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Class Information
Number: 411
Name: Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener >
Description: This class is the locus for the following types of fasteners when they are adapted for general use and are not sufficiently limited to use with special articles or structures as to require classification therewith:


Class Number Class Name No. of Patents
411/912

Antisplitting fastener

10
411/910

Antitamper means

228
411/911

One-way drive

31
411/915

Bolt having packing joint

52
411/916

Bolt having tension feature

72
411/914

Coated bolt

47
411/924

Coupled nut and bolt

8
411/945

Cross key

9
411/946

Spring-seated

8
411/924.1

Deformed

7
411/947

Elastic-gripping action

45
411/944

Flexible key

1
411/943

Flexible washer

3
411/948

Longitudinal key

16
411/926

Positive lock

6
411/927

Side

5
411/928

Thread gripper

2
411/949

Rachet and bolt-carried pawl

6
411/950

Rachet and nut-carried pawl

5
411/951

Flexible

9
411/952

Pivoted

0
411/929

Thread lock

14
411/935

Cam or cone grip

22
411/935.1

Cam

6
411/936

Canted nut

11
411/929.1

Coil spring

9
411/937

Distorted nut

6
411/937.2

Post-distorted thread pitch or diameter

33
411/937.1

Predistorted thread pitch or diameter

20
411/938

Distorted thread

27
411/929.2

Distorted washer

1
411/930

Flowing metal or settable material

74
411/939

Longitudinal key

11
411/940

Radial key or gib

8
411/941

Side clutch

7
411/941.3

Ball

1
411/941.2

Roller

0
411/941.1

Spring

8
411/931

Superposed nuts

9
411/932

Oppositely threaded

3
411/933

Key or pawl locked

0
411/934

Side locked

0
411/942

Tangential key

0
411/925

Top stop

1
411/953

Washer-carried pawl

8
411/954

Wedged slotted bolt

10
411/378

Externally threaded fastener element, e.g., bolt, screw, etc.

86
411/388

Double-ended

15
411/389

Both ends threaded

147
411/394

Drive screw

16
411/401

Elongated head, e.g., hanger bolt, etc.

63
411/395

Having bore therethrough

103
411/402

Head driving structure

93
411/408

Frictional engagement

31
411/410

Plural diverse driving structures

86
411/403

Socket or slot

142
411/406

Dovetail

8
411/407

Having driver retaining means

47
411/405

Opposed open ended plural slots, e.g., spanner, etc.

48
411/404

Orthogonally arranged slots, e.g., phillips head, etc.

66
411/409

Wing structure

32
411/398

Head eccentric with respect to fastener axis

19
411/399

Head having counter-sinking means

154
411/400

Hook head, e.g., j-bolt, etc.

113
411/383

Multipart

188
411/384

Axially adjustable

48
411/385

Comprising longitudinal side-by-side sections

34
411/386

Pilot end having means enhancing fastening or installation

207
411/387.1

Drill-tip-type end

74
411/387.2

Having a reaming portion

40
411/387.5

Having distinct, spaced cutting edges or points (e.g., prongs)

25
411/387.3

Having enhanced gripping structure

18
411/387.6

Resembling a twist-drill-type bit

17
411/387.8

And specified cutting edge, face, rake, relief surface, or flute angle (e.g., axially facing facets)

34
411/387.7

Cuttings or chips moved along curved relief channel

23
411/387.4

Thread-tapping portion or with thread pitch stabilizing ridge

52
411/392

Resiliently flexible

69
411/396

Separate head element

88
411/397

Threadedly attached to shank

55
411/393

Set screw

74
411/390

Single element having means facilitating or effecting separation

9
411/391

By fluent pressure

2
411/379

Stay bolt

7
411/380

Having spherical head

9
411/381

And telltale bore

3
411/382

Having telltale bore

1
411/411

Thread or shank structure

222
411/414

Buttress thread

42
411/417

Circumferentially interrupted thread

74
411/418

By longitudinal slot

76
411/420

Inclined slot

4
411/421

Helically oriented

19
411/419

Shank bifurcated by slot extending entirely therethrough

18
411/422

By transversely extending bore

8
411/416

Lobular thread

43
411/415

Of varying thread pitch

18
411/412

Plural threads on single shank

136
411/413

Of different pitch

65
411/424

Shank structure

123
411/426

Tapered

77
411/425

Twisted

11
411/423

Truncated thread

38
411/904

Fastener or fastener element composed of nonmetallic material

22
411/907

Elastomeric

69
411/906

Leather or fabric

2
411/905

Paper or wood

3
411/908

Resinous material

341
411/900

Fastener or fastener element composed of plural different materials

45
411/901

Core and exterior of different materials

58
411/902

Metal core

49
411/903

Resinous exterior

123
411/909

Fastener or fastener element composed of thermo-responsive memory material

50
411/511

Fastener securing element

38
411/513

Cotter pin

33
411/514

Having deformed resilient middle portion

23
411/515

Having folded back leg

5
411/512

Having elastomeric material

120
411/516

Resilient metallic

38
411/517

Retainer ring

119
411/518

Having gripper holes

26
411/519

Plural radial sectioned

18
411/520

Sheet metal

35
411/521

Circular

54
411/528

Having longitudinal slit coincident with element axis

5
411/529

Having longitudinal slot forming fastener engaging slide

10
411/525

Having plural longitudinal slits

32
411/527

And helically inclined tongues, e.g., speed nut, etc.

27
411/526

And slit coincident with element axis

45
411/522

Parallel legs, e.g., u-shaped, etc.

76
411/523

Folded leg having fastener aperture or recess

36
411/524

Plural folds

11
411/530

Wire or rod formed

53
411/15

Having separate expander means

86
411/34

Bulged by axially contracting ends

208
411/37

Bulged portion having additional gripping means

25
411/38

Bulged portion including bend line or reduced section

123
411/35

Having wedge-shaped section acting in slot

7
411/36

Twistable sleeve

15
411/80.1

Comprising a head and expandable portions spread by fastener (e.g., drywall anchor)

100
411/80.2

Three or more expandable portions

46
411/19

Fluent pressure actuated

28
411/20

Explosive

17
411/39

Frangible member

36
411/43

Frangible mandrel

217
411/40

Frangibly connected expander

31
411/41

Projecting outwardly from head

137
411/42

Sleeve including weakened portion

48
411/21

Having securing element projecting through aperture in sleeve

83
411/22

Deformable element

10
411/23

Flowable mass

10
411/16

Helical anchor

20
411/17

Mates with mandrel thread

18
411/18

With wedge-shaped expander

8
411/44

Including sleeve and distinct tapered expander (e.g., anchor bolt type)

89
411/45

And means to captively retain expander

166
411/47

Bridge-type retainer

14
411/46

Follower captive within groove

16
411/48

Tongue-type retainer

74
411/70

Expander having integral pull stem

93
411/69

Expander or sleeve extruded during expansion

51
411/55

Expander threadedly engaged by mover

365
411/54

Expansible element moved relative to stationary expander

79
411/54.1

Spread by pressing element over initially inserted expander (e.g., push type)

26
411/63

Plural-sectioned sleeve

12
411/64

Having section retainer

10
411/67

Bight type

14
411/65

Ring or sleeve type

33
411/66

Destructible

0
411/68

Tongue and groove

7
411/49

Relative rotation preventing means

18
411/50

Guide and follower

17
411/53

Expander type

10
411/52

Follower defined by corners of polygonal element

5
411/51

Splines

29
411/71

Sleeve having external gripping means

47
411/72

Circumferential rib

50
411/73

And longitudinal rib

14
411/74

Struck from sleeve

20
411/57.1

Slotted sleeve spread by tapered expander

45
411/58

Both ends slotted

12
411/60.1

Expander moved into stationary sleeve (i.e., pull type)

88
411/60.3

Including a hinge or hinge-like portion

15
411/60.2

Threaded expander

69
411/61

Folded blank type

110
411/62

Slot angularly related to sleeve axis

7
411/59

Slot spaced from ends

32
411/56

Stepped expander

7
411/32

Made up of plural expansible segments or sections

51
411/33

Identical segments

60
411/24

Oppositely acting double wedge expander means

37
411/26

Both wedges provided with thread cooperating means

12
411/27

Having rotation preventing means

4
411/28

Groove and follower

4
411/25

Outwardly moving

6
411/75

Relatively sliding wedge surfaces

44
411/78

Having wedge retainer means

28
411/80

Including discrete activating means for wedge

31
411/76

Wedge received in transverse slot in holding device or anchor

7
411/77

Double-faced wedge

19
411/79

Wedge surfaces act in single lateral direction

35
411/80.5

Sleeve type (headless) with longitudinal slot, slit, or split expanded by fastener

50
411/80.6

Sleeve threaded

23
411/29

With hole forming means

67
411/30

Formed on expansible sleeve

55
411/31

Serrated end

24
411/190

Having structure to restrict rotation of threaded, mating pieces (e.g., nut lock)

19
411/333

By deformation of a threaded element

6
411/334

Plastic deformation

6
411/335

Of an internally threaded element

9
411/336

Into an interruption in the thread of the externally threaded element associated therewith

8
411/259

Comprising a thread lock

18
411/263

Differential thread means

27
411/301

Elastic gripping action

52
411/302

Elastic insert

41
411/303

Disposed in a counterbore in the internally threaded element

40
411/304

Disposed within an interruption of a threaded surface

32
411/305

Externally threaded element adapted to be compressed radially inwardly

10
411/306

Resilient element

7
411/271

Externally threaded element includes an axially extending opening in its free end for receiving an expander member

35
411/274

Having an element, or with a discrete member, adapted to cant the assembly

3
411/275

With a discrete, canting member (e.g., a washer)

7
411/276

Having the internally threaded element distorted

7
411/285

Axial distortion

12
411/287

By axially directed impacted areas

4
411/290

Including a region displaceable generally axially relative to another part of the element

12
411/291

Having at least one region formed by a cut, slot, etc., across at least one sidewall of the element and extending generally radially into the element

19
411/288

Of axially spaced threaded sections

6
411/289

Coiled spring

5
411/286

With discrete means carried by the element for producing the distortion

6
411/277

Radially inward distortion

28
411/280

Of cantilevered segments (e.g., castellated end)

18
411/281

Of circumferentially spaced areas of continuous periphery

13
411/282

Defining a smooth curving, noncircular thread section (e.g., elliptically shaped)

17
411/283

Impacted areas

13
411/284

Located on the flats of a polygonally shaped element

3
411/278

With discrete means carried by the element for producing the distortion

20
411/279

Threaded means

4
411/307

Having threads of different pitch, or a thread of varying pitch

33
411/262

Including a coil spring

11
411/260

Including a distortable metallic washer or sleeve

11
411/261

In the nature of a dished washer

5
411/292

Including a longitudinal locking member

10
411/293

Having a toothed surface

1
411/294

Including a radial locking member

13
411/295

Threadedly received in the internally threaded element

10
411/265

Including a tapered (e.g., a conical) surface for wedging the internally threaded element against the externally threaded one

18
411/266

Segmented internally threaded element

11
411/267

Discrete segments carried within a housing

53
411/268

Including a discrete, threaded member carrying the tapered surface and threadedly engaging one of the threaded elements

4
411/269

Engaging a threaded exterior provided on the segmented element

5
411/270

Including a sleeve or washer type member for carrying the tapered surface and surrounding the segmented element

37
411/272

Including camming surfaces on the threaded elements or on an additional member

4
411/273

With a camming member having an eccentrically arranged recess for receiving the internally threaded element

7
411/312

Including means biasing the threads in axially opposed directions

8
411/308

Involving dissimilarities in the sectional configuration of the threads

37
411/309

Resulting in the deformation of one thread by the other

11
411/310

By integral, interference-producing deviations from a standard thread shape

46
411/311

Located in the vicinity of the crest or the root of the thread

74
411/264

Rocking thread section on the externally threaded element

3
411/296

Side clutch

6
411/298

Ball

5
411/297

Roller

1
411/299

Spring

21
411/300

Tangential locking member

8
411/324

Elastic gripping action

60
411/325

Externally threaded element includes an axially extending opening in its free end for receiving an expander member

17
411/257

Including material in the nature of (1) a metallic coating, (2) a quantity of fusible metal or (3) a discrete member formed of ductile metal

3
411/258

Including settable material

155
411/332

Including teeth of the ramp and buttress type on the axially inwardly facing portion of the internally threaded element

10
411/326

Pawl and ratchet

14
411/327

Pawl carried by the internally threaded element

7
411/328

Pivoted pawl

3
411/329

Resilient pawl

24
411/330

Washer carried pawl

8
411/331

Resilient

3
411/191

Structure contacts nut piece side and is fixed to the nut

6
411/192

And contacts mating piece side

4
411/195

Other element is a bolt, and member includes opening configured to engage side flat thereon

5
411/196

And further includes spaced, axially extending legs for engaging side flats on the nut

2
411/193

Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the member, or of a discrete element

6
411/194

With a discrete, resilient element

5
411/197

Structure is coaxial, distinct member (e.g., washer) that restricts nut piece when fixed

14
411/200

Member comprises key movable laterally into engagement with threaded elements

11
411/201

Member includes plastically deformable portion

4
411/198

Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the member, or of a discrete element

13
411/199

Member comprises key movable laterally into engagement with threaded elements

3
411/202

Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the member, or of a discrete element

1
411/203

With a discrete, resilient element

5
411/204

Structure is coaxial, distinct member (e.g., washer, key, or nut portion) that restricts nut piece

16
411/246

By thread-gripping locking element

5
411/253

Gripping member includes a tapered section adapted to be axially depressed to cause radial movement of a portion thereof

2
411/254

Gripping member is moved radially into engagement with the threads

4
411/255

Including discrete means to move or to lock the gripping member relative to the externally threaded element

6
411/256

Gripping member is moved tangentially into engagement with the threads

1
411/247

Resilient grip

16
411/248

Split ring

3
411/249

Including structure interfitting within a thread for less than a full turn thereof

1
411/250

Wire structure

2
411/251

Helically coiled wire

2
411/252

Including a free end in nonrotational engagement with the threaded element

5
411/222

Internally threaded locking member (e.g., jam nut)

24
411/223

Including means associated with at least one of the nuts for restricting rotation therebetween

16
411/229

Axially directed, resiliently biased detent means

1
411/230

Canted element

10
411/227

Comprising one or more discrete members serving as a pawl and ratchet

2
411/228

Inherently resilient pawl

4
411/237

Having a part of one of the nuts extending into a circular, axially directed recess of the other, and further including, in the region of the recess, formations cooperating to restrict relative rotation

21
411/238

At least one of the formations comprises a surface eccentric to the longitudinal axis of the nuts

10
411/239

Including cooperating formations on the axially opposing portions of the nuts

3
411/241

Comprising surfaces of a curvilinear nature

1
411/240

Comprising teeth of the ramp and buttress type

2
411/224

Key received in part in each of the nuts

1
411/225

Including a plastically deformable portion

2
411/226

Received in axially extending passages or recesses

8
411/244

Oppositely threaded

6
411/245

Intersecting threads on the bolt

1
411/242

Plastic deformation of at least one of the nuts

1
411/243

Reversed internal and external threads on one of the nuts

2
411/232

Side lock

0
411/234

By a discrete element

5
411/236

Including plastic deformation (e.g., bending) of the discrete element

1
411/235

Periphery encompassing means (e.g., a sleeve)

3
411/233

Integral deformable means

0
411/231

With means resiliently biasing the nuts apart

21
411/209

Member includes key, screw, tongue, etc. perpendicular to threads

8
411/212

Including plastically deformable portion

1
411/213

Comprising an elongated element divided longitudinally (e.g., a cotter pin)

5
411/210

Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the key, or of a discrete element

1
411/211

With a discrete, resilient element

4
411/205

Member includes pawl- or pivoting key-type portion engaging threads

2
411/206

Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the key, or of a discrete element

5
411/207

With a discrete, resilient element

1
411/208

And key engageable with aligned formations (e.g., grooves) in axially outwardly facing portion of each threaded element

6
411/214

Member includes screw receivable in an axially extending, internally threaded bore

8
411/215

With an additional member between screw and axially outwardly facing portion

2
411/216

Member or portion includes an axially disposed key

8
411/217

Key coacts with bolt by occupying an axially extending recess formed in the radially outward surface thereof

10
411/219

And includes a portion adapted to engage a substantial part of the periphery of the bolt

3
411/218

And includes a portion adapted to extend into a transverse opening provided in the bolt

0
411/220

And includes a region plastically deformable into engagement with the axially outwardly facing portion

7
411/221

Member or portion includes piece that interlocks with an axially extending recess or slot in a bolt and a recess in an axially outwardly facing side of a nut

21
411/313

Washer having a deformable portion engageable with a threaded element

6
411/314

Resiliently deformable portion

3
411/315

With a member in the nature of a rotation preventing key movable laterally into engagement with the threaded elements

18
411/319

And including a plastically deformable portion

2
411/320

Comprising an elongated element divided longitudinally (e.g., a cotter pin)

3
411/316

And utilizing a resilient characteristic of the key, or of a discrete element

5
411/317

With a discrete, resilient element

10
411/318

Comprising a spring of the coiled type

6
411/321

With an elongated member in the nature of a rotation preventing key disposed axially of the threaded elements

11
411/323

And including a plastically deformable portion

1
411/322

And utilizing a resilient characteristic of the key, or of a discrete element

7
411/337

Headed fastener element with nut, washer, securing means or cap

63
411/372.5

Cap over the head

32
411/373

Attachable cap structure

109
411/374

By screw means

38
411/375

Crimpable

23
411/377

Moldable

118
411/376

Weldable metal

9
411/372.6

Having attaching or retaining means

54
411/360

Deformable securing means

30
411/362

Securing means deflecting a portion of fastener end

3
411/363

Plural end legs

3
411/365

Circular deflector

0
411/364

Cotter pin fastener

3
411/361

Swageable collar

105
411/351

Draw bar or draft key fastener

32
411/366.1

Headed bolt or screw with threads and complementary nut

33
411/366.2

Flush mount or low profile

7
411/367

Having stay bolt spacer sleeve

10
411/368

Having washer

110
411/369

Including sealing means

117
411/370

Stay bolt bearing washer

1
411/366.3

Threads having a specific pitch or angle

26
411/347

Headed fastener element with securing means and biasing spring

47
411/348

Ball detent securing means

84
411/349

Securing means rotatable about fastener element or rotatably engageable by tool-rotatable headed fastener element

103
411/554

Helically slotted securing means having cooperating engaging portion on socket member

17
411/555

Through-slot for engagement with crossbar

15
411/549

Outwardly extending projection cooperates with socket member having ramp engagement means

41
411/552

And discrete biasing spring

64
411/550

Including means providing axial adjustment

11
411/551

Threaded adjustment

37
411/553

Similar, opposed ramp surfaces

108
411/350

Securing means rotatable and axially movable, e.g., wear takeup means, etc.

20
411/338

Lap bolt or fastener

63
411/339

Interference fit type

180
411/352

Metallic resilient securing means

62
411/353

Retainer ring

271
411/356

Penetrating pin securing means

12
411/357

Longitudinally inserted

12
411/358

Outwardly deflected

14
411/359

Bifurcated

10
411/371.1

Sealing-type washer compressed by head

41
411/340

Securing means pivotable about axis transverse to fastener axis, e.g., toggle bolt, etc.

132
411/341

And biasing spring

18
411/343

Spring at opposite end from securing means

7
411/342

Spring engaging securing means

56
411/344

And discrete manual actuating means

103
411/345

And pivoted retention means

41
411/346

Channel shaped securing means

28
411/371.2

Washer adjacent head and having a particular shape (e.g., dished) or composition

26
411/372

And separate attaching or retaining means

17
411/354

Wedge-securing means

102
411/355

And apertured bolt

17
411/500

Headed fastener element

40
411/501

Having plastically flowable or deflectable end, e.g., rivet, etc.

135
411/502

Plural end legs

19
411/503

Sheet metal type

14
411/504

Solid end type

52
411/506

Bolt head and end flowable

18
411/507

Domed head

25
411/505

Stay bolt

3
411/508

Having resilient securing structure on shank

521
411/509

Concentric ridge or flange

121
411/510

Plural ridges or flanges

224
411/439

Impact driven fastener, e.g., nail, spike, tack, etc.

47
411/484

Domed head

1
411/440

Having means to facilitate explosive driving

28
411/441

Discrete guide or centering means

66
411/486

Head forms segment of disk

1
411/481

Head having central recess

6
411/485

Hook head

27
411/446

Including integral locking means

34
411/447

Comprising deformable portion

30
411/448

Expansible on impact

30
411/449

Axially collapsible section

4
411/451.1

Comprising protrusion or recess on shank

17
411/456

Barb or spur-type projection

72
411/455

Circumferential rib

33
411/451.4

Longitudinal flute, depression, or channel

6
411/452

Longitudinal rib

39
411/453

Spiral rib

33
411/454

Defined by twisted shank

5
411/451.3

Serrations or sharp teeth

11
411/451.5

Shoulder-type protrusion

6
411/451.2

Undulating type

8
411/450

Having means engageable on underside of member being secured by fastener

16
411/457

Multiple prong, e.g., nailing plate, staple, etc.

116
411/471

Each prong bevelled from a single side toward its opposite side

18
411/472

Bevel located on outerside of prong

13
411/473

Having distinct driving head

21
411/474

Plural heads

5
411/476

Having frangible portion

4
411/475

Having means to limit penetration short of bridge portion

19
411/470

Having prongs of different length

17
411/469

Multipart

38
411/461

Of sheet metal

60
411/462

Including stiffening means

8
411/463

Rib

13
411/464

Entire fastener having corrugations parallel to driving direction

7
411/465

Having sawtooth penetrating edge

1
411/466

Prongs cut and formed from body portion

74
411/467

Plural prongs from single opening

13
411/468

Including opposed prongs defining mirror image of each other

19
411/458

Oppositely disposed prongs

24
411/460

Having identical ends

15
411/459

Having plural prongs on one end

13
411/477

Of sheet metal

41
411/478

Folded or twisted

28
411/479

Hollow fastener

36
411/442

Plural attached fasteners

89
411/445

Attached end-to-end

5
411/443

Integral strip

37
411/444

Laterally attached only at head or bridge

13
411/482

Plural axially aligned heads

26
411/480

Separately attached head

61
411/487

Shank or penetrating end structure

26
411/492

Angular shank portion

4
411/493

End structure

10
411/496

Chisel point

10
411/498

Conical point

6
411/499

Having a curved surface

10
411/494

Pyramidal point

3
411/495

Slotted end

9
411/497

Stepped end

2
411/488

Flat-sided shank

11
411/489

Tapered

7
411/491

Oval or lobular shank

2
411/490

Stepped shank

6
411/483

Wire formed head

7
411/82

Including settable material

257
411/82.2

Adhesive coating

17
411/82.3

Adhesive encapsulated

25
411/82.1

Injected after fastener placement

42
411/427

Internally threaded fastener element, e.g., nut, etc.

201
411/429

Having cap

119
411/430

Cap crimped onto nut

24
411/431

Resiliently retained

113
411/428

Including lubricating means

41
411/432

Multipart

313
411/433

Including movable threaded segments

274
411/434

Moved by fluent pressure

26
411/436

Thread structure

79
411/438

Coil spring

56
411/437

Interrupted

238
411/435

Wing

42
411/955

Locked bolthead or nut

4
411/956

Automatic base clutch

4
411/957

Biting tooth

13
411/959

Bolt- or nut-carried

50
411/958

Coiled washer

3
411/964

Detent

1
411/960

Friction

5
411/961

Pawl and ratchet

2
411/962

Bolthead or nut-carried pawl

4
411/963

Yielding interlocking washer

5
411/972

Distorted

4
411/973

Gravity bolthead, nut or washer

13
411/997

Longitudinal fastener

0
411/974

Side lock

4
411/983

Inelastic tongue

2
411/984

Longitudinal

3
411/985

Bolthead- or nut-held

4
411/986

Reversed bolthead or nut

0
411/987

Side pin

3
411/988

Spike-held locking plate

0
411/989

Swinging

2
411/990

Washer tongue-held

2
411/978

Pawl and ratchet

5
411/979

Resilient

3
411/980

Automatic

0
411/981

Coiled washer

0
411/982

Spring-tongued washer plate

1
411/975

Rotatable washer

0
411/976

Bent tongue-locked

2
411/977

Pawl-locked

0
411/991

Transversely sliding

0
411/992

Key, plate, or bar

0
411/993

Bolthead- or nut-held

0
411/994

Sliding washer

1
411/995

Transversely swinging

0
411/996

Transverse base-locking key

0
411/965

With retainer

25
411/971

And side lock

12
411/968

Deformable base member

28
411/967

Deformable bolthead or nut

11
411/969

Deformable retainer

19
411/966

Multiple (i.e., gang type)

34
411/970

Resilient retainer

105
411/548

Miscellaneous

55
411/921

Multiple-pronged nail, spike or tack

31
411/922

Nail, spike or tack having locking device

43
411/923

Nail, spike or tack having specific head structure

54
411/917

Nut having tension feature

51
411/919

Screw having driving contacts

109
411/913

Self-expanding anchor

246
411/920

Staple

65
411/DIG.2

Temperature modification

15
411/82.5

Temperature sensitive or responsive

12
411/14.5

Tensioned along the longitudinal axis by a coaxial force applying device (e.g., mechanical tensioner)

22
411/DIG.1

Thread forming, reforming, or cleaning

19
411/81

Threaded fastener locked to a discreet structure (e.g., plate, rail, wheel)

18
411/166

Design of fastener or substructure restricts rotation (e.g., flattened head rotatable in receiving slot, depression in substructure, bolt clipped to substructure)

50
411/171

Bolt or nut adapted to be fused directly to substructure (e.g., weld nut)

104
411/168

Including a lock thread

4
411/167

Locknut type on fastener

7
411/169

Mass of bolt head or nut offset from fastener longitudinal axis

29
411/170

Nut and washer type formed from single blank folded over substructure

2
411/87

Elongate member extending between and interlocking plural bolts or nuts

27
411/88

Member engages inwardly facing surface and a flat side of bolt head or nut

11
411/116

Fastener, or coaxial adjunct therefor, having sidewardly facing flat or formation engaged by portion of member (e.g., side lock)

27
411/117

Adjunct carried flat or formaton

4
411/118

And thread lock coupling complementary fasteners

0
411/129

Member engages inwardly facing surface of bolt head or nut

5
411/131

And has specific structure to coact with substructure

10
411/130

And is formed from plural, cooperating parts

3
411/119

Member having opening or notch engaging a bolt head or nut on two sides

44
411/120

And element maintaining member in operative engagement with bolt head or nut

69
411/121

Member elastically or plastically deformable for attaching it to bolt head or nut

47
411/122

Member having portion (e.g., tab) deformable in situ into engagement with flat or formation

13
411/123

And having specific structure to coact with substructure

10
411/124

Projection on member and coacting formation in substructure

11
411/128

Member, or portion thereof, comprises movable pawl

5
411/125

Sheet metal member having resilient pawl distorted therefrom

2
411/127

Member abuts coacting part on substructure

2
411/126

Member includes means which attempt to penetrate substructure

1
411/86

Including a series of elements, one element restricting two fasteners of a plurality, and the remainder each restricting one fastener

1
411/101

Member engages the inwardly facing surface of a plurality of bolt heads or nuts

3
411/90

Member extending between and engaging flat formed on side of each of a plurality of bolts or nuts (e.g., side lock)

6
411/91

And element on opposite face of substructure restricting rotation of a cooperating nut or bolt

3
411/98

And engaging the inwardly facing surface of the bolt heads or nuts

5
411/92

Having plural openings or notches engaging a bolt or nut on two sides

12
411/95

Elastically or plastically deformable part

5
411/96

Having plural parts, one comprising a keeper

5
411/93

Having plural parts, one of which engages the inwardly facing surface of a bolt head or nut

8
411/94

Special fishplate engaging inwardly facing surface

0
411/97

Unitary member, deformable in whole or in part

3
411/100

Including element spacing member from substructure

1
411/99

Including separable keeper for member

2
411/89

Member extending between plural fasteners and restricting the rotation thereof in one direction more than the other (e.g., pawl and ratchet)

2
411/132

Member or portion thereof located between substructure and inwardly facing surface of bolt head or nut

10
411/140

Elongate member moves in longitudinally extending opening in bolt head or nut to enter substructure

12
411/143

Formations on either member or surface, and cooperative, restricting means on the other

5
411/144

Formations on surface, means on member, one of which presents a sharp edged configuration

8
411/146

And substructure accommodation for member portion

4
411/145

Formations comprise ramplike teeth, means comprises a movable pawl

5
411/142

Key introduced laterally at juncture of surface and substructure

1
411/141

Locking dog or pawl carried by bolt head or nut and engaging substructure

2
411/134

Means holding member to bolt, nut or substructure prior to use

24
411/135

By discrete element

6
411/136

Member comprises looplike element (e.g., washer) interlocked with additional element, one of them engaging substructure or surface in other than planar, face to face contact

17
411/139

Laterally introduced key locks looplike element to surface

0
411/138

Pawl element, movably carried by looplike element, coacts with ratchet on surface

2
411/137

Two looplike elements interlocked by laterally introduced key

0
411/147

Member comprises washer formed as closed loop or apertured plate or as split ring

19
411/155

Apertured plate having arched sectional configuration (e.g., concavo convex)

28
411/156

Arched configuration circumscribes aperture

36
411/154

Apertured plate of uniform thickness having undulating contact surfaces

13
411/160

Closed loop having plural variations in the profile of a contact surface or a peripheral edge thereof

34
411/163

Variations are teeth located along a periphery

20
411/164

Both peripheries

9
411/165

Each twisted about its radial axis

11
411/162

Variations comprise circumferentially spaced projections or recesses inset from both peripheries

11
411/161

Variations comprise generally radially extending ridges or grooves

40
411/152

Ends of split ring overlap in stressed condition

0
411/153

Overlap of at least 180 degrees (e.g., coil)

6
411/148

Engaging side wall of counterbore in substructure

8
411/149

Plural, axially adjacent washers, or plural part washer

34
411/150

Having one washer, or washer part, of a more yieldable nature than another washer, or part

24
411/157

Split ring having opposed ends offset axially

8
411/158

Contact surface contains a plurality of generally radially extending ridges or grooves removed from the ends

3
411/159

Cross section other than rectangular

3
411/151

Split ring having radially outwardly extending end

3
411/133

Member fixed to bolt shank, and member or bolt fixed to substructure

5
411/103

Member preassembled with substructure at through-passage or recess for holding single bolt or nut in coaxial relation therewith

66
411/105

And a second substructure and means for capturing a complementary nut or bolt thereto

35
411/106

Having means for coupling a bolt to a nut (e.g., thread lock)

6
411/109

Locking ring coaxially related to an elongated, externally threaded nut

12
411/107

Member anchors bolt in substructure with threaded portion exposed (e.g., stud bolt)

235
411/110

Member comprises a longitudinal key

16
411/111

Member includes elastically or plastically deformable portion

36
411/112

Having elastically deformable portion for attaching member to substructure

110
411/113

Plastically deformable portion

55
411/108

Nut-encompassing sleeve member engaged within through-passage or recess

42
411/104

Through-passage or recess having laterally extending entry for inserting member and nut

113
411/172

Nut, and means to engage substructure on its opposite faces for retaining nut at aperture therein, formed as unitary component

27
411/176

Fastener having a deformable portion or deforms substructure (e.g., prong)

64
411/183

Nut assembled to substructure by plastically deformable region on nut

98
411/177

Nut assembled to substructure utilizing cooperating regions on both

47
411/181

Both cooperating regions deformed

81
411/182

Nonmetallic nut, resiliently deformed during assembly

214
411/180

Nut deforms wall of preformed opening in substructure during assembly

178
411/178

Nut is externally and internally threaded cylinder

115
411/179

Nut penetrates substructure and anchors itself thereto (e.g., pierce nut)

82
411/184

Region on inwardly facing surface of bolt head or nut

12
411/187

Having axially directed projection or recess

57
411/188

Plural, radially extending, and generally equally spaced

92
411/189

Surface deforms resiliently

10
411/185

Surface extends radially beyond flat sides of bolt head or nut

12
411/186

And includes resilient flange

21
411/173

Means to engage extends through aperture

53
411/174

Means to engage grasps an edge of substructure

64
411/175

And has projection contacting periphery of aperture

64
411/84

Prefabricated assembly comprising strip or sheet member carrying plural, similar fasteners

83
411/85

Including element for holding fasteners against separation from member

126
411/114

Recessed or toothed member receiving movable pawl carried by bolt head or nut

9
411/115

Having discrete, reciprocably movable pawl

8
411/102

Series of elements, each restricting a single fastener, cooperating to restrict a series of fasteners

9
411/918

Threadless nut

43
411/1

Torque responsive nut or bolt driving connection

35
411/2

Frangible connection

64
411/3

Between concentric elements

57
411/5

Axially displaced

138
411/4

Shear pin connecting means

22
411/6

Resilient connection

17
411/7

Ratchet

30
411/DIG.3

Utilizing fluid pressure

17
411/531

Washer structure

167
411/544

Axially resilient

169
411/545

Corrugated

30
411/537

Having leveling means

63
411/538

Inclined planar face

10
411/535

Including adjustable thickness means

65
411/536

Wear or lost motion compensating means

34
411/534

Including antifriction means

23
411/533

Including means for retaining washer to fastener

261
411/532

Including release means

7
411/539

Radially positionable

53
411/540

Pivotally hinged sections

11
411/541

Secured by plastic deformation

5
411/542

Sealing

148
411/546

Spacer

122
411/547

Of folded sheet material

10
411/543

Wire formed

0
411/8

With means to indicate application of predetermined stress-strain

73
411/9

Axially deformable member or portion

30
411/10

Deformable washer

48
411/11

Resilient

39
411/12

Coil spring

6
411/13

Color indicator

24
411/14

Including gauge means

125
411/998

With positive bolt lock

5
411/999

With retainer (e.g., tether)

232
 
 
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