Method of attaching an element to a panel
CA 1318778 C · Owner: Multifastener Corporation · Inventors: Ladouceur, Harold A.
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152,449, METHOD OF ATTACHING AN ELEMENT TO A PANEL ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE, A method of attaching a self-attaching element including self-, piercing element, to a panel in a die member The self-attaching element includes a tubular barrel portion having a free open end and may include a piercing surface at the free end of the barrel portion. The die member includes an annular concave die cavity which surrounds a center die post. The method includes coating at least the tubular barrel portion with a fluorocarbon coating such as polymerized tetrafluoroethylene prior to the installation of the fastening element to the panel. The tubular barrel portion is then driven through an opening formed …
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- Granted June 8, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 8, 2010.
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