Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Threaded fastener locked to a discreet structure – Member preassembled with substructure at through-passage or...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-14
2006-02-14
Mitchell, Katherine (Department: 3677)
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Threaded fastener locked to a discreet structure
Member preassembled with substructure at through-passage or...
C411S058000, C411S549000, C411S349000, C411S350000, C024S458000, C403S222000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06997658
ABSTRACT:
An alignment pin or fastener includes a radially eccentric part such that when the fastener is tightened, the eccentric part shifts radially to simultaneously align the holes of two plates in a radial direction and clamp the two plates together in an axial direction. The bi-directional fastener includes two heads at opposite ends of a shaft, wherein the two plates become sandwiched and clamped between the two heads. The shaft and the two heads remain fixed relative to each other, so turning one head turns the other. This allows the fastener to be tightened even when only one of the heads is accessible.
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Harter Robert J.
Mitchell Katherine
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