Shank Structure Patents (Class 411/424)
  • Patent number: 11904375
    Abstract: An elongated securement member for enabling the accurate alignment and securement of a first plate and a second plate together through a configured bore arranged therebetween, the elongated securement member having a first for securement member upper end and a second or securement member lower end. The first or securement member having a longitudinal axis, the upper end of which also having a tapered or wedge inducing non-cylindrical portion, the second or securement member lower end having a threaded portion of a diameter D1 and a middle cylindrical portion of a diameter D2, and an annularly arranged channel formed at a juncture of the tapered or wedge inducing non-cylindrical portion of the securement member upper end and the middle cylindrical portion of diameter D1 of the securement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Richard J. Greenleaf
  • Patent number: 11852180
    Abstract: The invention relates to a joining element (10, 50, 70, 100, 130) for connection to at least one component layer (34, 62, 84, 112), comprising a head (12, 52) having a head supporting surface (16, 140) for abutment against a component layer and at least one drive feature (14), via which the joining element can be rotated. The joining element further comprises a shaft (17), which ends via a hole forming element (18, 54, 90, 106) in a point (38), wherein the length of the shaft, from the head supporting surface to the point, is shorter than five times the maximum shaft outer diameter (DMax), wherein the shaft has a holding region (H) for connection to the component layer. A removal region having a removal profile (20, 56, 72, 102, 134) extends on the shaft, subsequent to the holding region in the direction of the point (38), and the removal region starts spaced apart from the head supporting surface at a distance of at least once the maximum shaft outer diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: EJOT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Mario Maiwald, Eberhard Christ
  • Patent number: 11761067
    Abstract: Provided herein are techniques for making low-carbon steels with high surface hardness. A technique includes heating a low-carbon steel precursor material in a furnace to form molten steel material, increasing the free oxygen content of the molten steel material to a predetermined level, and then solidifying the molten steel material having the predetermined oxygen level to produce a steel structure by cooling the molten steel material at a predetermined cooling rate. The predetermined oxygen level and the predetermined cooling rate are effective to produce the low-carbon steel with a high surface hardness. The low-carbon steel may have inclusions smaller than about 1 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Huigai Li, Ke Han, Yan Xin, Shaobo Zheng, Liuxing Wang, Qijie Zhai
  • Patent number: 11684355
    Abstract: Suture anchors are disclosed having suture locking features able to lock multiple suture ends extending from a body tissue, such as from a bone tunnel, with a single device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CROSSROADS EXTREMITY SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Kwan-Ho Chan, James Murphy, T. Wade Fallin, Patrick M. White
  • Patent number: 11060554
    Abstract: A fastener with a body with a shank, a head adjacent one end of and integral with the shank, and a shoulder adjacent the head, and a separate washer with a through hole received on the shank, bearing on the shoulder and securely fastened to the shank. The body and washer may have an interference fit. The body may be made and the washer attached by cold forming the body with a ring bearing on the washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: ANKARA INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Richard E. Moore
  • Patent number: 10871181
    Abstract: In a method for producing a connecting element, in particular a bolt, a zinc anti-friction coating is applied to a blank made of a metallic base material. Subsequently, the coated blank is deformed in a deformation process to a desired final geometry of the bolt. The deformation process may, in particular, be a thread rolling process. The anti-friction coating is applied in particular by way of a zinc diffusion method. The bolt is in particular an engine bolt, specifically a connecting rod bolt. A bolt of this type has a durability as conventional bolts, but at the same time can be mounted repeatedly by virtue of the formation of the special anti-friction coating without the coefficients of friction increasing above permissible limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Richard Bergner Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Roland Bingeser, Helene Pramschuefer
  • Patent number: 10465077
    Abstract: A method to prevent corrosion of a susceptible article of a two-article system, in which first and second articles of the two-article system have surfaces facing one another and in which the two articles have different anodic indices includes applying a coating material to the surface of the first article and curing the coating material on the surface of the first article. The method further includes contacting and securing the surface of the first article with the surface of the second article. The two articles exhibit substantially no corrosion following exposure to a corrosive environment under standard GMW17026 for a 15 year simulated test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Nylok LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Stupar, Franco A. Cisternino, Eugene D. Sessa, Robin F. Monahan
  • Patent number: 10385897
    Abstract: In order to provide an anchor element for fastening an article to a further article, this anchor element being simple and inexpensive to produce and enabling an article to be fastened to a further article simply and reliably, it is proposed that the anchor element should include a base body that takes a hollow form, at least in certain regions, and surrounds a receiving space for receiving a fastening element, wherein the base body includes one or more elastically yielding spring elements that are formed by one or more wall portions of the base body, and these project into the receiving space in an installed condition of the anchor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Lamello AG
    Inventors: Philipp Seiler, Patrick Jeker
  • Patent number: 10022171
    Abstract: Bone screws, such as polyaxial bone screws, with dilations located between the screw head and the threaded portion of the screw, for use in preserving polyaxial functionality of the screw head and/or to which crosslinks may be coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Scott & White Healthcare
    Inventor: Christopher Chaput
  • Patent number: 9944025
    Abstract: The disclosure refers to a method for manufacturing rod-shaped components of composite material, for example rowings or fillers, wherein a laminate is layered by automatically laying up a plurality of plies of composite material, which is then cut in an automated machine to obtain a plurality of rods having substantially the same cross-sectional shape. The obtained rods are then simultaneously conformed by applying heat and pressure to obtain rods with the desired cross-sectional shape. With the method of the disclosure, a large number of these types of components are produced with improved quality and in a very simple manner, using the machinery and equipment already commonly existing in a factory of aeronautic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.
    Inventors: Gabriel Cruzado Parla, Pablo Lopez Fernandez, Aitor Echevarria Hernandez, Alberto Martinez Cerezo, Alberto Mulas De Lamo, Maria Mora Medias
  • Patent number: 9869337
    Abstract: A ceramic fastener is constructed according to a method where the ceramic fastener has an outer shell of a strong ceramic material such as alumina or zirconia, and the outer shell has an interior bore filled with a glass-ceramic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Julie M. Drexler
  • Patent number: 9709086
    Abstract: A self-drilling, self-cleaning fastener for a panel includes a head having a top side and an underside. The head has a diameter. A shank depends from an underside of the head and has a diameter less than the diameter of the head. A knurled region is adjacent the shank. The knurled region has a diameter and a plurality of spiral formed knurls having a twist in a first direction. The knurls define a major circumference as measured around peaks of the knurls. A threaded region is adjacent the knurled region and has a diameter less than the diameter of the knurled region. The threaded region has a thread form having a twist in a second direction opposite the first direction. A driving point is at an end opposite the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Yongping Gong, Daniel A. Sherrer
  • Patent number: 9581184
    Abstract: There is provided a screw for fastening a wooden member which includes: a shank that extends along a datum line; a head that is disposed at an end of the shank and has a plate portion having a cross-section that narrows as it goes to the shank such that the boundary of the cross-section and the datum line make a plate angle; and a tapered blade that protrudes from the outer side of the plate portion, has a bottom perpendicular to the datum line and a side making an obtuse angle with the bottom, and has a taper angle that is made by the side and the datum line and is 2.50° to 12.5° smaller than the plate angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sae Han Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-Kuuk Ban
  • Patent number: 9387605
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a reinforcing member (2) consisting of fiber-reinforced plastic for mineral construction materials, in particular for concrete. In the method, curing the composite fiber rod (1) takes place in at least three stages (7, 16, 25) sequencing one after another, wherein after the first stage of curing (7) at least one radiation-reflecting and/or thermally-insulating covering agent (15) is applied onto the pre-cured composite fiber rod (1), wherein a second stage of curing (16) of the composite fiber rod (1), together with the covering agent(s) (15) applied is executed, in which the composite fiber rod (1) is further cured in the regions (14) not covered by the covering agents (15) by the supply of heat and/or radiation, and wherein the deformation (23) of the composite fiber rod (1) is executed between the second stage of curing (16) and the final stage of curing (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: FiReP Rebar Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Kenichi Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 9291189
    Abstract: A fastener is provided. The fastener includes an elongated shank having a longitudinal axis. The fastener also includes a head portion formed at a first end of the shank. The head portion includes an annular flange extending radially from the longitudinal axis. The fastener also includes a knurled section extending along at least a portion of the shank and disposed adjacent to the annular flange. The knurled section includes a plurality of grooves circumferentially surrounding the portion of the shank. The fastener also includes a smooth section extending along at least a portion of the shank and disposed adjacent to the knurled section. The fastener also includes a helical threaded portion extending axially along at least a portion of said shank toward a second end of the shank and disposed adjacent to the smooth section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: United Steel and Fasteners
    Inventor: Isaac Sargis
  • Patent number: 9200661
    Abstract: A flow drill screw can retain a structure and includes a shank extending along a longitudinal axis. The shank includes a first shank end and a second shank end opposite the first shank end. The flow drill screw further includes a pointed tip coupled to the first shank end. The pointed tip includes at least one facet. The flow drill screw also includes a stud extending from the shank along the longitudinal axis and away from the first shank end. The stud includes a first stud end and a second stud end opposite the first stud end. Further, the stud includes external threads between the first and second stud ends. The flow drill screw includes an annular flange coupled to the second shank end and the first stud end. Moreover, the flow drill screw includes a head coupled to the second stud end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Anthony A. Bosco
  • Patent number: 9173042
    Abstract: A screw-shaped anchoring fixture for anchoring a prosthesis in the skull bone. The anchoring fixture comprises a main body configured to be implanted into the bone and a flange configured to function as a stop to prevent the main body from completely penetrating through the bone. The main body comprises a distal tapered apical portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The inner diameter of the second portion is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion. The method for inserting the anchoring fixture includes providing the anchoring fixture, drilling a hole, and inserting the anchoring fixture into the hole until the flange contacts the skull bone, wherein the hole has a diameter that is greater than the inner diameter of the first portion and less than the outer diameter of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Lars Jinton, Erik Holgersson, Peter Elmberg
  • Publication number: 20150128409
    Abstract: A sealing process of LED modules includes a waterproof wire put through a wire-through hole of a heat sink to be connected with a positive-negative solder joints on a PCB board, which are subjected to glue sealing treatment. A waterproof sealing process is operated between the waterproof wire and wire-through hole. The PCB board is fixed on the heat sink. One sealing ring is placed into a groove. A ring of liquid silica gel is evenly applied along the other groove. The heat sink installed with the PCB board and the waterproof wire are inversely buckled on the lens set which is fixed with the solid silica gel ring and liquid silica gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Kai Chen, Jianming Huang, Huali Lu
  • Patent number: 9016995
    Abstract: A fastener includes a cylindrical shaft, a screw head located at an uppermost portion of the cylindrical shaft and comprising a tool indentation therein, a threaded portion on the cylindrical shaft comprising a plurality of external threads, and a countersinking portion located between the threaded portion and the screw head and comprising a cutting section. The countersink portion is tapered from a first diameter equal to a diameter of the threaded portion to a second diameter that is equal to or larger than a diameter or a maximum width of the screw head. The countersinking portion is configured to form a countersink hole in a receiving material as the fastener is rotated and forced into the receiving material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald John Janowicz, Sr., Karin Erika Mason
  • Patent number: 8974165
    Abstract: A screw has an outer diameter in a range of 0.3 mm to 1.4 mm. The screw includes resin and carbon fiber which is dispersed in the resin and has a fiber diameter in a range of 0.01 ?m to 0.20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Yumi, Yasuo Kondo, Makoto Kato
  • Publication number: 20150052735
    Abstract: Fasteners are provided that include a head and having a head, a tip end having a tip, a first body portion having first threads having a pitch angle, and a second body portion having second threads, the second threads having a different pitch than the first threads. The first body portion is adjacent to the tip end of the fastener and extends a first distance along a length of the fastener towards the head end. The second body portion is adjacent to the first body portion, and extends the head end of the fastener and extending a second distance along the length of the fastener towards the head end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Michael A. Kochheiser
  • Patent number: 8961091
    Abstract: Embodiments relates to a fastener having a head portion and an interlock portion comprising a bulk solidifying amorphous alloy comprising a metal alloy. The fastener could further have a screw portion. Other embodiments relate to methods of making and using the fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Matthew S. Scott, Stephen P. Zadesky, Richard W. Heley, Dermot J. Stratton, Joseph C. Poole
  • Patent number: 8944735
    Abstract: The invention provides a sealer to be used for a bolt including a sprayed preservative coating coated onto at least a threaded portion. The sealer contains a wax therein in the range of 1 to 10 mass % both inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: Fuji Engineering Co., Ltd., Fujigiken Co., Ltd., West Nippon Expressway Company Limited
    Inventors: Masanobu Sugimoto, Yasuo Murayama, Kenichi Yamada, Yasutoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 8939692
    Abstract: A screw having a polygonal cross section exhibits a threaded section and a forming section adjoining the threaded section and extending as far as a front rounded end of the screw and, if necessary, being free of threads. The lateral line of the forming section, if necessary free of threads, runs smoothly and without interruption from the threaded section as far as the tip at a constant curvature. The screw serves for the attachment of an element to a sheet metal component, whereby said screw engages in an existing hole in the sheet metal component and forms the thread itself. Said screw is thereby also capable of enlarging the hole and forming a raised rim hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Arnold Umformtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Werthwein
  • Publication number: 20150003935
    Abstract: A steel is used for providing a bolt that has a high strength and still exhibits excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance. The steel contains C of 0.30% to 0.50%, Si of 1.0% to 2.5%, Mn of 0.1% to 1.5%, P of greater than 0% to 0.015%, S of greater than 0% to 0.015%, Cr of 0.15% to 2.4%, Al of 0.010% to 0.10%, N of 0.001% to 0.10%, Cu of 0.1% to 0.50%, Ni of 0.1% to 1.0%, Ti of 0.05% to 0.2%, and V of 0% to 0.2%, with the remainder including iron and inevitable impurities, in which a ratio [Ni]/[Cu] is 0.5 or more, and a total content [Ti]+[V] is 0.085% to 0.30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yosuke Matsumoto, Atsushi Inada, Masamichi Chiba
  • Publication number: 20140377035
    Abstract: Phosphated screw which after phosphating is provided with a siliceous sealing layer and has been rolled only after phosphating and after application of the siliceous sealing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Ruia Global Fasteners AG
    Inventor: Thorsten Schraer
  • Publication number: 20140335345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a screw, having a shank which is provided with a thread, produced from a material which is suitable for a strength-increasing thermal treatment and is resistant to corrosion, and to the use of a screw of this type in a corrosive environment in conjunction with a corrosion-resistant component to be screwed, and, furthermore, to a method for producing a screw of this type. Screws of this type are used, in particular, for direct screwing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Baier & Michels GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Olaf Ambros
  • Publication number: 20140328646
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-tapping screw with a head and an outer thread support. The core cross-section of the outer thread support has the shape of a rounded n-sided polygon, n being a prime number >3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Kurt Müller
  • Patent number: 8876451
    Abstract: Provided is a high-strength bolt which has a tensile strength of 1,200 MPa or more while exhibiting excellent ductility and delayed facture resistance, and further has an excellent impact toughness which had not been obtained in the conventional high-strength bolt. The high-strength bolt has a tensile strength of 1.2 GPa or more and includes a threaded portion and cylindrical neck portion. The bolt has K of 0.8 or more and satisfies Ho<Hs, where K is defined by the equation: (Ao×Ho)/(As×Hs)=K, in which Ao is an effective cross-sectional area of the cylindrical neck portion with a diameter larger than that of the threaded portion, Ho is a Vickers hardness of a portion at which Ao is measured, As is an effective cross-sectional area of the threaded portion, and Hs is a Vickers hardness of the threaded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: National Institute for Materials Science, Fusokiko Co., Ltd., Kyowa Kogyosyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuji Kimura, Tadanobu Inoue, Shuji Murasaki, Mataichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8845252
    Abstract: A bolt (10) for securing timber to any other material, comprises: a bolt head (101) with a series of spiked teeth (102) on its underside; a cylindrical bolt rod (103) extending from the bolt head (101) is threaded and split into two rods (105a,b) at its free end, so as to define a slot (106) therebetween. In use a user drills a hole through pieces of timber to be secured together, and hammers the bolt through the hole. The spiked teeth on the bolt head lock into the timber, securing the bolt at one end. At the free, split end of the bolt rod, a washer and nut are tightened onto the bolt. A cold chisel is hammered into the slot between the split ends of the rod, bending the ends outwards and thus preventing the nut from loosening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventors: Mark Doye, Daniel Hardingham
  • Publication number: 20140271035
    Abstract: A screw made of a high-strength composite material includes a head with a first end, a second end, and a first containing portion in the head and having an opening at the second end of the head which is made of a first material like plastic, fiber, rubber or silicone; a thread, with a first end, a second end, and a second containing portion in the thread and having an opening at the first end of the thread, and the first end of the thread being coupled to the second end of the head, and the first containing portion of the head and the second containing portion of the thread forming a space, and the thread being made of the first material; and an enhanced post body contained in the first and second containing portions and made of a second material like metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: TING-JUI WANG
  • Publication number: 20140140788
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide threaded elements alone, in mating pairs, or in conjunction with other elements. Embodiments of the invention also provide for design and fabrication of such threaded elements without violating minimum feature size design rules or causing other interference issues that may result from the fabrication of such thread elements using a multi-layer multi-material electrochemical fabrication process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Uri Frodis, III, Adam L. Cohen, Christopher R. Folk
  • Publication number: 20140023457
    Abstract: A masonry screw has a shank having a leading end, a trailing end and a longitudinal axis and a thread winding around the shank. The thread has a leading flank and a trailing flank. Between an adjacent leading flank and trailing flank the shank has a non-uniform diameter to define a depression between those adjacent leading and trailing flanks. The depression has a first inclined face that faces the trailing end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Paul Gaudron, Jacob Olsen
  • Publication number: 20140014407
    Abstract: A cable clamp assembly includes a bracket and first and second fasteners. The first fastener includes a head, a threaded region, and a neck region. The second fastener includes a head, a lower threaded region, an upper threaded region, a lower neck region, and an upper neck region. The first fastener is captured in a first aperture of the bracket by location of the neck region of the first fastener in the first aperture. The second fastener is captured in a second aperture of the bracket by location of the upper neck region of the second fastener in the second aperture. The cable clamp assembly is captured to a wall by arranging the lower neck region of the second fastener to extend through a bore of the wall such that the upper and lower threaded regions of the second fastener are located on opposite sides of the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Eric S. Krieg, Bruce A. Behrendt, Gregory D. Ziegler, Craig R. Winterhalter
  • Publication number: 20140003881
    Abstract: Phosphated screw which after phosphating is provided with a siliceous sealing layer and has been rolled only after phosphating and after application of the siliceous sealing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Ruia Global Fasteners AG
    Inventor: Thorsten Schraer
  • Patent number: 8616816
    Abstract: A fastener for composite or plastic material having a dense composition employs a head which has a socket and a recessed underside and a lower rim. In one embodiment, the shank has an upper portion with an enlarged diameter and a left hand thread while the lower portion has a tri-lobed configuration and is traversed by a right hand thread. The right hand thread may have a plurality of notches which, in one embodiment, are arranged in a spiral array. One embodiment of a fastener has longitudinally spaced rings which project from an enlarged diameter portion of the shank. The lower portion of the shank has a thread with a plurality of notches. The rings have a major diameter and spacing greater than the major diameter and spacing of the thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Handy & Harman
    Inventors: Joseph A. Pieciak, Jr., Richard Belinda, Peter Barenski, Jr., Tad A. Weiss
  • Patent number: 8616817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a screw nail (1) for connecting plane components in dry construction by means of an automatic nailer, in particular for fixing surface elements onto a metallic substructure, the screw nail having a shaft (2) on one end region of which a head (3), and on the other end of which a hole formation region (5) extending to a point (4) or to a shape similar to a point (5) are formed, the shaft (2) being provided with a knurling (6), wherein the shaft (2) has a first knurling section (6a), in particular in a region of the shaft (2) adjacent to the hole formation region (5) in which the knurling (6) extends substantially parallel to a central axis of the shaft (2), and at least one second knurling section (6a) adjacent to the latter, in which an angle of elevation (5) of the knurling (6) formed between the central axis of the shaft (2) and the knurling (6) increasing constantly towards the head (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Raimund Beck Nageltechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Siemers
  • Patent number: 8613580
    Abstract: A fastening device for securing panels together. Threads are formed along an outer circumference of a shank of the fastening device. The shank is coaxially connected to a head configured to be engaged by and to transfer torque loads from a tool to the shank. The shank comprises concentric cylindrical braid layers that each includes braided reinforcing fibers infiltrated with a resin matrix and adhesive layers may be disposed between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel H. Hecht
  • Publication number: 20130315689
    Abstract: A fiber reinforced plastic bolt (FRP) and a method for producing the same are disclosed. The FRP bolt is useful in the industrial areas which require a bolt having electric-insulation, anti-corrosive, thermal-insulation, and non-magnetic properties. The method for producing the FRP bolt includes the steps of: winding a prepreg around a surface of an internal body, wherein the internal body includes a first reinforcing fiber which is unidirectionally aligned along the axis of the bolt, and a synthetic resin which is impregnated into the first reinforcing fiber, and the prepreg includes a second reinforcing fiber and a thermosetting resin which is impregnated into the second reinforcing fiber; forming a fiber reinforced plastic round bar by heat-hardening the prepreg; and forming a screw thread on the surface of the fiber reinforced plastic round bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicants: SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., SK CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoon-Heui JEONG, Yong-Min PARK, Hyun-Seok KIM
  • Patent number: 8556556
    Abstract: A fastener with a breakaway and methods of using the same. In one embodiment the fastener is a screw having a head and elongated stem, adapted to be easily manipulated by a user when using the screw as a fastener in a hinge or joint. A means of holding a screw by providing a breakaway tab or non-threaded second portion of the elongated stem which can be used to align and insert the screw into a screw hole in the process of engaging threads in the screw hole with threads of the screw. After engaging the threads in the screw hole, such as after the screw has been essentially completely inserted into the screw hole, the breakaway tab or non-threaded second portion of the elongated stem of the screw may be broken off at a breakaway and discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: FBB Asset Management Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Nancy Kathryn Tedeschi
  • Patent number: 8517654
    Abstract: A threaded bolt includes a head (11), a load cation section (12) having a bar-shaped core region (17), an attachment section (13), with the head (11), the core region (17), and the attachment section (13) being formed as a one-piece part formed of metal, and a thread (15)-carrying threaded sleeve (16) formed of a plastic material and secured radially outwardly on the core region (17), with the thread (15) of the threaded sleeve (16) forming the outer thread of the load-application section (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhard Buhri, Stefan Boenig
  • Patent number: 8511962
    Abstract: A connecting member for two parts includes a first half (2) and a second half (3) meeting at a center (M) of the connecting member (1). The first half (2) includes a first number of ramp portions (41-45) widening toward center (M) in an axial direction (X) thereof. The second half (3) includes a second number of ramp portions (51-55) widening toward center (M) in an axial direction (X) thereof so that the first half (2) and the second half (3) have opposite toothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Andrea Schuech, Peter Haas
  • Patent number: 8511958
    Abstract: A screw with double notches includes a head portion, a shank portion extended outward from the head portion, a threaded section spirally surrounded on the shank portion. Wherein, a raw section on the shank portion is provided with a cambered surface formed integral with the shank portion in cross-section, and a notched section relative to the raw section has two cutting notches separately depressed into the shank portion and disposed near an end of the shank portion, thereby forming a protrudent part between the two cutting notches. By means of the cooperation of the cutting notches and the raw section, the cutting capability and the removal of debris are increased so that a fastened object is prevented from split. Thereby, the drilling speed is promoted, and the effort to rotate the screw is lessened. While the supporting strength of the screw is improved, the screw does not break easily while screwing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Essence Method Refine Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 8511960
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide threaded elements alone, in mating pairs, or in conjunction with other elements. Embodiments of the invention also provide for design and fabrication of such threaded elements without violating minimum feature size design rules or causing other interference issues that may result from the fabrication of such thread elements using a multi-layer multi-material electrochemical fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Microfabrica Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher R. Folk
  • Patent number: 8506224
    Abstract: A fastener including a bolt and a grommet assembly attached to the bolt for fastening to a work piece. The grommet assembly includes an upper grommet, a lower grommet attached to the upper grommet, a retainer ring, and a housing that houses the retainer ring within the lower grommet. The upper grommet is inserted into a hole at one side of the work piece and the lower grommet is attached to the upper grommet through the hole at an opposite side of the work piece. The retainer ring is inserted into the lower grommet and encapsulated by the housing. The bolt is inserted into the grommet assembly, and the retainer ring engages the bolt such that a plurality of pressure pads extending from a plurality of corresponding spring beam elements of the retainer ring reside in an annular groove of the bolt. The grommet assembly captivates the bolt onto the work piece, while providing a positive hold out of the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Cosenza, Luke Haylock, Rodrigo Pinheiro, Edgar Frias
  • Patent number: 8506226
    Abstract: A security screw formed by a cylinder part divided in two parts in the threaded area with a division line in a partial way of the axial axle or very close to it. In one of these parts a cylinder area has been removed, coaxial (max. eccentricity: 1% of the radius of the thread), with the result that both parts can be moved between themselves, with the thread lined up or not lined up depending on the function of the angle position. Depending on the removed area position, the nut can be threaded or unscrewed. In addition, the nut can be unblocked by immobilizing these parts in the corresponding angle position according to the lining up of the threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Inventors: Jordi Matarrodona Martínez, Antonio Bullich Traveset
  • Patent number: 8485769
    Abstract: A self-tapping screw is disclosed. The screw includes a shaft which has a first end and an opposing second end with a load-engaging structure, and a thread that extends at least in sections over the length of the shaft. Several wear indicators are provided on the thread. Identifiers are provided on the screw for identifying the wear indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Falk Rosenkranz, Corinna Achleitner, Ralf Zitzmann, Isaiah Freerksen
  • Publication number: 20130164098
    Abstract: A mounting device includes a mounting piece and a mounting member. The mounting piece defines a stepped hole and includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a blocking ring in the stepped hole. The mounting member is rotatably mounted in the stepped hole and includes a threaded portion. The blocking ring is between the top surface and the bottom surface. When the mounting member is moved towards the bottom surface, the threaded portion extends out of the bottom surface and locks into an object to secure the mounting piece to the object. When the mounting member is moved towards the top surface, the threaded portion is retracted back to the stepped hole, and the blocking ring prevents the mounting member from moving out of the mounting piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 8465241
    Abstract: A method for making composite fasteners includes the provision of a mold containing an elongated cavity having a long axis and the shape of the fastener body, an elongated insert comprising a plurality of long, interwoven or intermingled first reinforcing fibers, and a hardenable liquid matrix that may include a plurality of short, second reinforcing fibers suspended therein. The insert is placed in the cavity such that the long reinforcing fibers are disposed generally parallel to the long axis of the cavity. The mold cavity is then filled with the liquid matrix such that the short reinforcing fibers are distributed generally uniformly throughout the mold cavity, and the liquid matrix of the suspension is then hardened so as to form a hardened fastener body encapsulating the first and second reinforcing fibers. The molded fastener is then removed from the mold, either for immediate use or for subsequent processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kevin O. Gaw, Randall A. Rogers
  • Patent number: RE47102
    Abstract: A towing assembly is provided including a hitch ball receiver having a hitch ball mounting aperture and a recess around the aperture, a hitch ball including a base and a mounting shank where the base is sized and shaped to be received in the recess and a fastener engaging the shank and securing the hitch ball to the hitch ball receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Charles W Krespach, Robert A Schmidt, Jacob S Belinky, Richard J Stanley