Patents by Inventor Steven B. Kushnick

Steven B. Kushnick 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: 4781502
    Abstract: An anti-rotation locking device for threaded fasteners which secure rotating parts subject to vibration, shock and the like. The device comprises a strap member and one or more retainer members. The strap member is positioned under the fasteners and the retainer members each have a toothed opening which is installed over the matching wrenching surface of the fastener. Each retainer member also has an arcuate slot which is positioned above an arcuate tang on the strap member. The tang is lifted, passed through the slot, bent about the bottom of the slot and folded back over the top surface of the retainer member to thereby restrain the loosening of the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Steven B. Kushnick
  • Patent number: 4594851
    Abstract: An improved flameholder has a plurality of flameholder attachments removably mounted in cutouts in the downstream edge of a shroud of the flameholder. Each attachment includes a support plate which fits into one of the cutouts and a plurality of fan gutter flameholding elements rigidly mounted on the plate. A slip joint links the plate to the shroud and stiffeners which are fastened together connect each flameholding element to the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Steven B. Kushnick, Gunther Eichhorn