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Multi-tier security fastener

US6017177A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 6, 1997
Grant dateJan 25, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 6, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S411/91
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A multi-tier security fastener in the nature of a nut or bolt having a body with a first tier having a lobed drive surface, and second and third cylindrical tiers on opposite sides of the first tier, with all three tiers having different effective diameters. The second and third cylindrical tiers can have irregularities in the nature of a lobe or a depression.

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