The present invention has been accomplished to provide an earth nut which has an excellent grounding performance, and which is free from the possibility of losing a grounding function even upon application of a high axial force and is low in cost, said earth nut comprises a flanged nut having a flange, which is formed at a lower end of a nut body to be integral with the nut body, a plurality of projections formed at a lower portion of the flange near an outer peripheral edge of the flange for cutting and peeling off a coating film on a seat surface, with which a bottom surface of the nut contacts, and a plurality of longitudinal grooves provided on screw threads of a female thread portion of the nut body to extend axially of the nut body and having edges on one sides of lines of intersection of the screw threads of the female thread portion of the nut and the longitudinal grooves to peel off a coating film adhered to screw threads of a bolt, onto which the nut are screwed.
An internally threaded body member having thread clearances includes a bore extending at least partially into the body member. The bore has a screw thread disposed therein. The screw thread has a pitch diameter increased not less than 26% of a tooth height of the thread.
Fastener device secures two separate structures together and may ground electrical current running through the structures. In one embodiment, fastener includes a plurality of projections for removing paint from an external surface of one structure. Depending on relative hardness measurements, the plurality of projections may also penetrate the structure. In another embodiment, fastener may be utilized to secure and ground rack/patch panel systems that house electrical equipment.
