Patents by Inventor Seppo Metsala

Seppo Metsala 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: 5862707
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a fine-mechanical adjusting device, whose one embodiment includes a body (1) having internal threads and an end surface (8). An adjusting part (4) having external threads screws to the body (1). A clamping part (5) having internal threads screws to a part of the adjusting part (4) that extends beyond the body, and it has a seating surface (9) that faces the end surface (8). In order to eliminate the longitudinal backlash of the threads and to achieve easy, stable and accurate adjustment, an O-ring (7) is placed in a groove (10) in the end surface (8), which partly protrudes from the end surface (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Inventor: Seppo Metsala