| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6862863 |
Flush panel spacer and method and apparatus of installing the same |
March 8, 2005 |
| A method of installing an insert in a sandwich panel for mounting a fastener includes making a hole in the panel and inserting a spacer having a height greater than the thickness of the panel. An entrance rim of the spacer extends above an upper surface of the panel and a setting tool |
| 6298633 |
Panel spacer and method and apparatus of installing the same |
October 9, 2001 |
| A method of installing an insert in a sandwich panel for mounting a fastener includes making a hole in the panel and inserting a spacer having a height greater than the thickness of the panel. An entrance rim of the spacer extends above an upper surface of the panel and a setting tool |
| 5738477 |
Panel snap fastener assembly |
April 14, 1998 |
| A snap fastener assembly includes a cylindrical C-shaped spring retainer member having a hollow open core with an exterior longitudinal slit aperture extending into the core. The spring retainer member is mounted on a stud member having an enlarged head at one end, a retaining head at th |
| 5713706 |
Plastic composite fastener for self-cutting and frictional welding |
February 3, 1998 |
| 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 core member can be provided with at least one cutting edge member extending from the core |
| 5536344 |
Method of installing a plastic composite fastener in a panel |
July 16, 1996 |
| A method of installing a thermoplastic fastener insert unit into a thermoplastic composite resin panel includes the steps of cutting a hole in the plastic resin panel of a diameter less than the annular flange of the fastener insert unit. The fastener insert unit is then rotated to f |
| 5215336 |
Coupling joint assembly with integral retention mechanism |
June 1, 1993 |
| A locking assembly for fastening two components together, such as a fluid coupling assembly, is disclosed. A first member has a serrated annular surface and fastening threads adjacent a bearing surface. A second member has a flexible projection or projections or a complementary configura |
| 5127782 |
Self-locking, castellated locknut |
July 7, 1992 |
| A castellated locknut having an annular ring and a set of castellations, wherein the castellations are tapered to provide a locking mechanism. The locknut is provided with a circumferential groove formed between the castellations and the annular body which ensures that the castellations |
| 4846612 |
Sandwich panel fastener |
July 11, 1989 |
| A fastener designed to be securerd into a hole in an aircraft panel can be manufactured from an integral engineering thermoplastic structure which includes a centrally located cylindrical body carrying flanges at its ends. One of these flanges has diametrically opposed notches leading |
| 4817264 |
Fastener and assembly process |
April 4, 1989 |
| The method of affixing a fastener to a panel, said fastener comprising a body portion and a flange portion, said body portion comprising a thermoplastic material and being of a length greater than the thickness of said panel, comprising the steps of: inserting said fastener into and |
| 4552050 |
Die, platen and joining means for attaching said die to said platen |
November 12, 1985 |
| A set of platens locatable as for instance on a die shoe and a slide die each contain a recess sized and shaped so as to partially receive one die of a set of dies. The platens further contain a wall which extends between the outer periphery of the platen and the recess with a hole exten |
| 4397186 |
Coaxial direct-coupled ultrasonic probe and method of non-destructive testing |
August 9, 1983 |
| An improvement to ultrasonic probes useful in the non-destructive testing of structural materials includes a compact, high-sensitivity coaxial design probe. The probe has a centrally located transmitter point and a circumferentially arranged receiver ring. The geometrical relationship |
| 4219064 |
Non-marring clip nut |
August 26, 1980 |
| An improved clip nut has a long flat spring steel body which is bent back upon itself such that the two end portions of the spring steel body lie essentially parallel to each other with one portion forming the top arm and other portion forming the bottom arm. The top arm has a hole throu |
| 4010519 |
Fastener structures utilizing a thermoplastic adhesive |
March 8, 1977 |
| A fastener structure which is especially desirable for use with laminated members such as graphite fiber members in which the fibers are secured together with an epoxy resin can be constructed utilizing a layer of a thermoplastic adhesive on at least one heat conductive functional part o |
