Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Headed fastener element with nut – washer – securing means or cap – Headed fastener element with securing means and biasing spring
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-29
2005-03-29
Miller, William L. (Department: 3677)
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Headed fastener element with nut, washer, securing means or cap
Headed fastener element with securing means and biasing spring
Reexamination Certificate
active
06872039
ABSTRACT:
A self-locking pin having a shaft, a headed end, and detent means biased in a bore in the pin. The portion of the detent or plunger that extends outwardly from the bore is wedge-shaped, while the portion of the plunger disposed inside the bore is cylindrical. A transitional angle is formed at the point where the configuration of the plunger changes from cylindrical to wedge-shaped. The transitional angle defines shoulders on either side of the plunger. The shaft is staked at points along the perimeter of the bore so that the inwardly extending surface created by the staking abuts the shoulders and prevents the plunger from rotating or being removed from the bore. In an alternate embodiment, the plunger may be rotated to a locked depressed position.
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Baus Romy
Swenson, III Harry
Miller William L.
Pivot Point, Incorporated
Ryan Kromholz & Manion S.C.
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