Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Externally threaded fastener element – e.g. – bolt – screw – etc. – Pilot end having means enhancing fastening or installation
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-09
2007-01-09
Saether, Flemming (Department: 3677)
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Externally threaded fastener element, e.g., bolt, screw, etc.
Pilot end having means enhancing fastening or installation
C411S417000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10948086
ABSTRACT:
A tapping screw fastened to a subject member in which a thread portion formed in a shaft portion of the tapping screw is used to form a female screw thread in a prepared hole of the subject member. An angle of a thread ridge is approximately 30 degrees, a plurality of notches are formed in a top portion of the thread portion over a predetermined range of an entire length of the shaft portion, and a joint portion for connecting the top portion and a bottom portion of the thread portion is formed to have a circular arc shape in an area having a smaller diameter than a diameter of the prepared hole of the subject matter, as viewed in a cross section including a shaft center of the tapping screw.
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Kozawa Mitsuru
Mizuno Hiromichi
Yamada Kenya
Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
Burr & Brown
Saether Flemming
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