Patents by Inventor Jonathan A. Hutchings

Jonathan A. Hutchings 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).

  • Body isolator and bolt retention assembly
    Patent number: 10113581
    Abstract: Bolt retention threads are provided adjacent the proximal end of the body coupling aperture of a body isolator. A bolt has cooperating bolt retention threads and body coupling threads on the shaft. These body coupling threads have a diameter to permit the external body coupling threads to pass through the internal bolt retention threads without requiring threaded engagement therebetween. The cooperating bolt retention threads are axially positioned relative to each other to enable the entirety of the external bolt retention threads to be threaded completely through the internal bolt retention threads to capture the bolt within the body coupling aperture in a captured floating configuration. In the captured floating configuration, the external body coupling threads and the distal end of the shaft extend out of the distal end of the body coupling aperture and the bolt is allowed to float laterally within the body coupling aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan A Hutchings, Brian D Dwyer
  • BODY ISOLATOR AND BOLT RETENTION ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20180172059
    Abstract: Bolt retention threads are provided adjacent the proximal end of the body coupling aperture of a body isolator. A bolt has cooperating bolt retention threads and body coupling threads on the shaft. These body coupling threads have a diameter to permit the external body coupling threads to pass through the internal bolt retention threads without requiring threaded engagement therebetween. The cooperating bolt retention threads are axially positioned relative to each other to enable the entirety of the external bolt retention threads to be threaded completely through the internal bolt retention threads to capture the bolt within the body coupling aperture in a captured floating configuration. In the captured floating configuration, the external body coupling threads and the distal end of the shaft extend out of the distal end of the body coupling aperture and the bolt is allowed to float laterally within the body coupling aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Hutchings, Brian D. Dwyer