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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2016
Blount, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Christopher D. Seigneur, West Linn, OR (US);
Michael D. Harfst, Milwaukie, OR (US);
Blount, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
Embodiments herein describe a tie strap with a hardened integrated rivet for a saw chain. The tie strap has a body with an integrated rivet extending therefrom and having a shoulder extending from the body and configured to engage a rivet hole of a connector link and a hub extending from the shoulder and configured to engage a rivet hole of an opposing tie strap. The shoulder has a high wear region and a low wear region disposed opposite from the high wear region, wherein the low wear region has a first hardness that is less than a second hardness of the high wear region. Generally, the high wear region extends circumferentially around the shoulder and is between about 90 degrees counter clockwise to about 90 degrees clockwise measured from a center point on the shoulder facing inward toward a center part of the body.