. When drive pin is predriven into the body, the first pair of protrusions engages into slots in the passage, retaining the drive pin within the body. As drive pin is driven into the body, legs and walls deflect inwardly.

Abstract: A plastic fastener for securely and reliably fastening a cover plate to a rack cabinet includes a fastener part and a pin. The fastener part has a pierced shaft which includes tabs or similar appendages and two spaced flange-like collars. The fastener part is inserted in a hole in a rack cabinet and the pin is then inserted in the pierced shaft of the fastener part, which forces the tabs to spread outward from the fastener part to fix the fastener part in the hole. The cover plate is then pushed between the two flange-like collars.

Abstract: A device for securing a holder to a bore support formed with an undercut blind bore has a sleeve-like plug and a bolt received therein. The plug is formed with a central axis-defining passage having a smooth inner wall, a plurality of axially extending and radially throughgoing slits open at an inner end of the plug and defining a plurality of axially inwardly extending and radially deflectable tongues, and an annularly continuous outer portion from which the tongues extend. The bolt has a smooth outer surface and is shaped and dimensioned to fit complementarily into the passage with outward deflection of the tongues. The bolt and passage are of generally the same axial length so that when fully inserted in the passage the bolt is flush with the outer portion.

Abstract: The fastener, which is typically made of thermoformed or similar plastic, includes a shank portion at least two parallel fingers which further include a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the fingers is integral with a base portion and the distal end of the fingers is integral with bridge elements which attach to a wedge element. A driving pin is attached to the base portion and is aligned with a gap formed between the at least two parallel fingers. The parallel fingers further include lateral serrated portions and radially oriented stabilizing fins. Upon impact to the driving pin when the fastener is placed into a blind threaded aperture, the wedge portion forces apart the distal ends of the parallel fingers, while the driving pin forces apart the proximal ends of the parallel fingers thereby driving the serrated portions of the fingers against the threads of the blind threaded aperture.

Abstract: A connector for plates, including a connector body having a base plate bent at its intermediate portion to form plate insert recesses and, and pin insert holes formed through the base plate; a pin member having a shaft portion and a head portion formed at one end of the shaft portion, the shaft portion having elastically deformable locking lugs, the other end portion of the shaft portion being inserted in at least one of the pin insert holes; and breakable connecting portions integrally formed between the other end portion of the shaft portion and the inner circumferential surface of the at least one pin insert hole, for connecting the pin member and the connector body. With this structure, the plates can be reliably connected and fixed together by the connector with a simple operation.

Abstract: A sheet metal construction system is provided with a support strut having an elongated channel. A piece of sheet metal having an aperture is positioned on the strut with the aperture positioned over a portion of the channel. A rivet is received within the aperture and extends into the channel where it grips the strut. In this way, the aperture in the sheet metal can be positioned anywhere along the length of the channel and there is much greater freedom in the placement of rivets. The strut is also provided with channels for receiving braces and hangers for suspending a finished sheet metal product, such as a plenum for a clean room.