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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2021
Research Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc., Middletown, RI (US);
Edmund A Hebert, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
Kenneth J. Gomes, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Dennis O. Boyer, Bristol, RI (US);
John R Reynolds, South Dartmouth, MA (US);
Donald A. Fosmoen, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Benjamin M. Fosmoen, Coventry, RI (US);
Research Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc., Middletown, RI (US);
Abstract
A combined thread forming and thread locking fastener is disclosed. A fastener includes three thread zones. A first thread zone utilizes a first thread forming thread profile with an increasing outer diameter. A second thread zone extends from the end of the first zone utilizing the first thread forming thread profile and continues with a constant diameter. The third thread zone utilizes a thread locking thread profile continuing along substantially the remainder of the shaft of a fastener.