Patents by Inventor Richard J. Beilfuss

Richard J. Beilfuss 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).

  • Patent number: 4190223
    Abstract: A flexible and adjustable bracing strut for bracing and supporting flexible conduit systems and permitting a strut to be removed from a multi-strut system without disturbing the entire system. The strut structure includes a flange support mounted upon the conduit to be supported, or an anchor, to which a flange is bolted and spherical recesses defined in the support and flange receive a ball having a threaded stem adjustably received within the end of an elongated rigid strut bar. Opposite hand threading at the bar ends permits bar rotation to adjust the spacing between balls mounted at the bar ends in a turnbuckle effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1980
    Assignee: Aeroquip Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Swanson, Richard J. Beilfuss