Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Extruded sealed fastener
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Application No.: US17074856Application Date: 2020-10-20
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Publication No.: US11931945B2Publication Date: 2024-03-19
- Inventor: Paul Kenneth Dellock , Stuart C. Salter , David Brian Glickman
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Burris Law, PLLC
- Main IPC: B29C48/12
- IPC: B29C48/12 ; B29C44/32 ; B29C48/00 ; B29C48/155 ; B29C48/16 ; B29C48/88 ; B29C48/885 ; F16B2/22 ; F16B21/08 ; B29K21/00 ; B29K75/00 ; B29K77/00 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
A method of forming a plurality of fasteners includes extruding a continuous strip of material, the continuous strip defining a base portion, a tip portion, and a stem portion extending between the base portion and the tip portion. A portion of material is removed from the continuous strip of material along the tip portion such that a plurality of tip portions are separated from each other and spaced apart, each tip portion having at least one flexible tab. The continuous strip of material is then extruded through a foaming die, wherein the flexible tabs are elastically displaced away from the base portion during a foaming process such that a foam material fills a cavity of the foaming die to form a sealing element around the stem portion. Portions of the continuous strip between each of the tip portions are separated to produce a plurality of individual sealed fasteners.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220118668A1 EXTRUDED SEALED FASTENER Public/Granted day:2022-04-21
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