Patents Examined by Flemming Saether
  • Patent number: 11959505
    Abstract: An attachment component which includes a body, the body having attachment means intended for allowing the attachment component to be assembled with a part including complementary attachment means, an insertion tip arranged at one end of the body so as to allow at least one portion of the body to be inserted through a part made of composite material, an axial abutment intended for halting the insertion of the body through the part made of composite material, and a breakable portion inserted between the insertion tip and said end of the body, the breakable portion being configured to break when a predetermined force is applied to the insertion tip with a view to detaching the insertion tip from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventor: Maxime Grojean
  • Patent number: 11959506
    Abstract: A spindle nut retainer is used with a spindle with a flat portion on its threaded end. The flat portion interrupts the threads on the threaded end. A washer with a mating flat portion is slidably mounted over the threaded end and a nut is removably threaded to the threaded end of the spindle against the washer to set the preload on bearings. The nut retainer overlays a plurality of the corners of the nut and engages the threaded portion of the spindle with tangs. A majority of the tangs are flexed or bent to remain in biased contact with the threads on the spindle. Some of the tangs are located over the flat portion and remain unbent. The tangs resist rotation of the nut by engagement with the flat portion where it meets the threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dexter Axle Company LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Allen Meckstroth, Ernest Martin, John Robert Jurek
  • Patent number: 11953045
    Abstract: To provide a screw thread which achieves a further reduction in screwing torque while securing removability of a coating film or the like and which is capable of stabilizing conductivity. In a screw thread in which a recessed portion (7) is partially provided on a flank surface (131) of a screw thread ridge provided on a screw thread shaft main body (5), a screw thread ridge (13) in a section where the recessed portion (7) is formed is smaller than a regular screw thread ridge (3), and a ridge height (H12) in a distal end portion in a screwing direction is lower than a ridge height (H11) in a rear end portion in the screwing direction W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOPURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto Mori, Mayumi Matsuno, Naoki Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11940000
    Abstract: A weld nut assembly, including: an annular flange structure; and an annular body structure coupled to the annular flange structure; wherein the annular flange structure and the annular body structure collectively define an inner bore, wherein at least a portion of the inner bore defined proximate the annular flange structure defines threads adapted to receive a screw disposed within the inner bore. The weld nut assembly further includes an annular washer or bottom structure coupled to the annular flange structure. Optionally, the weld nut assembly further includes an annular ring projection and a plurality of circumferential weld protrusions coupled to the annular flange structure. The annular flange structure is adapted to be welded to a surface of a body panel or other structure of a vehicle with the inner bore aligned with a hole formed through the body panel or other structure, the hole adapted to receive the screw therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Currie, Sten Johansson, Thomas Hermansson, Leif Winberg, Hans Lundberg
  • Patent number: 11926020
    Abstract: A clamping apparatus includes a spindle body and a nut element to be screwed together for decreasing a spacing between first and second clamping elements to clamp an object disposed therebetween. The nut element has roller bodies with a defined roller engagement structure axially rotatably secured on a receiving body of the nut element and distributed in circumferential direction. A plurality of engagement regions distributed and/or spaced apart on the spindle body each have one spindle body engagement structure. The roller engagement structures of the roller bodies engage or can engage the spindle body engagement structures of the spindle body. The nut element can be screwed to the spindle body by the mutually engaged engagement structures of the spindle body and of the roller bodies, in particular with rolling of the roller bodies on the spindle body. An apparatus and a vise having the clamping apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 11919375
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle door coupling device, and more specifically, to a vehicle door coupling device for mechanically coupling together a first member having a first hole and a second member having a second hole at a position corresponding to the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KWANGJIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Woo Choi, Kwan Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11905986
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include fastener assemblies. In an embodiment, a fastener assembly comprises a sleeve with a hole, an inner surface, and top and bottom ends. The top end has a planar surface, and the inner surface has a cylindrical surface. The fastener assembly includes a fastener downwardly extending through the hole, and having a drive slot, a head, a shank, and a threaded region. The head is positioned within the bottom end. The head is separated from the threaded region by the shank. The fastener assembly comprises a cover disposed on the top end and having an access hole and top and bottom surfaces. The cover is welded to the sleeve to define an inner cavity between the cover, sleeve, and fastener head. The access hole is positioned over the drive slot. The cover, sleeve, and fastener comprises materials having high temperature, strength and oxidation resistances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Blue Origin LLC
    Inventors: Stefano Gulli, Adam Norman, Chris Hupf, John Brendel, Sean Lay, Pierce Louderback
  • Patent number: 11898593
    Abstract: A multipart adjustment element for a tolerance compensation arrangement for automatically compensating for tolerances in the spacing between a first and a second component. The adjustment element comprises a bush, a dragging element, a contact disc, and a securing sleeve. The bush has a bore, an outer thread with a first direction, and a step. The dragging element comprises at least one spring arm protruding radially inwards, wherein a first axial end of the dragging element is arranged on the step in the threaded bush. The contact disc is arranged adjacently to the first axial end of the threaded bush and has a through-opening. The securing sleeve likewise has a through-opening and is arranged at least partly in the bore of the threaded bush with a press-fit connection in order to securely connect the contact disc, the threaded bush, and the dragging element together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Ulrich Figge
  • Patent number: 11879496
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a fixed component, a removable component removably connected to the fixed component, and a cable. The shipping component includes a locking component, a wire clamping component sleeved on the locking component, and a fixing component. The wire clamping component is provided with a wire clamping part for clamping and locking the cable. The locking component may penetrate through the fixed component and be locked and connected to the removable component, and the fixing component may limit the distance between the fixed component and the removable component. The removable component may be locked and connected to the fixed component by the shipping component, the cable of the electronic device is synchronously clamped to the shipping component, and the cable cannot be used and electrified when the shipping component is not removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingchun Xie, Ruihua Zhao, Ming Li
  • Patent number: 11878379
    Abstract: Apparatus for fastening a component to a carrier component, in particular a body part, includes a base body, wherein the base body includes an actuating element via which the apparatus can be subjected to a force acting in the assembly direction in order to transfer the apparatus from a pre-assembly position into a final assembly position, wherein the assembly direction extends orthogonally to a surface of a carrier component, and wherein the actuating element comprises at least one catching element, which, in the pre-assembly position, engages with a correspondingly formed pre-assembly catching element of the base body and, in the final assembly position, engages with an assembly catching element of the base body, wherein a connection of the catching element to the assembly catching element verifies that the final assembly position is reached, such that the actuating element forms a visual assembly verification device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Limpert, Oscar Medina
  • Patent number: 11879494
    Abstract: A locknut which uses a U-shaped spring member that is mounted in a nut body that applies frictional pressure onto a threaded member that engages with said nut body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Daniel John Spriggel
  • Patent number: 11879492
    Abstract: To reduce the load required to press-fit a nut into a plate material, the nut includes a base part 2 provided with a female screw 18, a cylindrical protrusion part 3 protruding from one surface of the base part and a plurality of foot parts 4 protruding from an outer peripheral surface side of the protrusion part. An end of the respective foot parts closer to the protrusion part is formed so that a width gradually expands from a tip end side toward a protrusion part side, and that both outer sides of the end are arc-shaped in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Matsunami, Kazuhiro Koga, Tsuyoshi Kojima, Naoki Hoshino, Takuya Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11873856
    Abstract: A torque control fastener system having a fastener nut, a helical wire insert, and a shaft, where the nut and helical wire insert have unique hardness and coefficient of thermal expansion relationships that produce improved performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: BPC LG 2, LLC
    Inventor: Donald Wayne Rice
  • Patent number: 11859647
    Abstract: A fastener includes a main body having a tubular portion and a split portion that extends from a lower end of the tubular portion, and longitudinally includes a tapered section that tapers in a direction towards the tubular portion. The fastener further includes an expansion sleeve annularly surrounding the split portion, wherein the expansion sleeve longitudinally extends to a lower end of the tapered section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Xiaolong Chu, Cheng Lin, Yixiang Liao, Xiaojian Huang, Man Liu
  • Patent number: 11859652
    Abstract: A bolt includes a shank having a first end, a second end, a first external thread proximate to the first end, and a second external thread proximate to the second end. The first external thread twists in a first direction, the second external thread twists in a second direction, and the first direction is different from the second direction. The first external thread includes a minor diameter, the second external thread includes a major diameter, and the minor diameter of the first external thread is greater than the major diameter of the second external thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Zoltan A. Kemeny
  • Patent number: 11854516
    Abstract: Musical cymbals are mounted on a tripod stand using a threaded rod which is several inches in length. A conventional nut is then threaded on the rod which has to be turned a multiple number of times until the nut abuts the cymbal thereby securing the cymbal on the rod. Using the slip nut assembly of this invention eliminates this time consuming installation procedure of the nut and similarly eliminates the time consuming uninstalling of the nut when the musician is to move to a different playing location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel John Spriggel
  • Patent number: 11846313
    Abstract: A tamper resistant assembly applied to a tamper resistant system includes a tamper resistant screw, a housing, a lock member, a nut and a cover. The tamper resistant screw includes a head, a thread, a groove and a tip. The lock member is disposed in the housing. The lock member includes a plurality of locking blocks, wherein a deformable opening is formed between the locking blocks. The nut is disposed in the housing and covers the deformable opening. The cover is disposed in the housing. The nut is located between the lock member and the cover. When the tip of the tamper resistant screw passes through the cover and the nut sequentially and enters the deformable opening, the nut is separated from the deformable opening and the locking blocks engage with the groove. Furthermore, a detaching tool is provided to detach the tamper resistant assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Ying Lin
  • Patent number: 11828313
    Abstract: A fastening device for attaching an assembly comprising at least two planar elements, comprises: A clip for insertion into openings in the planar elements for holding the planar elements together including a planar head having a central opening for providing access to an inner cavity of the clip; two lateral upright members having a first end that is secured to the head and a second end, the second ends being joined to each other; and a pin that is intended to be inserted into an inner cavity in the clip in order to lock the assembly. The pin comprises at least one flexible bridging piece having a central portion that is connected to a main body of the pin by means of two flexible portions, and the pin contacts a lateral upright member of the clip to lock and hold the assembled planar elements together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: A. RAYMOND ET CIE
    Inventors: Romain Mouillon, Sebastien De Marco
  • Patent number: 11821453
    Abstract: A fastener including a first recess and a second recess adjacent the first recess. The first recess includes a side surface defining a shape of the first recess and a stability surface oriented at an angle of greater than 1° and less than or equal to 89° relative to a major axis of the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: SHEH FUNG SCREWS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Carl Chasse, Chen Chun-Yen
  • Patent number: 11815123
    Abstract: Presently disclosed is a standoff fastener for use in a compound floor structure. The threaded fastener includes a threaded standoff portion designed to accept a nut which has a diameter larger than a head portion of the standoff fastener. The head portion is located centrally within the fastener in order to reduce a tendency of the fastener to pivot within a driver during the fastening process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: Nucor Corporation, Asia Fastening (US), Inc.
    Inventors: Lionel E. Dayton, Richard W. Lukes