A fastening member includes: a first alloy section made of aluminum alloy containing zinc in an amount of 0.005 wt % or more and 6.5 wt % or less and containing magnesium in an amount of 0.6 wt % or more and 2.0 wt % or less, and provided at a portion being in contact with at least one of the plurality of members; and a second alloy section made of an aluminum alloy containing magnesium in an amount of greater than 0.2 wt % and 2.3 wt % or less and containing copper in an amount of greater than 1.0 wt % and 8.0 wt % or less, and bonded to the first alloy section.

A method of making a cabinet carcass using a pair of connectable box carcass framework members for the fabrication of non-panel constructed furniture carcasses. It simplifies the construction of a furniture carcass and uses but a minimum of tools and skill to produce a dimensionally square, precisely sized, box that accepts an abundance of aesthetic and functional options. The assembly is based on a pair of mechanical fastener connectable vertical and horizontal members that have connectable zipper channels, linear rabbets for the retention of side panels, screw busses, and open channels with series of spaced orifices therein for the passage of mechanical connectors.

A connecting element of two components spaced apart one another with tolerance compensation function comprising the following features: a hollow screw with an outer thread, with which a thread connection to a first component is establishable, which is adjustable by means of at least one drive means of the hollow screw in its longitudinal direction, a nut element which is received in a receiving space of the hollow screw and which comprises a radial inner functional surface so that a form-fit and force-fit connection is establishable with a first connecting end of a connecting bolt, wherein the connecting bolt has a second connecting end, with which a connection to a second component is establishable.

A molded part includes a plurality of surfaces and an embossment extending from one of the plurality of surfaces. The embossment includes a body and a bore extending through a central portion of the body. The embossment further includes a first pocket extending through a sidewall of the body and into the bore and a second pocket extending through an opposite sidewall of the body and into the bore. The first pocket and the second pocket each define inwardly tapered walls. The first pocket and the second pocket are spaced axially along the body and are diametrically opposed.

The invention relates to a screw connection comprising a structural element (2) comprising a screw hole (2.1) and a metal sheet (3) comprising a through hole (3.1), the structural element (2) and the metal sheet (3) being adapted to be connected by means of a screw (4) by screwing the screw (4) through the through hole (3.1) of the metal sheet (3) into the screw hole (2.1) of the structural element (2), wherein the metal sheet (3) comprises an embossment (5), said embossment (5) at least partially surrounding the through hole (3.1) in order to increase the distance (d) between an upper surface of the metal sheet (3) and the screw hole (2.1) provided in the structural element (2).

Laundry appliance (1), for example laundry washing machine, laundry dryer or laundry washer dryer, having a) a cabinet (2) with a housing (10) having at least one front face (112A, 112B) and at least one front panel (12), b) at least one fixing device (38, 22, 131) for fixing said front panel (12) to the housing (10) by applying a fixing force in a fixing direction (FD),and c) at least one pulling device (20, 30, 12A, 12B) for exerting a pulling force (F) in a pulling direction (PD) onto the front panel (12) pulling the front panel (12) against at least one front face (112A, 112B) of the housing (10, 10A, 10B). The fixing direction (FD) of the fixing force is different to the pulling direction (PD) of the pulling force (F), and the fixing device (38A, 131) is coupled to the pulling device (30) in such a way that the fixing force generates the pulling force (F) or is partly transformed into the pulling force (F).

In a method for connecting a press-in bolt with a metal sheet, the metal sheet is positioned upon a cover element of a joining tool. The press-in bolt is forced by the joining tool in a pilot hole of the metal sheet as the metal sheet is supported by the cover element in its capacity as a die, until a head portion of the press-in bolt rests upon one side of the metal sheet and the cover element is pressed upon a shaft portion of the press-in bolt and radially deformed to rest upon another opposite side of the metal sheet.

The present invention pertains to a dual protection cap for a bolt and a nut. The present invention relates to a protection cap for a bolt and a nut, which is open at one side and covers a bolt and a nut so as to separate the same from the outside, and comprises: an outer cap and an inner cap are respectively injection molded with synthetic resin; fitting grooves, which are formed on the inside of the outer cap at a uniform interval in a longitudinal direction, are fitted and coupled with protrusion pieces, which are formed to protrude from the outer periphery of the inner cap at a uniform interval in a longitudinal direction; and triangular protrusion pieces are formed on the end portion of each of fixing pieces, which radially protrude from the peripheral surface of the bottom surface in the inner cap.

A spring retainer includes a locking member which locks one end side of the piston spring, and a rod-shaped member (82) of which one end is in contact with the locking member to restrict a length of the piston spring and the other end is fixed to the piston (11), and the rod-shaped member (82) is installed in a concave portion (140) of the piston (11), and the concave portion (140) has a protruding portion (142), which is extruded by plastic deformation toward a radial direction of the concave portion (140) and is formed of the same member as the opening circumferential edge portion (141), in the vicinity of the opening circumferential edge portion (141).

A boss for a self-tapping screw includes a main body having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface, a plurality of reinforcing ribs connected with an outer peripheral surface, and a plurality of inner wall portions extending parallel to the central axis. Each of the plurality of inner wall portions are disposed at a portion of the inner peripheral surface opposite to a corresponding one of the plurality of reinforcing ribs across the main body. Each of the plurality of inner wall portions includes a specific portion opposite to the corresponding one of the plurality of reinforcing ribs across the main body. The specific portion is closer to the central axis than other portions of the each of the inner wall portions.