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7383624 Self-piercing female fastener, method of forming a sealed female fastener and panel assembly and panel assembly  
Method of forming a sealed joint between a nut ( 20 ) having a cylindrical pilot ( 22 ), an annular flange portion ( 28 ) surrounding the pilot and a re-entrant groove ( 32 ) and a panel with a die...
7367767 Function element assembly part consisting of a sheet metal part and a function element and method for attaching a function element to a sheet metal part  
The invention relates to a function element ( 10 ) comprising a head part ( 14 ) with an annular bearing surface ( 12 ) and tubular rivet segment ( 16 ) that is provided on the side of the bearing...
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...
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...
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...
7179033 Fastener nut for hydroformed parts  
A fastener nut for hydroformed parts comprises a nut body for receiving a threaded fastener and a locking ring with depending fingers that is received on the nut body. The nut body is adapted to...
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....
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...
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...
6997659 Self-attaching fastener  
The self-attaching female fastener of this invention includes a re-entrant groove having a V-shaped bottom wall including relatively inclined bottom faces of equal width having an arcuate apex...
6994500 Self-attaching nut  
A self-attaching nut having a central pilot projecting from an end face of the body portion, an annular groove surrounding the pilot and an annular panel support face surrounding the groove,...
6986629 Section for the manufacture of hollow body elements, hollow body element and component assembly  
A section ( 10; 110 ) is provided for the manufacture of hollow body elements, in particular for the manufacture of pierce and rivet nuts having a square or rectangular outline in plan view and a...
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...
6969053 Strut mount  
The present invention provides a strut mount comprising an inner member ( 12 ) to which an upper extremity of a rod of a buffer is fixed, an outer member ( 14 ) attached to a vehicle while...
6899499 Fastener for connecting miscellaneous articles  
This invention pertains fasteners which are characterized by easy insertion and extraordinarily difficult separation of items that they attach together. This is achieved by a combination of...
6854943 T-nut  
The present invention provides a T-nut having an improved structure capable of preventing a liquid, such as oil or paint, from entering into the inside of a shank of the T-nut. The T-nut has a...
6836948 Method of joining a sheet metal part to a metal tube  
The present invention provides a method of joining a sheet metal part to a metal tube to form an assembly. In an overlapping configuration, the parts are held together under a clamping force while...
6814531 Rotation restraining self-piercing rivet  
The present invention is a self-piercing rivet wherein the hollow shell has an external axial asymmetry wherein the asymmetry is with respect to the axis of rotation of the hollow shell. Once...
6802682 Spiraled self-piercing rivet  
The present invention is a self-piercing rivet wherein the hollow shell has an external spiraling, wherein the spiraling is with respect to the axis of rotation of the hollow shell. Once installed...
6732431 Method of manufacturing an electrical connection to a panel  
The disclosure relates to a method of producing an electrical connection to a sheet metal part, in particular to a sheet metal part having a non-conductive or poorly conductive protective layer,...
6726418 Spring fastener for connecting automotive components and other articles  
This invention pertains fasteners which are characterized by easy insertion and extraordinarily difficult separation of items that they attach together. This is achieved by a combination of...
6601361 Anchor plate for an insulated concrete wall and method of wall assembly  
An insulated concrete wall assembly having an embedded anchor plate which enables reliable mounting of fixtures, such as curtain rod brackets and the like, to an exposed surface of an interior wall...
6511274 Metal fastening member with separatable flaring cap  
A T nut has a cap portion 45 integrally formed continuous from a tip end portion of a flarable portion 34. At a connecting region between flarable portion 34 and cap portion 45, an inner...
6367224 Hidden connector  
A connection is created between a first member and a second member. The connector used to join the first and second members includes the following members: an attachment member, a plurality of...
6357110 Stud electrical connection method  
A stud electrical connection method is provided that employs a stud having a patterned external surface and a nut operably secured to the stud in a radially compressive manner, wherein the...
6325584 Self-piercing rivet  
A partially-hollow rivet (1), for joining aluminum sheets (3) and (7) by using the self-piercing technique, is made of light metal such as aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and the front (2) of the...
6276040 Element, method of attaching the element to a plate-like component, component assembly and die buttons  
An element, for example an element with a hollow body or a bolt element, in particular a nut element, for attachment to a plate-like component, has a ring-shaped recess or annular groove present at...
6257814 Self-attaching fastener, method of forming same and method of attachment  
A fastener, for example a nut element, for attachment to a plate-like component with an end face of the fastener having a recess within a raised contact surface and a plurality of projections and...
6244808 Shank groove configuration for a rivet  
A punching, stamping rivet has a frustrum-shaped rivet head and a shank with a shank groove following thereafter. In order to create a riveted joint between two sheets, the sheets are punched...
6193455 Blind screw anchor and system  
An anchoring device having a plate member with a fastening member on a first side thereof, and a utility member fastening portion disposed on the anchoring device, for example a threaded aperture....
6129493 Tee-nut with globular shaped sleeve  
A Tee-nut having a flange head, a plurality of prongs extending from the flange head, and a hollow sleeve extending from the flange head. The hollow sleeve has an internally threaded reduced...
6081994 Element, method of attaching the element to a plate-like component, component assembly and die button  
An element, for example an element with a hollow body or a bolt element, in particular a nut element, for attachment to a plate-like component, has a ring-shaped recess or annular groove present at...
5882159 Element, method of attaching the element to a plate-like component, component assembly and die button  
An element, for example an element with a hollow body or a bolt element, in particular a nut element, for attachment to a plate-like component, has a ring-shaped recess or annular groove present at...
5782594 Self-attaching fastener & method  
A fastener, for example a nut element, for attachment to a plate-like component with an end face of the fastener having a recess within a raised contact surface and a plurality of projections and...
5713706 Plastic composite fastener for self-cutting and frictional welding  
A plastic composite fastener capable of cutting its own hole in a resin composite panel and friction welding itself to be flush with the outer surface of the resin panel is provided. An inner metal...
5678970 Self-coining fastener  
A self-coining fastener which may be used to join at least two sheets of metal together without leaving a coining mark on one side thereof. The present self-coining fastener therefore produces an...
5613815 Fastener and panel assembly and method of making same  
A method of riveting a plurality of panels utilizing a fastener which may then be used to attach a further element to the panel assembly and wherein the fastener is first permanently attached to a...
5564873 Self-attaching fastening element and method of attachment  
A self-attaching fastening element, such as a nut fastener, having a body portion and an integral annular riveting barrel portion. The body portion includes axial grooves and, in the preferred...
5549430 Self-attaching fastener and installation die  
A self-clinching nut fastener, which may be used as a pierce nut, having a central cylindrical pilot portion, an annular flange portion surrounding the pilot portion, having a generally flat...
5531552 Self-attaching nut and method of making same  
A method of making a self-attaching nut or pierce nut, such as a round nut having cylindrical pilot, an annular groove surrounding the pilot and a panel supporting flange portion surrounding the...
5460466 Fixing devices  
A moulded nylon glass fiber reinforced fixing device has an elongate body with leading and trailing ends, the body comprises two or more similar legs which splay apart to hold the device in...
5445483 Female clinch fastener with cold-formed locking flange and associated installation method  
A female clinch fastener adapted to be secured to a sheet by cold-forming includes a generally tubular body having a plurality of circumferentially distributed splines. Longitudinally extending...
5439336 Stud end pierce nut  
A fastener assembly, a fastener assembly assembled to a member, and a method of attaching a fastener assembly to a member is disclosed. The fastener assembly includes a male fastener element which...
5429466 Tee nut  
Disclosed herein is a Tee nut which can form a hole in a work piece with no problem by driving of the Tee nut itself, without previously forming a hole in the work piece. A closure member is...
5340251 Self-attaching fastener and installation die  
A pierce nut having a central pilot, a cylindrical flange portion surrounding the pilot and a groove in the flange portion having at least one inclined side wall and a bottom wall having a convex...
5208963 Die for installing sealing fastener  
A die member for joining a fastener to a panel includes a generally rectangular opening defined by two spaced apart opposed end walls, which receive the end walls of a pilot portion of a fastener....
5092724 Fastener and panel assembly  
The present disclosure relates to self-piercing fasteners, such as studs, bolts or nuts, the method of attaching such fasteners to a panel and fastener installation apparatus, including the...
5026233 Locking nut insert in a screw-nut arrangement  
A screw-nut arrangement for securing two or more members together is provided with a unique design for a locking nut insert. The locking nut insert has a straight knurled cylindrical portion with...
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