Expanded – threaded – driven – headed – tool-deformed – or locked-thr – Headed fastener element with nut – washer – securing means or cap – Lap bolt or fastener
Patent
1998-11-03
1999-11-02
Wilson, Neill
Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-thr
Headed fastener element with nut, washer, securing means or cap
Lap bolt or fastener
411510, 411908, 411913, F16B 1900, F16B 2100
Patent
active
059758201
ABSTRACT:
The fastener includes a pin and a grommet for attaching a primary panel to a secondary panel. The pin includes two dual-height finger assemblies and a circular flexible flange or umbrella head. A primary panel through a first range of thicknesses is sealingly engaged between the flexible flange and the fingers of a first height of the dual-height finger assemblies, and a primary panel through a second range of thicknesses is sealingly engaged between the flexible flange and the fingers of a second height in the dual-height finger assemblies. The pin further includes a male element with external serrated ridges. The male element engages a passageway in the grommet which includes an internal ridge for engaging the external serrated ridges. The grommet further includes a pair of spaced disks for engaging an opening in a secondary panel.
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Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Wilson Neill
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