Patents Examined by Thomas J. Hocko
  • Patent number: 4667492
    Abstract: A locking device of a seat back of a trunk through-seat in order to prevent theft from a trunk compartment by maintaining the locking state of the seat back with the aid of key operation. The locking device includes lock pins which close or open the seat back stoppers which limit the movement of the lock pins in an upward direction, levers which move the lock pins in an upward direction by rotating the lock pins with the aid of the operative members, and keys which execute the slide of the stoppers. The stopper is moved laterally from a position above the lock pin and then the lock pin is moved in the upward direction by rotating the lever. Thus the lock of the seat back is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Tomatsu, Toshiaki Shindou
  • Patent number: 4472095
    Abstract: This invention provides a locking fastener in which a nut is provided with symmetrical axial slots extending inwardly from one end, a sleeve surrounds the nut and has ribs in the slots for engaging the thread of a threaded shank received in the nut, and a tubular member extends around the sleeve for pressing the sleeve into an annular groove in the nut for retaining the sleeve on the nut. The ends of a tubular member are bent inwardly adjacent the ends of the sleeve for holding the tubular member on the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Assignee: Deutsch Fastener Corp.
    Inventor: Jorge W. Molina