F16B 37/04
Devices for fastening nuts to surfaces
Official title: Devices for fastening nuts to surfaces, e.g. sheets, plates {(nuts fastened behind a wall by a toggle-mechanism F16B13/0808; threaded inserts F16B37/122; measures against loss of bolts, nuts or pins F16B41/002)}
F16B37/04 (Devices for fastening nuts to surfaces) appears on 2,227 US grants and 2,094 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 105 | 93 |
| 2025 | 68 | 66 |
| 2026 | 31 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Unitary connection assembly for metal channels and method for assembly173US 4,830,531 AUnistrut International Corp. · 1989
- Device for attachment to a fastening rail157US 5,489,173 AHilti Aktiengesellschaft · 1996
- Fastener for channeled structural members147US 4,575,295 AGTE Products Corporation · 1986
- Fixing arrangement134US 5,271,586 AWalter Stauffenberg GmbH & Co. KG · 1993
- Torque resistant fastening element122US 7,179,034 B2Whitesell International Corporation · 2007