Patents by Inventor Mkhokheli Nkube

Mkhokheli Nkube 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).

  • Crimping device
    Patent number: 11052521
    Abstract: A crimping device includes a housing defining a bore and at least three extendable mechanisms angularly equispaced about the axis of the bore. Each of the extendable mechanisms include: (i) a first elongate arm hingedly connected at or near a first axial end of the first arm to the housing; (ii) a second elongate arm hingedly connected at or near a first axial end of the second arm to the housing, wherein: the first axial ends of the first and second arms are displaceable relative to each other; and the first and second arms are hingedly connected at or near their second axial ends to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Strait Access Technologies Holdings (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Braden Van Breda, Jean-Pierre Conradie, Mkhokheli Nkube, Peter Zilla, Deon Bezuidenhout, Bruce De Jongh
  • Crimping Device
    Publication number: 20190232474
    Abstract: A crimping device includes a housing defining a bore and at least three extendable mechanisms angularly equispaced about the axis of the bore. Each of the extendable mechanisms include: (i) a first elongate arm hingedly connected at or near a first axial end of the first arm to the housing; (ii) a second elongate arm hingedly connected at or near a first axial end of the second arm to the housing, wherein: the first axial ends of the first and second arms are displaceable relative to each other; and the first and second arms are hingedly connected at or near their second axial ends to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty) Ltd
    Inventors: Braden Van Breda, Jean-Pierre Conradie, Mkhokheli Nkube, Peter Zilla, Deon Bezuidenhout, Bruce De Jongh