Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Van Benschoten

Nicholas J. Van Benschoten 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).

  • Apparatus and method for securing a bracket to a fixed member
    Patent number: 5431517
    Abstract: An apparatus for securing a bracket to a fixed member, the fixed member and the bracket each having at least one opening therethrough, where the apparatus includes a bolt having a threaded body and a head at a first end of the threaded body, where the bolt head abuts against a first surface of the fixed member, a nut threadably engaged to a second end of the threaded body, and a spacer positioned between the fixed member and the nut having an opening therethrough, the spacer having a flared portion at a first end which engages the bracket opening, wherein the threaded body of the bolt is positioned through the bracket opening, the spacer opening and the fixed member opening and secured together by the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James S. Hoelle, Nicholas J. Van Benschoten, Ivan H. Peterson