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Hardened steel pin, pin and washer fastener, washer for fastener, and pin-making method

US6203442A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1999
Grant dateMar 20, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49833
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

As formed from a predetermined length of carbon steel wire, such as AISI C 1062 steel wire or high-manganese carbon steel wire, in sequential forming, rolling, and austempering steps, a pin for axial, non-rotational penetration into a steel, concrete, or masonry substrate has a head, a tapered shank, a point having a tip, and a transition zone between the tapered shank and the head. The head has an outer diameter at least about 2.6 times greater than the initial diameter of the predetermined length wire. The smaller end of the tapered shank has a diameter about 0.6 times the initial diameter thereof. The larger end of the tapered shank has a diameter about 0.7 times the initial diameter thereof. The point is joined unitarily to the smaller end of the tapered shank and conforms except at the tip, which is rounded, substantially to a tangent ogive, which is tangent to the tapered shank. The transition zone has a tapered portion with a smaller end joined unitarily to the larger end of the tapered shank and with a larger end joined unitarily to the head at a circumferential fillet. The larger end of the tapered portion of the transition zone has a diameter about 1.1 times greater than …

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