An expansion anchor having an anchor bolt, an expansion sleeve surrounding the anchor bolt, and an expansion body located in a front region of the anchor bolt, wherein the expansion body has a converging zone for expanding the expansion sleeve. The expansion body has at least one expansion sleeve abutment wall facing the expansion sleeve. The invention also relates to a method for using such an expansion anchor.

A device for torque limiting, which includes a nut and a holding element including a top part having an entrainment profile in a rear area for the rotatably fixed coupling of the top part with a setting tool. A receiving part has a receptacle in a front area of the holding element, in which the nut is rotatably fixedly accommodated. A device for torque transmission from the top part to the receiving part connects the top part and the receiving part and breaks at a limiting torque, interrupting the connection between the top part and the receiving part. The holding element includes at least one holding claw situated on the receiving part and securing the nut in the receptacle on the front side of the nut. A fastening arrangement made up of an expansion anchor and a device of this type for torque limiting as well as a method for manufacturing a device of this type.

A device for torque limiting, has a nut having a female thread. A holding element includes a top part having an entrainment profile in a rear area of the holding element for the rotatably fixed coupling of the top part with a setting tool and a receiving part having a receptacle in a front area of the holding element, in which the nut is rotatably fixedly accommodated, the top part having a passage, through which a threaded rod screwed into the nut may be led out of the holding element through the top part along the longitudinal axis of the device. The holding element includes a web connecting the receiving part and the top part and which forms a predetermined breaking point. In at least one longitudinal sectional plane of the device, the smallest wall thickness of the at least one web is present on a line segment of minimum wall thickness, which runs at an angle greater than 45 with respect to the longitudinal axis of the device. A fastening arrangement includes the device.

An expansion bolt including a housing member integrally formed as a single piece of material, the housing member having a base, a plurality of elongate elastic members extending distally from the base, the elongate elastic members distally terminating in respective spoons, and the elongate elastic members having thicknesses that are substantially less than thicknesses of the base and the spoons, a central shaft member extending through the housing member and terminating in a wedge member, the spoons defining a cavity for receiving the wedge member, the elongate elastic members structured to bend outwardly in response to the wedge member moving into the cavity, and a biasing member for biasing the shaft member relative to the housing member in the direction of said increasing relative translation.

A device for torque limiting is provided, including a holding element for a nut or a screw head, the holding element including a top part having an entrainment profile in a rear area of the holding element for the rotatably fixed coupling of the top part with a setting tool, and the holding element including a receiving part having a receptacle in a front area of the holding element for rotatably fixedly accommodating the nut or the screw head. According to the invention, the holding element includes three torque-transmitting webs, which connect the receiving part and the top part and which form a predetermined breaking point. The invention also relates to a fastening arrangement made up of a device of this type and an expansion anchor.

An expansion dowel is provided, which includes at least one dowel body and a bolt, the bolt including an expansion body, which forces the dowel body radially to the outside when the expansion body is displaced in an extraction direction relative to the dowel body, a corrosion protection layer and an antifriction layer covering the corrosion protection layer being provided on the expansion body. It is also provided that the corrosion protection layer is a Zn/Ni coating or a Zn/Fe coating. A manufacturing method for an expansion dowel of this type is also provided.

Expanding wall anchor, comprising (i) a threaded longitudinal body formed as a single piece with an expansion cone at one of its ends, this cone being connected to the rest of the body by a cylindrical portion of diameter d1 smaller than the nominal diameter D of the body, and (ii) an expanding sleeve of thickness e mounted around the said cylindrical portion of the body and through which the expansion cone is intended to be moved in order to deform the sleeve and anchor the wall anchor in a hole in a support material, characterized in that the ratio d1/D is greater than or equal to 60% and the ratio e/d1 is greater than or equal to 22%.

A self-drilling anchor assembly including a drill bit and an anchor positioned over and attached to the drill bit. In various embodiments, the drill bit includes a shank, a drill head integrally connected to one end of the shank, and a threaded tail integrally connected to an opposite end of the shank. The tail includes a mechanical engaging structure that is engageable by a tool to rotate the drill bit, and a helical thread formation to facilitate attachment of a securing device such as nut and washer to the tail of the drill bit. The anchor includes an elongated generally tubular body including an inner surface defining a longitudinally extending inner channel, and a head integrally connected to and extending from a first end of the body. The drill bit is configured to remain in the anchor and in the substrate after installation of the anchor assembly in the substrate.

Expansion anchor having an anchor bolt, an expansion sleeve that surrounds the anchor bolt, and a wedge body located in a front region of the anchor bolt for wedging the expansion sleeve, wherein the expansion sleeve has a front face facing the wedge body, wherein at least one expansion slit is provided within the expansion sleeve, wherein the expansion slit originates at the front face of the expansion sleeve, wherein the expansion slit has a stem and a head that ad-joins the stem, wherein the head is wider than the stem, and wherein the stem is located between the head and the front face, characterized in that the head is located off-centre with respect to the stem.

A screw apparatus includes a shaft unit fastened inside a sleeve unit. The shaft unit includes a first end portion and a second end portion of a tapered shape. An outer diameter of the second end portion is greater than that of the first end portion. The sleeve unit comprises a holding portion, a locking portion and an expansion portion. The holding portion is attached onto the locking portion. An outer diameter of the holding portion is greater than that of the locking portion. The sleeve unit is locked onto an object with the locking members. A fastening unit is fastened onto the first end portion of the shaft unit to allow the second end portion thereof to move toward the expansion portion of the sleeve unit; thereby, the second end portion forces the expansion portion to expand outward in order to secure the sleeve unit onto the object.