Patents by Inventor Donald K. Hamilton

Donald K. Hamilton 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).

  • Self-locking fastening element for friction-locking connections
    Publication number: 20030077115
    Abstract: Connecting element with two joining surfaces which make possible a friction-enhancing, play-free reversible connecting of two workpieces to be joined, characterized by the fact that the connecting element displays a component surface lying outside the joining surfaces which is shaped in such a way that it displays an elastic or springy property which makes possible a reversible locking of the connecting element on one of the workpieces to be joined together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Steven G. Bryde, Donald K. Hamilton, Jorg Lukschandel, Wolfgang Haggenmuller