Patents by Inventor Lindsay Conner

Lindsay Conner 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).

  • Torque-limiting fastener
    Patent number: 6082941
    Abstract: A torque-limiting fastener in which a threaded member having a drivable head portion is rotationally mounted within a capsule containing a calibrated spring loading element which is adapted to be compressed in one direction of rotation and released in the opposite direction of rotation, the capsule frictionally engaging the drivable head portion in the one direction of rotation until the compressed spring element exerts sufficient axial force to overcome the frictional engagement between the capsule and the drivable head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Rubber-Fab, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Robert Dupont, Lindsay Conner, Jason Westling