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Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2022
Applicant:

Ykk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Maho Kinomoto, Toyama-ken, JP;

Assignee:

YKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 19/24 (2006.01); A44B 19/06 (2006.01); A44B 19/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 19/06 (2013.01); A44B 19/24 (2013.01); A44B 19/42 (2013.01); Y10T 24/2539 (2015.01);
Abstract

There is provided a stainless alloy fastener element. The fastener element is a stainless alloy fastener element after being ground by barrel grinding. The fastener element includes a head portion, a pair of leg portions, and an intermediate portion between the head portion and the leg portions. Among black spots of organic matter observed in a backscattered electron (BSE) image of a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a side surface of the fastener element, the number of the black spots of the organic matter having a part with a length of 10 μm or more is less than nine in a head portion side surface upper half region or less than nine in an intermediate portion side surface upper half region.


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Kinomoto, Maho. (2026). Fastener element, fastener stringer, and fastener element evaluation method (U.S. Patent No. 12778245). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12778245

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