High security fastener

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9689421
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14510715

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A security fastener for installation on a wheel having a recess hole extending from a recess entrance of a first diameter comprising an end portion concentric with a longitudinal axis of the fastener, the end portion configured to mate with a corresponding element of the recess hole, an intermediate skirt portion having a side wall region with a diameter within about 6 millimeters of the diameter of the recess entrance, a drive portion having a tapered outer surface and a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending key-receiving grooves in the tapered outer surface arranged in a lock pattern to which a driving torque may be applied, the tapered outer surface sloping downward and outward away from the longitudinal axis of the fastener from a top surface to the skirt portion at a taper angle of at least 11 degrees.

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MCGARD LLC3875 CALIFORNIA ROAD ORCHARD PARK NY 14127

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bielecki, Dustin D Hamburg, US 8 18
Meyer, David C Boston, US 19 94
Trank, Andrew D Orchard Park, US 9 134
Ulrich, Weston J West Falls, US 4 7
Weis, Kyle M Tonawanda, US 9 70

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