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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Sfs Intec Holding Ag, Heerbrugg, CH;
Inventor:
Daniel Scheerer, Wyomissing, PA (US);
Assignee:
SFS intec Holding AG, Heerbrugg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 35/04 (2006.01); F16B 25/00 (2006.01); F16B 25/10 (2006.01); F16B 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 25/0021 (2013.01); F16B 25/0078 (2013.01); F16B 25/103 (2013.01); F16B 43/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fastener is provided having a cylindrical shaft with a generally constant diameter located between a head and a tapered point. The fastener has a thread integrally extending from the shaft and extending along a portion of a length thereof that terminates at an end of the shaft proximate the head with a back-out discontinuity. At least one ring integrally extends from the shaft in an area of the shaft between the back-out discontinuity and the head. The at least one ring has an outside diameter that is less than an outside diameter of the thread.