A connecting assembly for connecting boards includes a rod member and a buckle member. The rod member includes a head portion, a rod body and a tip portion which are integrally formed and connected in sequence. By using an engaging hole to engage with an annular engaging groove, the connection of the boards is more firm due to a circumferential joint. Besides, the buckle member is provided with a cross-shaped groove, which makes it easier for the user to adjust the direction when in use. The structure design is reasonable and more convenient for use.

A frequency-dependent damping valve arrangement including a damping piston with a check valve arranged inside a cylinder filled with a damping fluid; a control arrangement arranged at a carrier coaxial to the damping piston having a control pot and a control piston arranged in the control pot and axially displaceable at the carrier; a first end stop for limiting the axial movement of the control piston inside of the control pot. The end stop has a supporting disk and an adjusting disk. The adjusting disk is irreversibly plastically deformable and has a lower yield limit than supporting disk and/or the carrier. The axial end position of the control piston is adjustable by a plastic deformation of the adjusting disk. At least one of the structural component parts defines a free space for receiving the material of the adjusting disk which is displaced through the plastic deformation.

Provided are a method for manufacturing a Figure-T shaped metal part using a metal plate or a metal rod split by a method for splitting longitudinally an end part of the metal plate or the metal rod having a rectangular, polygonal, or elliptical shape, in which the length of incision in the split portion can be freely adjusted and smooth split face can be formed; a Figure-T shaped metal part manufactured by such method. The method for splitting is characterized by the process comprising the steps of securing a metal plate by pinching both sides thereof with a clamping device, or securing a metal rod by pinching at least two opposite-facing portions on the periphery thereof with a clamping device; splitting longitudinally by slitting or cleaving the metal plate, or the metal rod, by pressing a slitting punch or a cleaving punch against the face of one end of the metal plate, or the metal rod; and advancing the splitting further by repeating the same operation of pressing the same punch stated above against the cleft of the splitting; and is characterized further in that, in each time of the press-splitting operation, the position of the clamping device on at least one side is moved in advance of the next pressing by a stroke corresponding to the distance from one end of the metal plate, or the metal rod, to the distal end of a split-desired portion.

An in-tube fixing assembly, which fixes an object inside or at an end of a tube, includes a primary tube having an inner space and an inner wall defining the inner space; a fixing member inserted partially or wholly into the inner space from an opened end of the primary tube and provided with at least one through hole at an appropriate position, the through hole provided with an accommodation part extending in a direction from the through hole toward the inner wall of the primary tube by a predetermined angle; and at least one screw member, one end of which is defined as an operation end and the other end defined as an insertion end, a diameter of the screw member configured to gradually decrease from the operation end to the insertion end, wherein the screw member is inserted into the through hole in a direction from the opened end to the inner space of the primary tube, such that when the insertion end is rotatably inserted into the accommodation part from the through hole, the insertion end of the screw member abuts against the inner wall of the primary tube to form a small recess thereon, the small recess and the accommodation part respectively form a first engaging thread and a second engaging thread, that are complementary to a shape of the screw member.

Methods and systems are provided for a housing for a fastener of a vehicle component. In one example, a housing for a fastener includes a central conduit adapted to receive the fastener, and a radial key extending outward from an outer surface of the housing. The radial key is first pressed against a vehicle component in an axial direction of the housing to form a first section of a channel within an interior of the vehicle component, and the key is then rotated against the interior to form an undercut, second section of the channel in a circumferential direction of the housing.

A semi-finished product (31) includes a first curved portion on one end of a plate-shaped bridge portion (33), and a second curved portion (37) on the other end of the bridge portion (33). The second curved portion (37) includes at the end a second lock portion (51) to lock with a first lock portion (41). The bridge portion (33) and the inner circumferential surfaces of the first and second curved portions (35, 37) are pressure-contacted and caulked on the outer circumferential surface of the stabilizer bar (11) by first and second dies (61, 62). At least one of the inner circumferential surfaces (31c) of the first and second curved portions (35, 37) and the outer circumferential surface of the stabilizer bar opposed to the inner surfaces (31c) is formed with an anti-slippage portion (38). The inner circumferential surfaces (31c) of the first and second curved portions (35, 37) and the outer circumferential surface of the stabilizer bar (11) have an anti-slippage material (Co) therebetween.

A connection arrangement for axially securing a shaft-hub connection includes a shaft, a hub, and a securing device. The hub has an inner stop surface for the shaft formed by a recess and has an outer groove for axially positioning the securing device. The securing device has an axially extending sleeve-shaped part at least partly surrounding the circumference of the hub and has a radial collar at least partly engaging behind the annular end surface of the hub. The sleeve-shaped part is surrounded by a tensioning strap. A holding socket region offset radially inwards surrounds the expanded outer groove of the hub coaxially in the assembled state and can be locked in the expanded outer groove of the hub by the tensioning strap. The radial collar of the holding socket rests against an axial securing ring of the shaft in the locked state.

A transducer device for attachment to one end of a shaft of an electric drive, the shaft having a shaft axis. The transducer device includes at least one recess in the shaft end. Means are provided for engaging the transducer device with the at least one recess to create a form fitting connection acting in the direction of the shaft axis. Finally, a securing means is provided for preventing detachment of the form-fitting connection.

A cable gripping and tensioning apparatus is provided for attaching a cable to an anchor point such as a wooden post as part of a cable railing system. In one form, the apparatus includes a tubular component and a ferrule. The tubular component includes external threads to engage the wall of a hole in the post, an internal axial bore through which a cable may pass, a first end which may engage a wrench to rotate the tubular component and a second end which may provide a thrust bearing surface. The ferrule is swaged to an end portion of the cable. The ferrule provides a thrust bearing surface for contact with the second end of the tubular component, allowing for the rotation of the tubular component to tension the cable while the cable does not rotate.

A composite structure includes: a cover plate having a countersunk hole and a plate side fitting hole; a bearing plate having a screw hole and a screw side fitting hole located opposite from the plate side fitting hole through the screw hole; and a plate screw component including a screw part engaged with the screw hole, and a plate side fitting part and a screw side fitting part respectively fitted with the plate side fitting hole and the screw side fitting hole to be in alignment with each other. A difference a in diameter between the plate side fitting hole and the plate side fitting part, a difference b in diameter between the screw side fitting hole and the screw side fitting part, and an effective difference c in diameter between the screw hole and the screw part satisfy a dimensional relation of a<c and b<c.