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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10808744 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2019

Method for injection molded rivet style fastener and housing with snap assembly functionality along with an injection molding process for producing such a rivet without an undercut feature

Applicant:

U.s. Farathane Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Inventor:

Steve Porter, Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

U.S. Farathane Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Attorney:

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jermie E Cozart

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 21/08 (2006.01); F16B 19/00 (2006.01); B21J 15/04 (2006.01); F16B 19/08 (2006.01); F16B 21/07 (2006.01); F16B 19/02 (2006.01); B21J 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 21/08 (2013.01); B21J 15/04 (2013.01); F16B 19/002 (2013.01); F16B 19/004 (2013.01); F16B 19/08 (2013.01); B21J 15/06 (2013.01); F16B 19/02 (2013.01); F16B 19/086 (2013.01); F16B 21/073 (2013.01); F16B 21/088 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49837 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49956 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method for producing and installing a fastener, including the steps of forming an engaging portion having a projecting stem which is interiorly hollowed over at least an intermediate extending range, the stem including a solid end most extending portion, and forming a receiving portion having a surface, within which is configured an inner rim defined edge, a diameter of an aperture between said rim edge being less than a diameter of the stem. Additional steps include pressing the solid end most extending portion of the engaging portion through the inner rim edge of the receiving portion and aligning with the inner rim edge a location of the interiorly hollowed portion of the stem, causing inward collapsing of the aligned location by the rim edge to secure the engaging portion to the receiving portion.

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