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Self locking internally threaded fastener and apparatus and process for making the same

US5607720A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1994
Grant dateMar 4, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05D2258/02
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A self locking internally threaded fastener and an apparatus and process for making such fasteners, in which the self locking characteristic is derived from a patch of thermoplastic material having a circumferential extent of less than 360.degree. adhered selectively to at least a portion of the thread defining surface of the fastener.

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