Buell Industries, Inc.

Phillip D Becker

Francis C Peterson

A fastener clip is adapted to be pushed onto an edge of sheet materials of varying thicknesses. The clip has two legs. The first leg has a U-shaped elongated tongue cut from it and bent towards the second leg to frictionally engage a sheet material disposed between the two legs; the second leg has an integral threaded barrel for receiving a bolt. The U-shaped tongue is formed with offset bends to allow the tongue to yield when the clip is mounted on a thick sheet material.

Fastener clip

There is disclosed a capped machine nut comprising a polygonal-sided metal nut body having a conical bearing surface projecting from a first axial end, the opposite axial end and the polygonal sides of the body being encased in a sheet metal cup-shaped cap tightly conforming to the polygonal nut body but spaced from said opposite axial end to form a dome. The nut body is formed with a peripheral groove axially intermediate the polygonal sides and conical bearing surface, wherein the shoulder of the groove adjacent the polygonal sides is substantially right-angled so that the lip of the cap skirt can effectively grip the shoulder when crimped into the groove, and thereby retain the cap on the nut body. In a preferred form, the lip of the cap skirt is doubly crimped by folding the skirt edge into the groove at the apices of the polygonal sides, and also intermediate the polygonal apices.

Capped machine nut and method of manufacture

A fastening device comprises an electrically conductive sheet metal nut element which may function to complete electrical connections and a plastic, electrically insulating cap member which covers the nut element. Even though plastic material such as that from which the cap member is made is pliable and exhibits a certain amount of plastic flow or 'creep,' the cap member and nut element are configured so that they can be tightly assembled to transmit high torques through the cap member to the nut element. Specifically, the nut element is formed with a web portion, which is generally perpendicular to the fastening device axis, and a stud-engaging configuration associated with the web portion. A cylindrical section is formed at the periphery of the web portion to extend in the direction of the device axis and has at least one pair of circumferentially opposing wings which project outwardly away from the axis. The cap member is formed in one piece to complement the nut element and includes a cover and a nut element embracing skirt formed at the periphery of the cover to extend in the direction of the device axis. The skirt is shaped and sized to fit in tight conformity about the cylindrical nut element section so that the wings bite into the inner skirt wall and thereby prevent relative nut element-cap member rotation. Further, when assembled, the margin of the cap member skirt opposite the cover is flush with the nut element web portion so that working loads on the nut element do not tend to dislodge it from the cap member.

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Southbury, CT, United States of America

Phillip D Becker