Patents by Inventor Kristin Elizabeth Mailhot

Kristin Elizabeth Mailhot 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).

  • Brushing retention of threaded fastener
    Patent number: 10247218
    Abstract: A fastener assembly includes a first component having a back face and a first mating face opposing the back face, and a second component having a front face and a second mating face opposing the front face. The first component and the second component arranged such that the first mating face is closest to the second mating face. A bushing is installed through the first component, an outer surface of the bushing having frictional engagement with the first component to retain the bushing thereat. A threaded fastener extends through the bushing and the second component, and transmits a load into the bushing. A nut is secured to the fastener at the second component to retain the second component at the first component and which induces the load into the fastener. The frictional engagement between the bushing and the first component is configured to resist the load applied to the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adrial Kirchen, Richard T. Bourque, Kristin Elizabeth Mailhot
  • BUSHING RETENTION OF THREADED FASTENER
    Publication number: 20160265577
    Abstract: A fastener assembly includes a first component having a back face and a first mating face opposing the back face, and a second component having a front face and a second mating face opposing the front face. The first component and the second component arranged such that the first mating face is closest to the second mating face. A bushing is installed through the first component, an outer surface of the bushing having frictional engagement with the first component to retain the bushing thereat. A threaded fastener extends through the bushing and the second component, and transmits a load into the bushing. A nut is secured to the fastener at the second component to retain the second component at the first component and which induces the load into the fastener. The frictional engagement between the bushing and the first component is configured to resist the load applied to the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Adrial Kirchen, Richard T. Bourque, Kristin Elizabeth Mailhot