Patents by Inventor Thuan Huu Chau

Thuan Huu Chau 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-clinching floating fastener
    Patent number: 10968943
    Abstract: A floating fastener comprises a retainer and a captive nut held within a cavity of the retainer. The nut is star-shaped with four points spaced equally apart and with four valleys on the periphery of the nut between the points creating the overall star-shape of the nut. Likewise, the cavity in the retainer corresponds to the shape and contour of the nut but sized so that there is a substantial gap between them. Permissible lateral float of the nut can be maximized by employing a particular angularity of the sides of the valleys in relation to other dimensions of the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: Brian Bentrim, Jonathan Brunk, Thuan Huu Chau, Trevor Fahy, James Sutcliffe, David Quinn
  • SELF-CLINCHING FLOATING FASTENER
    Publication number: 20190219092
    Abstract: A floating fastener comprises a retainer and a captive nut held within a cavity of the retainer. The nut is star-shaped with four points spaced equally apart and with four valleys on the periphery of the nut between the points creating the overall star-shape of the nut. Likewise, the cavity in the retainer corresponds to the shape and contour of the nut but sized so that there is a substantial gap between them. Permissible lateral float of the nut can be maximized by employing a particular angularity of the sides of the valleys in relation to other dimensions of the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Brian Bentrim, Jonathan Brunk, Thuan Huu Chau, Trevor Fahy, James Sutcliffe, David Quinn