Threaded connecting member

Claim 1

A CONNECTING MEMBER FOR TIE RODS OR THE LIKE, COMPRISING A BODY HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITE END SURFACES AND A BORE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID END SURFACES PROVIDED WITH THREADS OF OPPOSIE HAND AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, SAID BODY HAVING AN OUTER PERIPHERY SURROUNDING EACH OF SAID THREADS PROVIDED WITH SIX CONTIGUOUS OUTER FLAT SIDE WALLS OF EQUAL WIDTH CONVERGING ALONG SIX EDGES EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE THREAD AXIS AND A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF AXIALLY AND ANGULARLY SPACED INDENTATIONS AT EACH END OF SAID BODY, THE INDENTATIONS OF EACH PAIR BEING DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED, EACH OF SAID INDENTATIONS BEING CENTERED WITH RESPECT TO A RADIAL PLANE INCLUDING ONE OF SAID EDGES, SPACED FROM BOTH OF SAID END SURFACES, DEFINED ON ITS RADIALLY INNER SIDE BY A THREAD AREA WHICH IS DISPLACED RADIALLY INWARDLY OF THE NORMAL THREAD DIAMETER AND DEFINED ON ITS OUTER SIDE BY A LOCALIZED INDENTATION SURFACE, SAID LOCALIZED INDENTATION SURFACE EXTENDING BETWEEN AN ADJACENT PAIR OF SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING A WIDTH LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID SIDE WALLS AND EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY OF A LINE INCLUDING ITS ADJACENT EDGE.