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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:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1998
David O Keith, American Fork, UT (US);
David M Hansen, American Fork, UT (US);
H.K. Composites, Inc., Orem, UT (US);
Abstract
A connector used in forming a composite wall structure that includes two structural layers and an insulative layer. The connector secures the two structural layers together and is insulative so as to minimize the transfer of thermal energy across the insulating layer. The connector is inserted through the insulating layer during manufacturing of the wall structure. The connectors include reinforcement attaching structures for securing reinforcement material in a substantially fixed position before and during formation of the structural layers. The reinforcement attaching structures may be integrally formed on the connector or may be included on a bracket plate that is attached to the main shaft of the connector. Insertion of the connector through the insulating layer may be facilitated by an optional set of cutting structures positioned at one end of the connector, including a pointed tip, a plurality of cutting surfaces extending longitudinally from the tip, and longitudinal curved surfaces each preferably having a leading concave segment and a trailing convex segment.