Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Having separate expander means – Bulged by axially contracting ends
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-25
2006-04-25
Beach, Thomas A (Department: 3671)
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Having separate expander means
Bulged by axially contracting ends
C411S043000, C411S283000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07033120
ABSTRACT:
A blind type fastener for securing a plurality of workpieces is provided that has a sleeve, a pin member and a drive nut. The sleeve has a body that is internally threaded along a portion of the sleeve, a head positioned at one end of the sleeve and an internally unthreaded deformable tail portion positioned at the other end of the sleeve that is integrally connected to the sleeve. The head of the sleeve has a plurality of recesses disposed threreon. The pin member is adapted to be disposed within the sleeve and has a breakneck groove that is adapted to fracture at a position that is flush with an outer surface of the sleeve head. The drive nut has a plurality of projections positioned on one end of the drive nut that are adapted to be disposed in the plurality of recesses disposed in the head of the sleeve.
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Hufnagl Gerhart
Kendall James W.
Beach Thomas A
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott , LLC
Huck International Inc.
Maivald David P.
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