| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE39582 |
Method for replacing a tacking fastener |
April 24, 2007 |
| A temporary fastener that fastens two adjacent workpieces. The fastener includes a shank that extends through a hole of the workpieces. Extending from one end of the shank is a conical shaped head. The fastener also contains a pull stem which has a head located adjacent to the blind end |
| RE38664 |
Method for creating a hole for a permanent fastener that replaces a tacking fastener |
November 30, 2004 |
| A .Iadd.method for creating a hole for a permanent fastener that replaces a .Iaddend.temporary fastener that fastens two adjacent workpieces. The .Iadd.temporary .Iaddend.fastener includes a shank that extends through a hole of the workpieces. Extending from one end of the shank is a con |
| 7413777 |
Coating composition and methods of coating |
August 19, 2008 |
| Various coatings and methods of coating fasteners are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of coating includes applying a chromate coating to a fastener. In other embodiments, the method may include deoxidizing an aluminum fastener, etching the fastener, deoxidizing the fastener a |
| 7063898 |
Surface modified metal parts |
June 20, 2006 |
| A method including forming a first layer comprising a chemical conversion coating on a metal surface; and forming a second layer on the first layer through a sol gel process. An apparatus including a metal component having at least one surface; a first layer comprising a chemical con |
| 6772500 |
Method of forming holes for permanent fasteners |
August 10, 2004 |
| Two piece tack rivets and method of forming holes for permanent fasteners. The tack rivets have a stem with a head on one end and a grooved region adjacent the other end, and a locking collar for fitting over the grooved region of the stem for deforming into the grooved region of the ste |
| 6733837 |
Process for painting metal parts |
May 11, 2004 |
| A method including forming a first layer comprising a chemical conversion coating on a metal surface; and forming a second layer on the first layer through a sol gel process. An apparatus including a metal component having at least one surface; a first layer comprising a chemical convers |
| 6519997 |
Rivet gun |
February 18, 2003 |
| Automatic feeding blind rivet guns and method facilitating rapid installation of blind rivets with good freedom of movement of the operator. The blind rivet guns receive a carrier holding a substantial plurality of blind rivets in close side by side proximity and automatically sequen |
| 6267684 |
Rivets and rivet manufacturing methods |
July 31, 2001 |
| The present invention comprises aluminum solid rivets and methods of manufacturing aluminum solid rivets for aircraft and other demanding applications to provide rivets with high strength and excellent driveabiltity while improving the rivets resistance to fatigue and stress corrosio |
| 5689873 |
Tacking fastener |
November 25, 1997 |
| A temporary fastener that fastens two adjacent workpieces. The fastener includes a shank that extends through a hole of the workpieces. Extending from one end of the shank is a conical shaped head. The fastener also contains a pull stem which has a head located adjacent to the blind end |
| 5599147 |
Blind rivet with a tapered locking mechanism |
February 4, 1997 |
| A blind rivet fastener which has a bulb forming collar that is assembled by sliding the collar down the shank of the fastener stem. The bulb collar is seated adjacent to the head of the stem. The stem has a shoulder and a pull portion that extend through the inner channel of a sleeve. Th |
| 5580202 |
Crowned solid rivet |
December 3, 1996 |
| A rivet which has a flat crown that extends from the head of a rivet. The rivet is typically installed into a workpiece hole which has a countersink. The head has a frusto-conical section that extends from a rivet shank and a cylindrical section that extends from the frusto-conical s |
| 5273386 |
Expandable head rivet |
December 28, 1993 |
| An expandable head rivet for sealing applications and the like having improved inspectability after setting. The rivet has an axially extending shank, a first substantially cylindrical section and a second tapered section between the first section and the shank, all generally conforming |
| 5026234 |
Expandable head rivet |
June 25, 1991 |
| An expandable head rivet for sealing applications and the like having improved inspectability after setting. The rivet has an axially extending shank, a first substantially cylindrical section and a second tapered section between the first section and the shank, all generally conforming |
| 4919576 |
Locking apparatus for blind fasteners |
April 24, 1990 |
| A locking apparatus for blind fasteners providing improved yield and fatigue performance of the blind fasteners is disclosed. The locking apparatus utilizes a locking collar which will slide over the fastener stem and within the tubular rivet sleeve of the fastener without preforming |
