Patents by Inventor Alan Ifft

Alan Ifft has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Rapid fastening screw apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20050186049
    Abstract: A press-in fastening apparatus and method couples a screw with a nut by pushing the screw through an opening of the nut along a slip axis and rotating the nut to align a lock axis with the inserted screw. The opening of the nut along the slip axis has a diameter greater than the diameter of the screw and the opening of the nut along the lock axis has a diameter that engages screw threads with nut threads. In one embodiment, the nut is disposed in a housing coupled to an information handling system and biased to align with the lock axis so that a module is secured to the information handling system by aligning a screw coupled to the module with the nut and pushing the screw into the nut. The module is removed from the information handling system by unscrewing the screw with engagement of the screw threads and nut threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Christopher Jones, Christopher Beall, Alan Ifft
  • Rapid fastening screw apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6860693
    Abstract: A press-in fastening apparatus and method couples a screw with a nut by pushing the screw through an opening of the nut along a slip axis and rotating the nut to align a lock axis with the inserted screw. The opening of the nut along the slip axis has a diameter greater than the diameter of the screw and the opening of the nut along the lock axis has a diameter that engages screw threads with nut threads. In one embodiment, the nut is disposed in a housing coupled to an information handling system and biased to align with the lock axis so that a module is secured to the information handling system by aligning a screw coupled to the module with the nut and pushing the screw into the nut. The module is removed from the information handling system by unscrewing the screw with engagement of the screw threads and nut threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Jones, Christopher Beall, Alan Ifft
  • Rapid fastening screw apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20040161317
    Abstract: A press-in fastening apparatus and method couples a screw with a nut by pushing the screw through an opening of the nut along a slip axis and rotating the nut to align a lock axis with the inserted screw. The opening of the nut along the slip axis has a diameter greater than the diameter of the screw and the opening of the nut along the lock axis has a diameter that engages screw threads with nut threads. In one embodiment, the nut is disposed in a housing coupled to an information handling system and biased to align with the lock axis so that a module is secured to the information handling system by aligning a screw coupled to the module with the nut and pushing the screw into the nut. The module is removed from the information handling system by unscrewing the screw with engagement of the screw threads and nut threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher A. Jones, Christopher Beall, Alan Ifft