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7412869 Self-piercing rivet fastening device with improved die  
A self-piercing rivet fastening device has a punch that drives legs of the rivet into portions of workpieces that are forced into a die cavity, in order to join the workpieces. Particular surfaces...
7401394 Method of attaching a fastener element to a metal panel  
In a method for inserting a bolt element ( 10 ) having a head portion ( 12 ) and a shaft portion ( 16 ) into a sheet metal component ( 52 ) the bolt element is passed through the sheet metal...
7392835 Jacket and slab core fastening apparatus  
A water-jacket core and slab core for a V-block of an internal combustion engine are assembled into a jacket and slab sub-assembly and are placed on an apparatus for the automatic insertion of...
7377019 Method and apparatus for fastening together structural components  
A method and apparatus for fastening a first relatively soft structural component such as a wood panel to a second relatively hard structural component such as a steel angle iron using fasteners...
7370399 Method for joining at least two plate-shaped workpieces  
In a method for joining at least two plate-shaped workpieces by a fastening tool and a device for operating the fastening tool, the fastening tool comprises a punch for exerting a punch force to...
7353576 Methods for forming barbed tape product  
A system and method for producing a barbed taped product is controlled by an electronic controller to provide a predetermined pattern of attachment points. The system automatically clips adjacent...
7346968 Method and apparatus for connecting loops of barbed tape to each other  
A method and apparatus for automatically attaching loops of a coil together at desired points. The apparatus comprises a frame, a rotatable barrel, wire separators, alignment fingers, a clipping...
7341413 Self-piercing blind fastener  
A self-piercing blind fastener comprising a mandrel having an elongate cylindrical shell mounted on a stem of such mandrel and which extends co-axially about a central elongate axis of the blind...
7338245 Self-attaching nut  
A self-attaching nut for installation in a panel by a plunger driven against the bottom face of the nut, the bottom face of the nut including parallel rails on opposed sides of a channel-shaped...
7318696 Functional element for fixing to a piece of sheet metal, component assembled from the above and method for fixing the functional element to a piece of sheet metal  
A functional element ( 10 ), for fixing to a piece of sheet metal ( 40 ), such as for example, a nut element or a bolt element with a body section or head section, comprising an annular flange ( 14...
7316056 Method for anchoring wood floors  
An improved method for anchoring to a concrete base a wood floor attachment member having top and bottom sides, a number of passthrough holes, and compressible pads attached to its bottom side. The...
7293358 Core element fastening and assembly method  
Core sand elements are rapidly and reliably retained in an assembly by driving one or more smooth surface fasteners, such as staples, nails or brads, into the core elements. Such an assembly method...
7287411 Die for a tool set for mechanical joining  
A die for a tool set includes at least one punch and a die which defines a cavity for effecting joining. The die comprises an anvil opposite the punch. Die segments adjoin the said anvil and define...
7284319 Self-piercing rivet setting die and apparatus  
A die ( 18 ) for use in a self-piercing rivet setting apparatus comprises a cavity ( 25 ) for receiving therein a protruded workpiece zone consisting of respective portions of the workpieces ( 2, 3...
7266874 Method of installing a self-drilling anchor  
A method of installing a self drilling anchor for use in a friable material mounted on a member comprising an elongated body having an axis, an axial bore adapted to receive an elongated fastener,...
7237314 Method of securing a nut plate to a wall defined by an aperture through a workpiece  
A method of securing a nut plate to a workpiece includes the step of providing a nut plate include a nut, a holding bracket having tubular and bracket portions, and a stem. The tubular portion has...
7222402 Box spring stapler apparatus  
A fastening apparatus and method is provided for securing a plurality of modules to a frame.
7200915 Method for continuously joining a handrail for an escalator or moving walkway  
Two opposite ends of a handrail stock member are joined to form a handrail having a closed-loop configuration for an escalator or the like. A slot is cut into each end, parallel to a longitudinal...
7200912 Making composite material parts from blanks made by reinforcing a fiber structure and/or bonding fiber structures together  
A porous fiber structure is consolidated by forming within a deposit of a refractory material by partially densifying the fiber structure in such a manner as to bond together the fibers of the...
7191505 Sealed sensor housing and method of making  
A sealed sensor housing for use in measuring the concentration of an additive or impurity in gasoline comprises a housing body of metal formed by a deformation process with no substantial...
7179034 Torque resistant fastening element  
A fastening element capable of being attached to a panel by deforming the panel is disclosed. A barrel portion is tubular with an open free end and has an axis defining a circumference. A radial...
7155816 Method for producing a multilayer ceramic substrate  
A method for producing a multilayer ceramic substrate having a cavity formed therein includes punching a through opening corresponding to the cavity in green sheets constituting a laminate, and...
7152297 Self-attaching female fastener, die set and method of attachment  
A self-attaching fastener for thick panels having a pilot and a groove in a flange portion including an inclined outer wall and a bottom wall having an inclined portion extending to the outer face...
7152294 Self-attaching female fastener element and method of installation  
A symmetrical self-attaching female fastener including a body having a bore, and identical integral tubular barrel portions extending from opposed ends of the body coaxially aligned with the bore....
7150086 Tool that connects pieces through a process of riveting  
A tool, for making clinching connections, which has a multi-part matrix with matrix sheathing pieces that move to the outside and with counteracting springs. These springs are one-piece connected...
7143497 Method for anchoring an elongate fastener  
A self-drilling anchor for use in a friable material comprises a body having an axis, a flanged rear end, a drilling front end and a generally cylindrical portion therebetween having an outer...
7140099 Pallet jig  
An apparatus for building pallets comprises a jig frame adapted to maintain a plurality of deck boards in deck board locations on top of a plurality of stringers in parallel stringer locations. A...
7140090 Method of manufacturing an electric motor  
A technique for securing a conduit box to a housing of an electric motor is disclosed. The technique includes forming a hollow extension from a surface of the conduit box. The conduit box is placed...
7131807 Functional element, method for fixing it in a sheet metal part, assembling element and swaging assembly  
The invention concerns a functional element, in particular a bolt, consisting of a shank portion ( 14 ) and a head portion ( 16 ) designed to be assembled riveted with a plate element, in...
7124490 Joining of two components in a hot forming process  
A bushing can be anchored in a sheet steel blank for a cross beam for a vehicle chassis by inserting the bushing into a hole precisely provided in the steel blank, hot forming the steel blank in a...
7121004 Method of fabricating security door  
A security door for a gate or building opening is formed of a metal frame that defines a pair of hollow stile frame members and upper and lower hollow transverse rail frame members. Each of the...
7111374 Door seal drilling and pinning  
Improved drilling and pinning machines and methods for processing elongate flexible e.g. rubber strips of seal material for forming seals about openings. The machines and methods form precisely...
7100260 Programmable apparatus and method for body panel and clinch nut attachment  
A method and apparatus for forming attachment pads on a panel for attachment of a clinch nut thereto. The panel is formed between a forming die and a fixed anvil, which occupies a predefined net...
7093353 Automatic unit for inserting hangers from a strip of attached staples  
A hanger taken from a strip of hangers is positioned on a fastening and cutting anvil ( 6 ) displaceable between a bottom position, in which it retracts below the level of the support plate ( 1 )...
7065850 Hardened motor-vehicle part with repair point  
A hardened metal part is created having a pair of opposite faces and a dimple open at one of the faces and forming a pocket. This hardened metal part is installed in a motor vehicle over an element...
7047636 Method of connecting a connecting member and a flat circuit member  
A method in which a claw portion of a connecting member penetrates a first piercing portion of a flat circuit member in a thickness direction thereof. In the case of connection to the flat circuit...
7047617 Method of attaching a self-piercing element in a panel and die member  
A self-piercing element including a shank, a radial flange and a tubular barrel. The flange includes spaced concave surfaces and the annular bearing surface has an area at least four times the...
7043812 Apparatus and method for button indexing in button attaching machine, and method of adjusting the apparatus  
A button indexing device used in a button attaching machine for attaching a button to be indexed in a specific orientation on a fabric of garments or the like, including lower mold provided at a...
7040006 Self-piercing rivet, process and device for setting a rivet element, and employment thereof  
A fastening element ( 1 ), in particular for blind riveting, has a setting head ( 4 ), a deformation segment ( 2 ) and a shank end ( 3 ). The deformation segment ( 2 ) is arranged between the...
7032296 Self-piercing fastening system  
The preferred embodiment of a fastening system includes a self-piercing fastener having a thread-like pattern. In another aspect of the present invention, a fastener insertion machine employs an...
7013550 Method of making self-piercing nuts  
A raw parallelepiped metal piece is pressed into a closed mold to provide a nut blank that has a generally square pilot portion ( 14 ) for piercing a metal panel, the nut blank having a pair of...
7010842 Method of setting grommets in a tarp  
The invention relates to a method for setting grommets around the perimeter of a tarp. The method uses an apparatus with a feed reel from which a rolled tarp may be unwound; a table, across which a...
7007364 Tag nailing system  
A nail module for nail attachment of metal tags to hot steel includes a nail and a fracturable carrier. The nail has a pointed shank and a head. The carrier houses the nail and has a delivery end...
7003861 Tool assembly employing a flexible retainer  
A flexible retainer for retaining die blades in a tool assembly. The retainer comprises inner and outer walls with the inner wall being generally concentric with and radially spaced inward from the...
6994486 Functional element and panel assembly  
A method for placing a functional element, especially a fastening element, in an especially liquid-tight and/or gastight manner, on a metal part. The inventive method is characterized in that a...
6993831 Fastener installation apparatus  
The disclosed fastener installation apparatus includes a plurality of spaced parallel feed passages each communicating with a plunger passage in a moveable member and the fixed member includes a...
6990781 Decking assembly with an interlocking seam structure  
A decking assembly having a first deck section with a male leg and a second deck positioned adjacent to and in overlapping relationship to the first deck section. The second deck section has a...
6990716 Device for supplying a connecting element to a processing unit and method of supplying the connecting element  
A device supplies a connecting element to a processing unit, in particular supplies punch nuts or rivet nuts to a punching head of a press, by a conveyer belt. The device contains a feed element,...
6986205 Composite structural member  
A method for making a composite structural member. The composite structural member has a flange having a base wall and two side walls extending from the base wall, the base wall and side walls...
6979160 Fixing element  
A fixing element comprising a fixing section and a tubular stamped or riveted section in which the stamped or riveted section enable the fixing element to be placed on a metal part and the fixing...
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