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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.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anthony H Lozano, Riverside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Shur-Lok Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
411171 ; 411902 ; 411179 ; 411 29 ;
Abstract
A plastic composite fastener capable of cutting its own hole in a resin composite panel and friction welding itself to be flush with the outer surface of the resin panel is provided. An inner metal core member can be provided with at least one cutting edge member extending from the core member. An outer plastic sheath member having an annular flange is fastened to and extends about the inner metal core member. The cutting edge member is exterior of the plastic sheath member at one end of the fastener insert unit and is configured to cut a hole in the resin panel, while the annular flange is configured to friction weld to a resin panel surface.