Patents by Inventor Oliver E. Simmonds

Oliver E. Simmonds 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).

  • Self locking nut including an axially extending reinforcement
    Patent number: 4498826
    Abstract: A self-locking nut has a threaded bore for receiving the threaded shank of a co-operating bolt, which bore terminates within the nut body in a reduced bore diameter portion which may be unthreaded. The maximum diameter of this portion is less than the maximum diameter of the remainder of the bore. The nut body is formed of a plastics or other lightweight material and is reinforced by one or more inclusions of predetermined axial extent, formed of a material having a tensile strength greater than the material of the nut body, and embedded or encastred within the material of the nut body at a greater radius than the maximum radius of the thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Inventor: Oliver E. Simmonds