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| Class 411 | EXPANDED, THREADED, DRIVEN, HEADED, TOOL-DEFORMED, OR LOCKED-THREADED FASTENER |
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![[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 411 subclass 1]](../as.gif) | ![[List of Patents for class 411 subclass 1]](../ps.gif) | 1 | TORQUE RESPONSIVE NUT OR BOLT DRIVING CONNECTION |
| | 8 | WITH MEANS TO INDICATE APPLICATION OF PREDETERMINED STRESS-STRAIN |
| | 14.5 | TENSIONED ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS BY A COAXIAL FORCE APPLYING DEVICE (E.G., MECHANICAL TENSIONER) |
| | 15 | HAVING SEPARATE EXPANDER MEANS |
| | 16 |  Helical anchor |
| | 19 | Fluent pressure actuated |
| | 21 | Having securing element projecting through aperture in sleeve |
| | 24 | Oppositely acting double wedge expander means |
| | 25 |  Outwardly moving |
| | 26 | Both wedges provided with thread cooperating means |
| | 27 | Having rotation preventing means |
| | 29 | With hole forming means |
| | 32 | Made up of plural expansible segments or sections |
| | 34 | Bulged by axially contracting ends |
| | 35 | Having wedge-shaped section acting in slot |
| | 36 | Twistable sleeve |
| | 37 | Bulged portion having additional gripping means |
| | 38 | Bulged portion including bend line or reduced section |
| | 39 | Frangible member |
| | 44 | Including sleeve and distinct tapered expander (e.g., anchor bolt type) |
| | 45 | And means to captively retain expander |
| | 49 | Relative rotation preventing means |
| | 54 | Expansible element moved relative to stationary expander |
| | 55 | Expander threadedly engaged by mover |
| | 56 | Stepped expander |
| | 70 | Expander having integral pull stem |
| | 57.1 | Slotted sleeve spread by tapered expander |
| | 58 |  Both ends slotted |
| | 59 | Slot spaced from ends |
| | 60.1 | Expander moved into stationary sleeve (i.e., pull type) |
| | 61 | Folded blank type |
| | 62 | Slot angularly related to sleeve axis |
| | 63 | Plural-sectioned sleeve |
| | 69 | Expander or sleeve extruded during expansion |
| | 71 | Sleeve having external gripping means |
| | 75 | Relatively sliding wedge surfaces |
| | 76 | Wedge received in transverse slot in holding device or anchor |
| | 78 | Having wedge retainer means |
| | 79 | Wedge surfaces act in single lateral direction |
| | 80 | Including discrete activating means for wedge |
| | 80.1 | Comprising a head and expandable portions spread by fastener (e.g., drywall anchor) |
| | 80.5 | Sleeve type (headless) with longitudinal slot, slit, or split expanded by fastener |
| | 82 | INCLUDING SETTABLE MATERIAL |
| | 82.5 | TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE OR RESPONSIVE |
| | 81 | THREADED FASTENER LOCKED TO A DISCREET STRUCTURE (E.G., PLATE, RAIL, WHEEL) |
| | 84 | Prefabricated assembly comprising strip or sheet member carrying plural, similar fasteners |
| | 86 | Including a series of elements, one element restricting two fasteners of a plurality, and the remainder each restricting one fastener |
| | 87 | Elongate member extending between and interlocking plural bolts or nuts |
| | 89 | Member extending between plural fasteners and restricting the rotation thereof in one direction more than the other (e.g., pawl and ratchet) |
| | 90 | Member extending between and engaging flat formed on side of each of a plurality of bolts or nuts (e.g., side lock) |
| | 91 | And element on opposite face of substructure restricting rotation of a cooperating nut or bolt |
| | 92 | Having plural openings or notches engaging a bolt or nut on two sides |
| | 93 | Having plural parts, one of which engages the inwardly facing surface of a bolt head or nut |
| | 95 | Elastically or plastically deformable part |
| | 96 | Having plural parts, one comprising a keeper |
| | 97 | Unitary member, deformable in whole or in part |
| | 98 | And engaging the inwardly facing surface of the bolt heads or nuts |
| | 99 | Including separable keeper for member |
| | 100 | Including element spacing member from substructure |
| | 101 | Member engages the inwardly facing surface of a plurality of bolt heads or nuts |
| | 102 | Series of elements, each restricting a single fastener, cooperating to restrict a series of fasteners |
| | 103 | Member preassembled with substructure at through-passage or recess for holding single bolt or nut in coaxial relation therewith |
| | 104 | Through-passage or recess having laterally extending entry for inserting member and nut |
| | 105 | And a second substructure and means for capturing a complementary nut or bolt thereto |
| | 106 | Having means for coupling a bolt to a nut (e.g., thread lock) |
| | 107 | Member anchors bolt in substructure with threaded portion exposed (e.g., stud bolt) |
| | 108 | Nut-encompassing sleeve member engaged within through-passage or recess |
| | 109 | Locking ring coaxially related to an elongated, externally threaded nut |
| | 110 | Member comprises a longitudinal key |
| | 111 | Member includes elastically or plastically deformable portion |
| | 114 | Recessed or toothed member receiving movable pawl carried by bolt head or nut |
| | 116 | Fastener, or coaxial adjunct therefor, having sidewardly facing flat or formation engaged by portion of member (e.g., side lock) |
| | 117 | Adjunct carried flat or formaton |
| | 118 | And thread lock coupling complementary fasteners |
| | 119 | Member having opening or notch engaging a bolt head or nut on two sides |
| | 120 | And element maintaining member in operative engagement with bolt head or nut |
| | 121 | Member elastically or plastically deformable for attaching it to bolt head or nut |
| | 122 | Member having portion (e.g., tab) deformable in situ into engagement with flat or formation |
| | 125 | Sheet metal member having resilient pawl distorted therefrom |
| | 126 | Member includes means which attempt to penetrate substructure |
| | 127 | Member abuts coacting part on substructure |
| | 128 | Member, or portion thereof, comprises movable pawl |
| | 129 | Member engages inwardly facing surface of bolt head or nut |
| | 132 | Member or portion thereof located between substructure and inwardly facing surface of bolt head or nut |
| | 133 | Member fixed to bolt shank, and member or bolt fixed to substructure |
| | 134 | Means holding member to bolt, nut or substructure prior to use |
| | 136 | Member comprises looplike element (e.g., washer) interlocked with additional element, one of them engaging substructure or surface in other than planar, face to face contact |
| | 137 | Two looplike elements interlocked by laterally introduced key |
| | 138 | Pawl element, movably carried by looplike element, coacts with ratchet on surface |
| | 139 | Laterally introduced key locks looplike element to surface |
| | 140 | Elongate member moves in longitudinally extending opening in bolt head or nut to enter substructure |
| | 141 | Locking dog or pawl carried by bolt head or nut and engaging substructure |
| | 142 | Key introduced laterally at juncture of surface and substructure |
| | 143 | Formations on either member or surface, and cooperative, restricting means on the other |
| | 147 | Member comprises washer formed as closed loop or apertured plate or as split ring |
| | 148 | Engaging side wall of counterbore in substructure |
| | 149 | Plural, axially adjacent washers, or plural part washer |
| | 151 | Split ring having radially outwardly extending end |
| | 152 | Ends of split ring overlap in stressed condition |
| | 154 | Apertured plate of uniform thickness having undulating contact surfaces |
| | 155 | Apertured plate having arched sectional configuration (e.g., concavo convex) |
| | 157 | Split ring having opposed ends offset axially |
| | 158 |  Contact surface contains a plurality of generally radially extending ridges or grooves removed from the ends |
| | 159 | Cross section other than rectangular |
| | 160 | Closed loop having plural variations in the profile of a contact surface or a peripheral edge thereof |
| | 166 | Design of fastener or substructure restricts rotation (e.g., flattened head rotatable in receiving slot, depression in substructure, bolt clipped to substructure) |
| | 167 | Locknut type on fastener |
| | 168 | Including a lock thread |
| | 169 | Mass of bolt head or nut offset from fastener longitudinal axis |
| | 170 | Nut and washer type formed from single blank folded over substructure |
| | 171 | Bolt or nut adapted to be fused directly to substructure (e.g., weld nut) |
| | 172 | Nut, and means to engage substructure on its opposite faces for retaining nut at aperture therein, formed as unitary component |
| | 173 | Means to engage extends through aperture |
| | 176 | Fastener having a deformable portion or deforms substructure (e.g., prong) |
| | 177 | Nut assembled to substructure utilizing cooperating regions on both |
| | 178 | Nut is externally and internally threaded cylinder |
| | 179 | Nut penetrates substructure and anchors itself thereto (e.g., pierce nut) |
| | 180 | Nut deforms wall of preformed opening in substructure during assembly |
| | 181 | Both cooperating regions deformed |
| | 182 | Nonmetallic nut, resiliently deformed during assembly |
| | 183 | Nut assembled to substructure by plastically deformable region on nut |
| | 184 | Region on inwardly facing surface of bolt head or nut |
| | 190 | HAVING STRUCTURE TO RESTRICT ROTATION OF THREADED, MATING PIECES (E.G., NUT LOCK) |
| | 191 | Structure contacts nut piece side and is fixed to the nut |
| | 192 | And contacts mating piece side |
| | 193 | Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the member, or of a discrete element |
| | 195 | Other element is a bolt, and member includes opening configured to engage side flat thereon |
| | 197 | Structure is coaxial, distinct member (e.g., washer) that restricts nut piece when fixed |
| | 198 | Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the member, or of a discrete element |
| | 200 | Member comprises key movable laterally into engagement with threaded elements |
| | 201 | Member includes plastically deformable portion |
| | 202 | Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the member, or of a discrete element |
| | 204 | Structure is coaxial, distinct member (e.g., washer, key, or nut portion) that restricts nut piece |
| | 205 | Member includes pawl- or pivoting key-type portion engaging threads |
| | 209 | Member includes key, screw, tongue, etc. perpendicular to threads |
| | 210 | Utilizing a resilient characteristic of the key, or of a discrete element |
| | 212 | Including plastically deformable portion |
| | 214 | Member includes screw receivable in an axially extending, internally threaded bore |
| | 216 | Member or portion includes an axially disposed key |
| | 217 | Key coacts with bolt by occupying an axially extending recess formed in the radially outward surface thereof |
| | 221 | Member or portion includes piece that interlocks with an axially extending recess or slot in a bolt and a recess in an axially outwardly facing side of a nut |
| | 222 | Internally threaded locking member (e.g., jam nut) |
| | 223 | Including means associated with at least one of the nuts for restricting rotation therebetween |
| | 224 | Key received in part in each of the nuts |
| | 225 |  Including a plastically deformable portion |
| | 226 | Received in axially extending passages or recesses |
| | 227 | Comprising one or more discrete members serving as a pawl and ratchet |
| | 229 | Axially directed, resiliently biased detent means |
| | 230 | Canted element |
| | 231 | With means resiliently biasing the nuts apart |
| | 232 | Side lock |
| | 238 | At least one of the formations comprises a surface eccentric to the longitudinal axis of the nuts |
| | 239 | Including cooperating formations on the axially opposing portions of the nuts |
| | 242 | Plastic deformation of at least one of the nuts |
| | 243 | Reversed internal and external threads on one of the nuts |
| | 244 | Oppositely threaded |
| | 246 | By thread-gripping locking element |
| | 247 | Resilient grip |
| | 250 | Wire structure |
| | 253 | Gripping member includes a tapered section adapted to be axially depressed to cause radial movement of a portion thereof |
| | 254 | Gripping member is moved radially into engagement with the threads |
| | 255 | Including discrete means to move or to lock the gripping member relative to the externally threaded element |
| | 256 | Gripping member is moved tangentially into engagement with the threads |
| | 257 | Including material in the nature of (1) a metallic coating, (2) a quantity of fusible metal or (3) a discrete member formed of ductile metal |
| | 258 | Including settable material |
| | 259 | Comprising a thread lock |
| | 260 | Including a distortable metallic washer or sleeve |
| | 262 | Including a coil spring |
| | 263 | Differential thread means |
| | 264 | Rocking thread section on the externally threaded element |
| | 265 | Including a tapered (e.g., a conical) surface for wedging the internally threaded element against the externally threaded one |
| | 266 | Segmented internally threaded element |
| | 271 | Externally threaded element includes an axially extending opening in its free end for receiving an expander member |
| | 272 | Including camming surfaces on the threaded elements or on an additional member |
| | 273 | With a camming member having an eccentrically arranged recess for receiving the internally threaded element |
| | 274 | Having an element, or with a discrete member, adapted to cant the assembly |
| | 276 | Having the internally threaded element distorted |
| | 277 | Radially inward distortion |
| | 278 | With discrete means carried by the element for producing the distortion |
| | 280 | Of cantilevered segments (e.g., castellated end) |
| | 281 | Of circumferentially spaced areas of continuous periphery |
| | 285 | Axial distortion |
| | 292 | Including a longitudinal locking member |
| | 294 | Including a radial locking member |
| | 296 | Side clutch |
| | 300 | Tangential locking member |
| | 301 | Elastic gripping action |
| | 305 | Externally threaded element adapted to be compressed radially inwardly |
| | 307 | Having threads of different pitch, or a thread of varying pitch |
| | 308 | Involving dissimilarities in the sectional configuration of the threads |
| | 312 | Including means biasing the threads in axially opposed directions |
| | 313 | Washer having a deformable portion engageable with a threaded element |
| | 315 | With a member in the nature of a rotation preventing key movable laterally into engagement with the threaded elements |
| | 316 | And utilizing a resilient characteristic of the key, or of a discrete element |
| | 319 | And including a plastically deformable portion |
| | 321 | With an elongated member in the nature of a rotation preventing key disposed axially of the threaded elements |
| | 322 | And utilizing a resilient characteristic of the key, or of a discrete element |
| | 323 | And including a plastically deformable portion |
| | 324 | Elastic gripping action |
| | 325 | Externally threaded element includes an axially extending opening in its free end for receiving an expander member |
| | 326 | Pawl and ratchet |
| | 332 | Including teeth of the ramp and buttress type on the axially inwardly facing portion of the internally threaded element |
| | 333 | By deformation of a threaded element |
| | 337 | HEADED FASTENER ELEMENT WITH NUT, WASHER, SECURING MEANS OR CAP |
| | 338 | Lap bolt or fastener |
| | 340 | Securing means pivotable about axis transverse to fastener axis, e.g., toggle bolt, etc. |
| | 341 | And biasing spring |
| | 344 | And discrete manual actuating means |
| | 345 | And pivoted retention means |
| | 346 | Channel shaped securing means |
| | 347 | Headed fastener element with securing means and biasing spring |
| | 348 | Ball detent securing means |
| | 349 | Securing means rotatable about fastener element or rotatably engageable by tool-rotatable headed fastener element |
| | 549 | Outwardly extending projection cooperates with socket member having ramp engagement means |
| | 550 | Including means providing axial adjustment |
| | 552 | And discrete biasing spring |
| | 553 | Similar, opposed ramp surfaces |
| | 554 | Helically slotted securing means having cooperating engaging portion on socket member |
| | 350 | Securing means rotatable and axially movable, e.g., wear takeup means, etc. |
| | 351 | Draw bar or draft key fastener |
| | 352 | Metallic resilient securing means |
| | 354 | Wedge-securing means |
| | 356 | Penetrating pin securing means |
| | 360 | Deformable securing means |
| | 366.1 | Headed bolt or screw with threads and complementary nut |
| | 367 | Having stay bolt spacer sleeve |
| | 368 | Having washer |
| | 366.2 | Flush mount or low profile |
| | 366.3 | Threads having a specific pitch or angle |
| | 371.1 | Sealing-type washer compressed by head |
| | 371.2 | Washer adjacent head and having a particular shape (e.g., dished) or composition |
| | 372.5 | Cap over the head |
| | 378 | EXTERNALLY THREADED FASTENER ELEMENT, E.G., BOLT, SCREW, ETC. |
| | 379 | Stay bolt |
| | 383 | Multipart |
| | 386 | Pilot end having means enhancing fastening or installation |
| | 387.1 | Drill-tip-type end |
| | 388 | Double-ended |
| | 390 | Single element having means facilitating or effecting separation |
| | 392 | Resiliently flexible |
| | 393 | Set screw |
| | 394 | Drive screw |
| | 395 | Having bore therethrough |
| | 396 | Separate head element |
| | 398 | Head eccentric with respect to fastener axis |
| | 399 | Head having counter-sinking means |
| | 400 | Hook head, e.g., J-bolt, etc. |
| | 401 | Elongated head, e.g., hanger bolt, etc. |
| | 402 | Head driving structure |
| | 403 | Socket or slot |
| | 404 | Orthogonally arranged slots, e.g., Phillips head, etc. |
| | 405 | Opposed open ended plural slots, e.g., spanner, etc. |
| | 406 | Dovetail |
| | 407 | Having driver retaining means |
| | 408 | Frictional engagement |
| | 409 | Wing structure |
| | 410 | Plural diverse driving structures |
| | 411 | Thread or shank structure |
| | 412 | Plural threads on single shank |
| | 414 | Buttress thread |
| | 415 | Of varying thread pitch |
| | 416 | Lobular thread |
| | 417 | Circumferentially interrupted thread |
| | 418 | By longitudinal slot |
| | 422 | By transversely extending bore |
| | 423 | Truncated thread |
| | 424 | Shank structure |
| | 427 | INTERNALLY THREADED FASTENER ELEMENT, E.G., NUT, ETC. |
| | 439 | IMPACT DRIVEN FASTENER, E.G., NAIL, SPIKE, TACK, ETC. |
| | 440 | Having means to facilitate explosive driving |
| | 442 | Plural attached fasteners |
| | 446 | Including integral locking means |
| | 447 | Comprising deformable portion |
| | 450 | Having means engageable on underside of member being secured by fastener |
| | 451.1 | Comprising protrusion or recess on shank |
| | 457 | Multiple prong, e.g., nailing plate, staple, etc. |
| | 458 | Oppositely disposed prongs |
| | 461 | Of sheet metal |
| | 469 | Multipart |
| | 470 | Having prongs of different length |
| | 471 | Each prong bevelled from a single side toward its opposite side |
| | 473 | Having distinct driving head |
| | 475 | Having means to limit penetration short of bridge portion |
| | 476 | Having frangible portion |
| | 477 | Of sheet metal |
| | 480 | Separately attached head |
| | 481 | Head having central recess |
| | 482 | Plural axially aligned heads |
| | 483 | Wire formed head |
| | 484 | Domed head |
| | 485 | Hook head |
| | 486 | Head forms segment of disk |
