Abstract: The anchoring rod for anchoring an article to a base using a compounded mass including a synthetic resin, has a threaded portion at its rear end for fixing the article; a threaded nut engagable on the threaded portion for applying a mounting torque; a head having a shoulder facing toward the rear end, an outer surface tapering towards the front end of the anchoring rod and having a wedge-like tip at the front end; a conical portion connecting the head and the threaded portion and tapering toward the head; and a resilient annular washer bearing on the shoulder of the head.

Abstract: A leakproof washer includes a resilient annular base and a rupturable annular capsule secured on a top face of the annular base. The base and the capsule have inner peripheral walls which cooperatively confine an axial through opening. The capsule contains a hardening agent therein.

Abstract: An adhesively secured fastener for use with a wide variety of substrates which provides a safer and more effective method of storing, transporting, delivering and using a quick setting adhesive while protecting against contact of the adhesive contained therein with the user of the fastener.

Abstract: A fastener is provided which is adapted to be at least partially embedded within a intake manifold. The fastener comprises a first threaded section and a second section. The second section has a first end part defining a shoulder for making contact with a first portion of a mold during formation of the workpiece and a second end part having an outer end face for making contact with a second portion of the mold during formation of the workpiece. The second section further includes a crush-boss extending outwardly from the outer end face for contacting the second portion of the mold and thereby ensuring that the second section of the fastener is compressively engaged by the first and second portions of the mold during formation of the workpiece.

Abstract: In the space shuttle, a cargo bay storage rack was required which was to be manufactured from a metal-plastic composite and bolted to a cargo structure. Following completion, utilization of the rack was disallowed due to tolerances, that is, the size differences between the outside bolt diameter and the inside hole diameter. In addition to the space shuttle problem there are other close tolerance requirements for bolts. Such environments often benefit from close tolerance bolting. Frequently such fabrication is not cost effective. Consequently there is a need for means of achieving close tolerances between bolts and bolt holes. Such means are provided herein. After compressing the elements together a strong rigid plastic, ceramic, or ceramic plastic fluid is forced into a channel extending through the bolt.

Abstract: A construction anchor for mounting an object on a structure of masonry, concrete, metal or the like includes a metal anchoring portion and a plastic cap. The anchor is adapted to be inserted, metal end first, into a pre-drilled adhesive-filled hole. The cap has a flange that is larger than the hole diameter, so that the anchor may be inserted and seated in the hole at a consistent depth. When the adhesive has set, a screw or bolt is inserted through the plastic cap to engage the threads in an internal bore in the anchoring portion. The plastic cap serves not only to determine the depth of the anchor in the hole, but also to prevent adhesive and other material from entering the threaded interior of the anchor prior to use.

Abstract: A fastener suitable for joining two or more plastic or metal panels together under automated manufacturing conditions. The fastener has a piercing end for forming its own passage through the panels so as to avoid the need for a pre-drilled hole. Disposed near the piercing end are one or more rigid barbs which extend obliquely from the shank toward the head of the fastener. The barbs create an interference with the adjacent panel to secure the panels. The fastener further incorporates an adhesive strip which serves to adhere the fastener to the panels in a manner that prevents both rotation and axial displacement of the fastener relative to the panels. The fastener is particularly adapted for permanently joining two or more panels where access to both sides of the joined panels is either impracticable or undesirable, such as when a body panel of an automobile is to be fastened to the automobile's frame.

Abstract: Composite anchors for use in concrete or masonry are described. The anchor is a rod sheathed in a material which has been impregnated with a moisture-curing polyurethane resin.

Abstract: A head bolt and associated socket includes a head portion associated with the bolt configured for enhanced grasping thereof by a complementary tool member. A first and second multifaceted stepped torque application head surface of the head bolt are utilized for the spreading of torque loads to the head surfaces of the bolt minimizing distortion by or deformation of the head surfaces during torquing. A modified aspect of the invention includes an adhesive sealing fluid contained within the head bolt selectively utilized and directed by the socket.

Abstract: A fastener insert attached to a mounting fixture is inserted into a hole drilled in a honeycomb panel. The mounting fixture has a rod with a disc at an end depending from a base and a chimney ascending from the base. Two bores are located in the base and are enclosed by the chimney. The mounting fixture base overlaps the head of the fastener insert which has two bores in the head. The bores in the fastener insert head are aligned with bores in the base of the mounting fixture. Epoxy is inserted into one of the bores in the base of the mounting fixture continuously until it returns out the second bore. The epoxy is allowed to cure and thereafter the mounting fixture is removed by a turning motion.

Abstract: A hanger nut assembly for attachment to a concrete wall form so as to embed a hanger nut of the assembly in a wall being constructed. A headless screw attaches the nut in abutment with the wall form and is readily removable to facilitate form stripping. A pipe hanger rod is subsequently engageable with the wall installed nut after wall completion.

Abstract: A fastener installation for securing a composite member to a structure. The fastener installation includes a shear member adhesively bonded to a surface of the composite member, and a pin member extending through the shear member and composite member to engage a fastener bore of a structure member and a securing member. The pin member engages a bearing surface of the shear member in bearing contact, and extends through an opening in the composite member spaced from the composite member. Shear forces are transferred between the composite member and the pin member through the adhesive bond, the shear member, and the bearing surface, rather than by bearing contact between the pin member and the composite member. An end of the pin member engages the securing member and acts in cooperation with a head of the pin member to apply compressive force to the composite member, thereby securing the composite member to the structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is an insert comprising a tubular plastic body having a hollow, axially extending threaded interior, and a plurality of interlocking portions preferably in the form of integrally formed plastic protrusions extending outward from the plastic body. The insert is maintained by force-fit engagement within a corresponding recess in a plastic base. Thereafter, the plastics of the body, protrusions and base are brought to a flowable condition at their interface to integrally bond the insert to the base and/or to interlock portions of the base and insert. The threaded interior of the insert remains intact during this insert bonding procedure to then accept and threadably engage with a threaded member, which may be metal or any other material.

Abstract: A screw or nail sustainer comprising a tube having a chamber for inserting a screw or nail into a base opening of the chamber, at least one fluid flow opening formed with a base portion of the tube for injecting a liquid resin, and at least one ring-like projection formed with a portion of the tube remote from the fluid flow opening toward a tip of the tube to project from and to surround a periphery of the tube. A plurality of bag forming wings are provided with the tip portion of the tube to project radially. The bag forming wings are bent toward the base portion of the tube when the screw or nail sustainer is inserted into a hole of a board so that a bag like portion may be made in cooperation with the outer surface of the tube so as to make an opening toward the base portion of the tube.

Abstract: Support tubes of an associated yard swing arrangement are mounted to stabilizer apparatus, including an upper tube portion coaxially mounted to a lower tube portion. The lower tube portion includes a "V" shaped anchor plate member arranged for projection into an underlying ground surface. A modification of the invention includes anchor rods pivotally mounted relative to an inner tube arranged for projection through slots of an outer tube for securement to an underlying ground surface in the anchoring of the yard swing structure to the inner tube.

Abstract: A fastener system to join lightweight panels such as honeycomb or foam core panels. The fastener system comprises a unique hollow, threaded fastener pin (12) and drive assembly (18). The drive assembly (18) attaches to an electric drill and is made up of a cartridge housing (14) for carrying a disposable, dual piston (epoxy resin and hardener) cartridge (20), and a plunger assembly, clutch mounted to the cartridge housing (14). The nose (62) of the cartridge (20) is adapted to receive the proximal end of the pin (12). The plunger assembly (16) mounts to the chuck of the drill. The panels are aligned and the pin (12), mounted to the nose (62) of the cartridge housing (14), is placed against the panels at the point to be joined. The drill is activated and the pin (12) is threaded in until its flared, distal end (26) is seated flush against the skin of the panel.

Abstract: A concrete insert having a U-shaped part with two legs and a bridge between them, the bridge having a hole in which an internally threaded coupling is engaged with a friction fit, a bolt threaded in the coupling to extend above the bridge so that the position of the coupling with respect to the U-shaped element can be set by tapping the bolt and held by friction against the side of the hole in the bridge.

Abstract: A precast stair system having releasably mounted steps is disclosed. The system includes first and second elongate, generally parallel stringer elements having respective inner surfaces that face each other and a plurality of individually precast steps that are precast independently of the stringer elements. Each step extends side to side from a first end that engages the inner surface of the first stringer element to an opposite second end that engages the inner surface of the second stringer element. The steps are juxtaposed in an ascending pattern along the stringer elements. Each step is releasably fastened to each stringer element. In particular, a first connector is formed through the inner surface of the first stringer element and through the first end of the step and a second connector is formed through the inner surface of the second stringer element and through the second end of the step.

Abstract: An anchor, preferably formed of metal, has at least one flat side and is adapted to be forcefully inserted axially into a complementary shaped aperture formed in an object made of a softer material than the anchor, such as plastic. The anchor is adapted to receive an attachment fastener in a central threaded opening formed in the anchor, after the anchor is forcefully seated in the aperture of the object. A plurality of angled barbs extend outwardly from the body and cut into the object to resist pullout of the anchor once seated in the object, with the flat side resisting rotation of the anchor with respect to the body. The anchor may be formed with flat corner areas which align with rounded corners of the object aperture. In the alternative, generally circular stress relief areas are formed in the corners of the aperture which align with shape square corners of the anchor.

Abstract: A method of making a screw threaded fastener (1, 10) for fixing cladding to a building includes the steps of applying a mastic covering (5, 15) to a screw threaded portion (4, 13) of the fastener, and applying a non-sticky protective coating (6, 16) to the outside of the mastic covering (5, 15) so as to prevent the fasteners (1, 10) from sticking together during handling and packaging of the same. Preferably the protective coating (6, 16) is as coating of a waxy substance and is applied to the outside of the mastic covering (5, 15) by means of a dipping or spraying process or operation. The fasteners are then easy to use and form a water-tight, moisture and vapor-proof seal with respect to their supports or substrates. The waxy coating (16) may also be applied to the drill point (12) so as to act as a lubricant during driving of the fastener.

Abstract: A roof anchor for supporting an underground mine roof or the like is provided. The roof anchor has an elongated shaft with a head formed at one end. The head supports a washer and a roof supporting plate that surrounds the mouth of a blind bore formed upwardly into the roof. A resin capsule is positioned within the blind bore above the roof anchor. The shaft of the roof anchor has an adjustably securable annular washer surrounding the shaft. The annular washer is fixed in a position so that when the resin capsule is ruptured to release the resin to bind the roof anchor within the bore hole, the resin completely fills the bore hole from the blind end of the bore to the rigid annular washer fixed to the shaft of the roof anchor.

Abstract: An axially extending sleeve (1), for use as an anchor secured by grout or a hardenable mass in a blind bore (2a) in a structural component (2), has an outside surface with a radially outwardly projection extending in the axial direction of the sleeve. The sleeve has a closed first end leading in the insertion direction and a trailing second end. The projection extends from the second end in the axial direction toward the first end. An elastic layer (3) is placed over the surface of the structural component containing the bore and a hole (3a) in the elastic layer is aligned with the bore in the component. When the sleeve (1) is inserted into the bore (2a), the projection (1d) forms a passageway through the elastic layer, so that air and excess grout can escape from the bore through the elastic layer.

Abstract: An expansion anchor received within a predrilled bore for mounting a platelike panel to a portion of stratum in which the bore is drilled and including a bolt having a head on a lower end thereof, an upper portion, distal the head, defining a set of right hand threads thereon and a lower portion, intermediate the upper portion and the head, defining a set of left hand threads thereon. A destructible thrust nut having at least one groove therein is threadably connected to the lower portion and moves upwardly thereon when the rod is rotated in a clockwise direction. A cutting member, having an annular base supported by the thrust nut for sliding movement along the bolt and a plurality of cutting fingers connected to the base in divergent relation to the bolt, is urged upwardly by the thrust nut when the rod is rotated in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A tightening member molded from hard synthetic resin containing carbon fiber developed from hyperfine particles of a high-melting metal and/or a compound of the high-melting metal by use of vapor phase system for thermally decomposing hydrocarbon. The tightening member effectively prevents electrification of static electricity due to its high conductivity given by the carbon fiber and is bestowed with mechanical properties such as tensile strength.

Abstract: The nail sustainer of this invention is used to be inserted into a hole formed with a board such as a plaster board, a veneer or a plywood which has poor sustaining force against a nail. The nail sustainer comprises tube means for nail insertion, at least one flow opening for an adhesive agent formed with said tube means, splitting portions formed with said tube means along substantially whole the length of the tube means, and at least one ring-like projection formed to project from a peripheral portion of said tube means.

Abstract: The invention herein is a roofing fastening device, with an optional liquid sealer to facilitate the process of affixing rectangularly-shaped sheets or rubber roofing material to the upper surface of a roof. Specifically, the invention is a longitudinally disposed fastening member in the general form of a screw or like member which is adapted to be inserted through the upper surface of the rubber roofing sheets and thence through the upper surface of the roof structure, serving thereby to anchor the rubber roofing sheets to the fixed roof structure. The fastening device has a longitudinally extending centrally located chamber which is coaxially aligned with the longitudinal central axis of the fastening member, and this chamber has a plurality of laterally disposed openings which extend from the chamber to the outer surface of the fastening member, said chamber being adapted to receive a liquid sealant at an opening in the upper surface and disperse same through such lateral openings.

Abstract: A thread-forming fastener and method of installation thereof are provided for use with a workpiece constructed of a thermoplastic material. The fastener includes a threaded shank having a thread of desired form and a driver head portion. A metallic coating of a predetermined composition is applied to the threaded shank. The composition of the coating is selected for its effective Curie temperature for heating the fastener during application of the fastener to the thermoplastic workpiece. The heated surface enhances plastic flow of the thermoplastic material during thread forming and effectively reduces the required drive torque for thread forming by the fastener while increasing the holding torque. The fastener is preferably also formed with a spaced thread defining an unthreaded surface portion running adjacent to the thread at substantially the root diameter of the thread.

Abstract: A composite anchor for insertion in a borehole in a soil consists of an anchoring rod with several expanding cones and is surrounded, in its insertion section, by a screen sleeve of a wire mesh, which screen sleeve effects a borehole cleaning and mixing of the mortar compound as the composite anchor is driven in.

Abstract: A wall anchor socket apparatus for use in securing a wall anchor to a wall having an opening of predetermined diameter formed therein includes a cup-shaped fitting having an open end, a closed end, an intermediate section sized for receipt within the opening, and a circumferential lip adjacent the open end and having a diameter greater than the diameter of the opening. The closed end is adapted to protrude into the opening beyond the wall by a predetermined distance when the fitting is positioned in the opening and the fitting is secured in the opening. A collar is provided having an axially extending sleeve adapted to engage the rear surface of the wall so that the wall is pinched between the lip of the fitting and the sleeve of the collar when the collar is attached to the fitting. A radially extending flange is positioned adjacent the sleeve and is adapted to provide additional holding strength of the apparatus when material is filled around the apparatus against the rear surface of the wall.

Abstract: Simulated marble panels and the like are mounted in place by an anchor which includes an elongated pin having a pointed remote end with an anchor plate secured to its opposite base end. The anchor plate has a plurality of perforations extending completely through it so that it may be positioned in a recess in the panel and permanently mounted to the panel by means of a bonding agent applied to the recess which flows through the perforations in the anchor plate and covers the anchor plate when it forms an integral bond with the panel. The pin may then be secured to a substrate in any suitable manner.

Abstract: Screw fixing device for a concrete construction element comprising a screw (1) and a sheath (4) of synthetic material intended to be fixed in the concrete. The sheath and the screw possess a trapezoidal thread. Externally, the sheath possesses peripheral anchoring ribs (7) of triangular section, except in its upper part (6). The slope of the flanks (8) of the ribs facing the entry to the sheath is about 30.degree.. The sheath of synthetic material is surrounded by a metal sheath (12) bearing on these flanks (8) but having a play relative to the other flanks (9) of the ribs.

Abstract: An insert for use of attachment in a threaded member, such as a bolt or the like, to a honeycomb panel by the use of epoxy adhesive, the insert being in the form of a unitary elongated metallic member having a generally cylindrical external surface and an integral annular enlarged external diameter collar portion at each end thereof, the external cylindrical surface having an integral externally extending spiraled thread portion extending from adjacent one collar portion to adjacent the other collar portion and the insert having an internal threaded recess therein, the external surface being configured to resist pull-out and torque-out when epoxy adhesive has solidified to retain the insert in a panel.

Abstract: A disc-shaped stress plate to be utilized with a fastener having an elongated shank integral with a disc-shaped head includes a disc having an upper and lower surface with an indentation in the upper surface and a protrusion on the lower surface. The disc can also be provided with a plurality of gripping teeth on its bottom surface and a plurality of friction enhancing protrusions on its upper surface.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for aligning and mounting a machine component includes an aligning member with perforations, that is positioned and mounted over an aperture in a mounting portion or bracket of an aligned and removably mounted machine component, forming a cavity. An adhesive is introduced into this cavity through one of the perforations, permanently bonding the aligning member to the mounting portion or bracket, thereby enabling the component, thereafter, to be removed, serviced and simply remounted without further need of realignment. This method and apparatus are particularly useful for aligning and mounting components such as the copy sheet registration assembly of an electrostatographic copier or printer.

Abstract: A peg for anchoring within a hole having an undercut portion comprises a body (1) with an external end (5) for mounting an element thereon and a tapered internal end (11) widening out towards the inside of the hole, a locking ring (2) formed from segments disposed about the body and intended to pivot within the undercut portion (10). The external diameter of the ring (2) is equal to that of the hole (8). Means (4,14,19) for temporarily immobilizing the segments of the ring are mounted upon the body. Means fixed upon the body may drive the ring (2) into the vicinity of the undercut portion of the hole and radially acting means (4) may cause the segments of the ring (2) to pivot into the undercut portion.

Abstract: A device for a bore formed in a geological structure, the bore having an outer circumferential wall. A bolt is inserted into the bore. A sleeve secures a first axial portion of the bolt to a first portion of the circumferential wall. Grout secures a second axial portion of the bolt means to a second portion of the circumferential wall; A substantially disk shaped plug limits a passage of grout to between the first axial portion of the bolt and the first portion of the circumferential wall. A retainer is included to retain a grout container in the bore prior to insertion of the bolt means into the bore.

Abstract: An anchoring structure comprises an anchor rod which is secured to the inside of an anchor hole in concrete by a cementing material except for an upper section of the rod having a depth of at least 1.5 times the diameter of the anchor hole. The upper end of the anchor rod may be surrounded by an insulating sleeve which fits into the upper section of the anchor hole. The anchor rod may have a continuous groove formed therein, at least one surface of which has a slope of 15.degree.-50.degree.. The depth of the groove is at least as large as the maximum crack width expected to appear around the anchor in the concrete.

Abstract: A vacuum fixed adhesively secured fastener comprises a body member (24) having a vacuum cup (26) for flattening against a substrate (22) to temporarily hold the body member (24) against the substrate (22). A reservoir (32) is adapted to contain a quick setting adhesive (30) which is expelled from the reservoir into the interface (28) between the substrate (22) and the body member as a plunger (45) displaced into the reservoir during flattening of the vacuum cup. The quick setting adhesive secures the body member (24) to the substrate (22).

Abstract: A hollow composite internally threaded member such as a nut includes a reinforcing fabric layer such as a braided or knit layer extending in the axial direction of the member and conforming to its threads. A method of making such an internally threaded member comprises forming and embedding in a polymeric matrix a reinforcing fabric layer on an externally threaded cylindrical core and thereafter removing the core. Such internally threaded member may be threadedly joined and adhesively bonded to an externally threaded member of complementary thread pitch and thread diameter to form a bolt. The externally threaded member may comprise an elongate core having an integral tubular fabric layer bonded to its exterior surface.

Abstract: A threaded bolt assembly adapted to be anchored in a drilled hole formed in a concrete part and having an undercut expanding towards a bottom of the drill hole, with a hardening compound mass. The threaded bolt assembly includes a threaded bolt having an internal bore extending from a leading end face of said threaded bolt and having an internal thread, and a plurality of expansible segments formed in a region of the internal bore by a plurality of longitudinally extending slots. The threaded bolt assembly further includes an expander bolt having a threaded portion threadably received within the internal bore of the threaded bolt, an expander cone extending from the threaded portion. A projection extends from an end face of the expander cone.A method for anchoring such a threaded bolt assembly in a hole with an undercut drilled in a concrete part, is also described.

Abstract: A method for joining carbon-carbon structural elements together using a carbon-carbon pin type fastener for transfer of shear loads. A coating of powdered metal which undergoes a large expansion when reacted in the presence of a gas is used to coat the outer surfaces of a pin which extends through the structural elements to be joined, with the powdered metal coating between the body of the pin and the surfaces of the structural elements through which the pin passes. After installation through the structural elements the pin is heated in an oxygen atmosphere causing the powdered metal coating to expand up to 100% from its unheated volume binding the pin to the structural elements. A fluted or scalloped edge on the pin increases the surface area of the pin increasing its friction holding force.

Abstract: Attachment elements to be fixed to panel-shaped structural components by a hardenable material include an axially elongated dowel sleeve (1) forming a passageway extending from a second end toward a first end. An axially extending annular part (2) encircles the dowel sleeve. A bag-like member (3) is secured to the annular part and to the dowel sleeve adjacent the first ends thereof. The bag-like member is inserted through a borehole in the structural component from an outer side thereof. The bag-like member can be filled with a hardenable material providing a gripping action with an inner side of the structural component. The bag-like member, when filled with the hardenable material, has a first side facing the inner side of the structural component and an oppositely facing second side with openings in the first side being larger than the openings in the second side.

Abstract: A pressure adjustment screw for a fluid flow control device cannot for safety's sake be rotated within a threaded cylindrical bore on the device's body to withdraw it beyond an extreme pressure level safety setting. To allow field adjustment of the set point pressure and at the same time to prevent withdrawal of the adjustment screw beyond the extreme pressure level safety setting, a stop collar is fixed within the cylindrical bore in a position contacting the adjustment screw when the adjustment screw is in its extreme pressure level safety setting. The invention includes a number of means for fixing the stop collar in this position, as do methods for fixing the stop collar in this position.

Abstract: The method of making a friction locking fastener of the type having in the thread grooves a first deposit formed of a mixture of an uncured epoxy resin and a radiation-curable, film-forming material, and a second deposit of a fluid curing agent and a radiation-curable, film-forming material. The deposits are made in the thread grooves at circumferentially spaced locations so that a very thin coating of the radiation-curable, film-forming material develops at the surface of each deposit. The deposits are subjected to high intensity ultraviolet radiation for a few seconds to transform the coatings developed on the surfaces of the deposits into thin, continuous, flexible, non-tacky protective films which cover the still fluid deposits in the thread grooves of the article. Alternatively, when one or both the resin and curing agent are micro-encapsulated. They may be contained in a single mixture which includes the radiation-curable material.

Abstract: An anchor member to be fixed in a borehole by a permanently hardenable mass is formed as a sleeve-like member with the outside surface deformed inwardly at axially and circumferentially spaced areas so that the inside surface is deformed into a multi-sided cross-section. The inside surface can be four-sided with the inwardly deformed areas increasing the anchoring effect and preventing turning of the member when a fastening element is threaded into its trailing end. The sleeve-like member is closed at its leading end to avoid the hardenable mass from flowing into the member.

Abstract: An anchor rod has an axially extending anchoring region including an axially extending expansion section widening in the direction the rod is inserted into a borehole in a structural component. The anchor rod is held in the borehole by a hardenable mortar compound. The mortar compound is prevented from adhering to the anchoring region. Since the mortar compound does not bond to the anchor rod, if there is relative movement between the anchor rod and the hardened mortar compound, the expansion section develops compressive force deviating from the rod axis and acting on the mortar compound, while the compound maintains composite action with the structural component, particularly in a fractured tension zone of the structural component.

Abstract: A two-piece mount is provided that is adapted to have the two pieces scre together and has a central bore through one of the two pieces for mounting an insert therein. Each of the two pieces of the mount has means for containing adhesive to allow the two mount pieces to be bonded to a composite structure when the two pieces have been mounted relative to the composite structure.

Abstract: An anchor device for securing a rock bolt in a borehole of predetermined diameter includes an elongated plastic cartridge having a first insertable end and a second end, a side wall extending between the ends, and stiffening ribs integrally formed in the sidewall for stiffening the cartridge to permit insertion thereof into the borehole.

Abstract: The fastening together of structural elements formed from carbon-carbon is accomplished by a fastener constructed from 2-D or 3-D carbon-carbon in the form of a high angle helical threads on one end and a countersunk head with a carbon-carbon central insert on the other end with the threaded end inserted through the carbon-carbon structural elements to be joined. A metal is painted on the threads and the shank on the fastener. A collar formed from carbon-carbon is fitted over the course threaded end of the fastener with the distal end of the threads extending therefrom. While passing a heating current through the fastener, the head and the collar of the fastener are forced together. The fastener is heated to an elevated temperature in the presence of an Oxygen gas cover which causes the powered metal to expand up to 100% binding the fastener to the carbon-carbon components, collar and insert.

Abstract: A fastener element (40) has a first member (41) including an outer end disk (42) and two radially spaced, axially extending flat stem legs (53). A second stem-forming member (62) has a T-shaped axial opening (64, 66) and is mechanically interlocked with the legs (53). A floating member (84) is positioned in the opening (64, 66) and has an internally threaded opening (90) which is aligned with a center opening (44) in the disk (42). The T-shaped floating member (84) is prevented from rotating in the opening (64, 66) but is allowed to move radially to automatically adjust for misalignments between a structure in which the element (40) is installed and an object to be connected thereto by means of a screw introduced into the threaded opening (90) through the disk opening (44). When the element (40) is to be installed in a structure by a potting material (34), the stem (53, 62) preferably has flow control disks ( 72, 74) and flat chord surfaces (54).