FLOW DRILL SCREW AND TIP CONFIGURATION

A screw includes a head portion, an externally threaded shank extending from the head portion, the externally threaded shank having an external surface, and a flow-hole-forming tip disposed at a distal end portion of the externally threaded shank. The flow-hole-forming tip includes a convex radiused...

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Hauptverfasser: Huff, Garret Sankey, Crockett, Stephen J, Freis, Amanda Kay, Ruszkiewicz, Brandt J
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A screw includes a head portion, an externally threaded shank extending from the head portion, the externally threaded shank having an external surface, and a flow-hole-forming tip disposed at a distal end portion of the externally threaded shank. The flow-hole-forming tip includes a convex radiused lower zone having an external surface, a concave radiused middle zone having an external surface tangent to the external surface of the convex radiused lower zone, and a radiused distal end zone having an external surface tangent to the external surface of the concave radiused middle zone.