With Specific Mounting Means For Attaching To Rigid Or Semirigid Supporting Structure Or Structure-to-be-secured Patents (Class 24/457)
  • Publication number: 20110240816
    Abstract: A universal clamp for use on a crib and a method of securing the clamp to the crib. The clamp includes a first base and a second base removeably coupled to a crib. The first base includes an aperture and is configured to receive a strap and a recess. The second base includes a shaft configured to be received within the recess of the first base, a spring coupled to the shaft and being biased to retain the shaft within the recess, and a cam buckle connected to and pivotable with respect to the second base. The second base is configured to rotate with respect to the first base, and the cam buckle is configured to receive the strap to secure the clamp to the crib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Adrian Cristian Cotirla, Joseph J. Grasso
  • Publication number: 20110239403
    Abstract: A fitting for rotatably or displaceably supporting swing leaf doors or sliding doors, including a lower fitting part configured to be attached to the door leaf. The lower fitting part is fastened to a hinge strap or to an adapter support by a fastener. The fitting includes a transponder, which serves to identify the fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Walhorn, Thomas Vogler
  • Publication number: 20110240815
    Abstract: A one-piece molded holder clip is provided for retaining an associated sunshade rod. The clip has a body in which a hook element is formed with the body and having a generally C-shaped conformation to receive the rod therein. A sunshade guide surface is formed in the body and extends substantially tangentially from the hook element. A fastener is formed with the body and extends from a rear surface of the sunshade guide surface. First and second legs are received over a bracket extending from the automotive vehicle frame and at least one of the legs includes a locking tab dimensioned for snap-fit engagement with an associated bracket. A cover is formed with the one-piece body and extends from the hook element, and covers the fastener to provide an aesthetically pleasing design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Timothy Chak
  • Publication number: 20110239416
    Abstract: A belt length adjuster includes a frame body with two outer frames and two connecting frames, and a support frame provided between the two outer frames and stretching to and between the two connecting frames. The support frame supports one end part of the belt member to be used with the belt length adjuster. Two inner frames are respectively provided between the support frame and the respective outer frames and stretching to and between the two connecting frames. The support frame and the respective inner frames provide first insertion spaces into which the one end part of the belt member is inserted, while the respective inner frames and the respective outer frames provide second insertion spaces into which the other side of the belt member is inserted. Furthermore the one end part of the belt member is easily attached to the frame body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: YAMAMOTO KOGAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto SHINYA, Keiko TSUNASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20110240078
    Abstract: The invention relates to a clamping apparatus (1) for a hiking pole, trekking pole, nordic walking pole, cross-country skiing pole or skiing pole for detachably axially fixing a pipe section (3) that can be inserted into an opening of the clamping apparatus, wherein the clamping apparatus comprises a plastic collar (5), which substantially directly encloses the pipe section (3) at least in an axial section and clamps the same in the closed state, wherein at least in the region (5b) enclosing the pipe section (2) the plastic collar (5) comprises at least one axial slot (6, 15) making the circumference of the plastic collar variable in said region and is designed in a substantially peripheral manner in the remaining axial region (5a), wherein on either side of said slot (6) a projection (13, 14) is arranged on the plastic collar (5), wherein said projections (13, 14) comprise a coaxial passage opening (23) which is arranged substantially perpendicular to the axis (24) of the pipe section (3) and through which a
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: LEKISPORT AG
    Inventors: Klaus Lenhart, Eberhard Heim
  • Publication number: 20110232329
    Abstract: An assembly for avoiding breaking a weak design characteristic or a weld and methods of using the assembly. A device in the shape of a wishbone, limited to having only first and second bodies. Each of the first and second bodies have first and second ends. The first ends of the first and second bodies are releasably coupled at a union of the first ends of the first and second bodies. The device is open between the second ends of the first and second bodies when the first ends of the first and second bodies are releasably coupled at the union of the first ends of the first and second bodies. The method for avoiding breaking a weak design characteristic or a weld comprises providing the device and separating the releasably coupled first ends of the first and second bodies of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Conor Boyd
  • Publication number: 20110226563
    Abstract: A traction device includes tension members (2) coated with an elastomer material to form jacketed tension members (3). The jacketed tension members (3) are arranged next to each other in a plane in the cross section of the traction device, at such a distance from each other that there is a clear space (6) between each two mutually adjacent ones of the jacketed tension members (3). The jacketed tension members (3) are connected at the back thereof by a back layer. The clear space (6) begins on the side facing away from the back layer (4) and extends at least beyond the center point (5) of the tension member, and the ratio of the second diameter (d2) of the jacketed tension member (3) in relation to the first diameter (d1) of the tension member (2) is between 1.05 and 2.25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventor: Hubert Göser
  • Publication number: 20110224053
    Abstract: A shaft-mounted clamp includes a pair of clamp members that are pivotably coupled to one another at one end, each clamp member including a through-hole for receiving the shaft to which the clamp is to be mounted. At least one of the clamp members includes a push rod that extends through the opposite clamp member, and which has a distal end portion that is contacted by an article supported on the shaft to increase the engagement of at least one of the clamp members on the shaft. A coupling device may be provided at one of the clamp members for suspending an article therefrom. The clamps may be readily repositioned along the shaft by squeezing the clamp members together (such as against the biasing force of a spring) to more closely align the through-holes with one another and thereby release the engagement of the clamp members with the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventor: Frederick C. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 8015675
    Abstract: A clamp adapted to clamp a bar, particularly supporting components such as guides of conveyors of articles. The clamp includes: a clamp body, adapted to accommodate the support bar for supporting the components, with the possibility of adjusting the relative position of the bar with respect to the clamp by longitudinally sliding the bar; positioning means arranged to have a first working position in which the positioning means are elastically urged in abutment against the bar to engage at least positioning notch, provided on the bar, upon reaching a predetermined position, so as to essentially prevent a further longitudinal sliding of the bar once said predetermined position is reached. The clamp further includes tightening means, distinct from said positioning means and adapted in use to hold the bar in position against displacements with respect to the clamp body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Rexnord Marbett S.r.l.
    Inventor: Andrea Andreoli
  • Patent number: 8015980
    Abstract: An applicator for use with an eyelash extension system that has a backbone and a backbone surface. A plurality of eyelash extensions are attached to the backbone. The applicator has a closure having a closure surface facing the backbone surface, and a pair of clips, each clip including a first arm, a second arm, and a pivot attached to the first arm and the second arm. A first holder is attached to each of the first arms to releasably attach the backbone to the first arms. Further there is a second holder attached to each of the second arms to releasably attach the closure to the second arms. The first and second arms are moveable between a first state wherein the first and second arms are spaced relative to each other and a second state wherein the first and second arms abut each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Elliot Rabe, Peter Jonathan Wyatt, Keri Ann Marsh, Matthew Clair Ehrman, Nancy Taylor Dempsey, Megan Mai Morys, Robert Scadding Moir, Peter Paul Beentje, Kate Reeves
  • Publication number: 20110216395
    Abstract: An adjustable clip for securing a grazing-incident collector (GIC) shell to a spider having spokes is disclosed. The clip includes a base adapted to be secured to a spider spoke and having an upper surface. The clip includes a fork member having two prongs each with end pads at respective prong ends, and having a first hinge portion at an end opposite the prong ends. A hinge leaf is secured to the base upper surface and has a second hinge portion that operably engages the first hinge portion, thereby forming a hinge that allows for rotatable adjustment of the fork member relative to the base. Movement of the GIC shell when performing optical alignment is accommodated by the clip self-adjusting by its end pads moving over the GIC shell outer surface. When GIC shell alignment is achieved, the end pads are secured to the GIC shell outer surface, thereby turning the clip into a rigid support member that secures the GIC shell in place relative to the spider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Giorgio Pirovano, Riccardo Ghislanzoni, Jacques Kools
  • Publication number: 20110203080
    Abstract: A hollow body batten having sidewalls (2) joined by a transverse wall (4) which divides the hollow body into a fabric cavity (6) and a clip cavity (8). Access to the clip cavity (8) is through a clip slot (10) which extends from end to end of the batten. Access to the fabric cavity (6) is through a fabric slot (12) which extends from end to end of the batten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventor: Donald C Hailes
  • Patent number: 8002509
    Abstract: A fastening system including a stud with a shank and an annular flange whose diameter is greater than the diameter of the shank. The system further including a nut with a bore and an internal thread formed in the bore, the internal thread having a helical thread ridge formed in the bore and a thread groove running next to the thread ridge. The annular flange of the stud can be screwed into the internal thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Newfrey LLC
    Inventor: Frank Rosemann
  • Publication number: 20110191990
    Abstract: A clip for releasably securing a panel to a support, including a socket member, and a ball member. The socket member includes a base having a bore positioned at a center point of the base and a collar located around the bore, the collar being partitioned into segment walls separated by gaps. The ball member includes a base having a collar positioned around the center and a cylindrical pillar with a spherical member projecting from a top surface of the base at a generally perpendicular angle to the base. The spherical member of the cylindrical pillar is pushed through the collar of the socket member, causing the segment walls to flex back to allow the spherical member to emerge from above the segment walls and the pillar to be encircled by the segment walls when the segment walls flex back to their original position, resulting in a secure snap fit engagement of the ball and socket members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventor: Rodrigue Beaulieu
  • Publication number: 20110185983
    Abstract: A clasp having a body defining at least one passageway extending at least partially therethrough, engagement means pivotally mounted across the body and adapted to engage an object located in said at least one passageway, and actuation means in communication with the engagement means and biased in the engaged condition, wherein actuation of said actuation means causes the engagement means to disengage from the object against the biasing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventor: Michael Neville Waters
  • Patent number: 7988342
    Abstract: Systems and methods for installing row-mounted suspended light fixtures. Each of a row of suspended light fixtures includes brackets disposed on opposite ends of the fixture. Each bracket includes a slot configured to slidably receive an adjustment clip coupled to a support member, such as a ceiling cable or pendant. Each adjustment clip includes first and second segments disposed at a non-zero, acute angle relative to one another such that a space separates the first and second segments. The space is configured to receive a portion of one or more brackets associated with the adjustment clip, proximate the bracket slot(s). An operator can install the light fixtures by positioning a fastener through each adjustment clip, outside the bracket slot(s). He also can adjust an alignment and balance of one or more of the light fixtures by sliding one or more of the adjustment clips along the slot(s) associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Christopher J. Pahl
  • Publication number: 20110179606
    Abstract: A clamp includes a first member, a washer, a nut, a threaded bolt, a spring and a torsion spring. The first member may include side portions and have a first opening. The washer may include a second opening and at least one portion protruding in a downward direction from an upper surface of the washer. The nut may have an upper surface, a lower surface and a threaded opening. The threaded bolt may be disposed through the first opening, the second opening and the threaded opening. The spring may be located between a portion of the first member and the washer. The torsion spring may be located between the washer and the nut, where the torsion spring causes the nut to rotate when force is applied to an upper part of the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Joey D. Magno, JR., Robert K. Jolly, Andrew C. Cole, Cong T. Dinh
  • Publication number: 20110176858
    Abstract: A shaft assembly using spring clips to confine components mounted on the shaft in selected positions. The shaft assembly includes a shaft with components mounted along its length. Each component is confined by a pair of flanking spring clips. Each spring clip has a pair of confronting side panels resiliently coupled together. Holes through the side panels receive the shaft. The side panels are biased to converge toward each other so that a laterally applied force from a confined component acts in the direction of the bias to prevent the clip locked on the shaft from unlocking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: LAITRAM, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Brett A. Lally
  • Publication number: 20110176294
    Abstract: A light producing device, such as a flashlight, may have a clip that is removably attached to a body thereof. The clip may comprise a split ring that substantially encircles the body and has a split therein and may also comprise an elongated portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The elongated portion may be attached to the split ring substantially opposite the split. The clip may be readily removed from the body, such as to better facilitate hand holding of the light producing device, to facilitate maintenance or repair of the light producing device, and/or for storage/transportation of the light producing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: SUREFIRE, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Y. Kim
  • Publication number: 20110162174
    Abstract: A method is disclosed in which a pressurized fluid presses an axial abutment surface against a first machine element in the axial direction to thereby fix the axial position of the first machine element and/or to thereby set a desired axial pre-loading of the first machine element. The fluid is then solidified to permanently maintain the axial position and/or the axial pre-loading of the first machine element. A clamp is disclosed that permanently affixes the first machine element relative to a second machine element using this method. An apparatus comprising the first machine element axially fixed relative to the second machine element by the clamp is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Hans-JĂĽrgen Liesegang, Mathias Seuberling
  • Publication number: 20110156377
    Abstract: A fastener system for use with an air bag includes a fastener having a rounded base having a flat portion, and first and second arms oriented transverse to the flat portion. A first set of engagement devices is connected proximate the rounded base. A second set of engagement devices is connected spatially separated from both the first set and the rounded base. A vehicle component has a dog-house. The rounded base is received and engaged in a dog-house cavity connecting the fastener and vehicle component. The vehicle component displaces upon air bag deployment from a first engagement position having the first engagement device set engaged with a vehicle body panel, to a second engagement position having the second engagement device set engaged with the vehicle body panel. A second fastener sliding part allows telescopic extension of the vehicle component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: NEWFREY LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Slobodecki, Lynn M. Stanton, Jacob A. Siudym, II, Daniel J. Lubera, Matthew L. Kosiara
  • Publication number: 20110154623
    Abstract: A plastic clip for fastening an article in the region of an end face of a flat workpiece comprises a base section, including a first and a second leg extending from the base section to form a U shape, and a fastening section connected to the base section and operable to fasten the article to the clip. The base section and the legs are made of a relatively hard plastic material and the legs can be elastically expanded relative to one another in order to accommodate the workpiece between their inner sides. An anti-slip section made of a relatively soft plastic material is provided on at least one of the inner sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: NEWFREY LLC
    Inventors: Thomas SCHMIDT, Johann REINDL
  • Publication number: 20110146947
    Abstract: An exemplary clip is adapted for fixing a heat sink to a heat generating component. The clip includes a body, a first engaging member, an operating member and a second engaging member. The body is adapted for pressing the heat sink. The first engaging member is formed at one end of the body. The operating member pivotally connects to another end of the body. The second engaging member pivotally engages with the operating member and is capable of moving towards or away from the body during rotation of the operating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JIAN LIU, JING ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20110138584
    Abstract: A clamp is designed and built for a particular application. The clamp may be affixed to, or attached at a specific joint on an existing telescopic pole structure. The clamp may be made in two or more sections that comprise shells that have been shaped to match the outside diameters of both sections of the existing telescopic joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Union Metal Corporation
    Inventor: JAMES E. WILD
  • Publication number: 20110126385
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention includes a first component that includes a solid body including a first and second aperture, a lip, and a groove. Also included is a second component that also includes an aperture corresponding to the first aperture of the first component. The second component is preferably operatively connected to and slidingly engageable with the first component. Finally, a third component is also included having a first end movably connected to the first component and a second free end operable to be engaged with the second aperture formed in the first component. When the free end of the third component is positioned within the second aperture of the first component, and when the second component is engaged with the lip and the groove of the first component, a flange of the second component prevents the free end of the third component from being removed from the second aperture of the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Nathan MARTIN, Eric B. WARD
  • Publication number: 20110129314
    Abstract: A clamp assembly for supporting multiple elongate rails in a rail tie-down car utilizes spring-loaded, hydraulically actuated clamp assemblies to clamp individual rails to the tie-down car. Each clamp assembly incorporates at least two clamp members which act opposite one another to prevent the rail secured in place by the clamps from sliding in either longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: HERZOG CONTRACTING CORP.
    Inventor: Ivan E. Bounds
  • Publication number: 20110113595
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to a footwear clamp bag accessory used to clamp a pair of shoes together and couple the clamped shoes to some other object using a claw-lock/clip. The footwear clamp bag accessory can include a base, at least two clamps, a locking mechanism, and a claw-lock/clip. The base can be the main structure that at least a portion of the clamps ride and that the claw-lock/clip is affixed to via a strap/cord. The at least two clamps can be a left clamp and a right clamp. Each of the left and right clamps can include a portion that rides a portion of the main structure. Further, clamp pads can couple to the left clamp and right clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Nour Jebara, Liam Van Der Merwe
  • Publication number: 20110113597
    Abstract: The invention discloses a quick-action fastening element (70) for fastening a rail (62) of a pull-out guide (60) on a horizontal rod (2) of a grid-like side part (4), in particular for baking ovens, wherein the rod (2) has an end portion (5) which is bent away at an angle to a longitudinal direction and the quick-action fastening element (70) has a first clip (71), which at least partially engages around a portion of the rod (2) arranged in the longitudinal direction, and a second clip (76) which at least partially engages around the bent-away end portion (5), wherein a latching element (74) which engages behind the rod (2) and prevents the quick-action fastening element (70) from being pulled out in a direction parallel to the bent-away end portion (5) is provided, wherein the latching element (74) is in the form of a rigid elevation formed integrally with the first or second clip (71, 76).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: PAUL HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Sven Budde
  • Publication number: 20110115349
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an enclosure having exterior walls defining an interior space; a top (10) having an interior surface (12) and a plurality of coupling clips (30) extending from the interior surface; and a base (5) having an inner surface (14). The base has a plurality of clip receiving members extending from the inner surface and reversibly engaging the coupling clips to secure the top to the base. The base further includes at least one aperture (7) adapted to permit a release fixture (50) having a plurality of decoupling members (40) extending from a plate (51) to simultaneously disengage the clip receiving members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: William Philip Dernier
  • Publication number: 20110107563
    Abstract: A clamp comprising a first end including a base and a hooked portion and a second end moveably connected to the base of the first end. The second end includes a clamped portion and a wire jaw maintaining a wire. The wire jaw is shaped so as to be placed in the second end. The wire jaw including a base and arms extending from the base. The arms defining an opening including teeth, the teeth effective to grip and provide high contact pressure on a rail. A spring is disposed on the base of the first end and is effective to bias the second end toward the hooked portion of the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: John Schatz, Walter Weiss
  • Publication number: 20110108150
    Abstract: A clip (6) of molded plastics material for fitting on a pipe or duct in particular a blow-molded automotive fluid duct, comprises an open ring of generally C-shape having facing arms (20) that are curved and with open ends that can be sprung apart and together again to resiliently fit the clip on the pipe or duct. The facing arms (20) have profiled inner surfaces that engage with complementary profiles carried by the pipe or duct, namely the facing arms (20) have a substantially T-shaped profile (23/24), that fits between pairs of complementary spaced-apart arcuate ribs and recess carried by the pipe or duct. The clip (6) is easy to fit and remove while providing firm holding power and good pull-out strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Michel C. Renaud
  • Publication number: 20110099773
    Abstract: Various apparatuses to attach a first medical device to a second medical device are described that allow the physician to grasp only a single device while the other device remains securely attached to the one being grasped. The apparatuses, once they are attached to the first medical device, are designed to be easily and quickly attached and detached to a second medical device, normally only requiring the use of one hand. Furthermore, the apparatuses oftentimes include a base that can easily couple and decouple from the portion that is attached to the second medical device so that if the need arises to separately use the second medical device, it can be decoupled from the first medical device without completely removing the apparatus from the second medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: John B. Golden, John O. McWeeney, Christopher A. Benning, Robert Castoldi, John F. Howard, Brian Intoccia, Gary Kappel, William Lucas Churchill
  • Publication number: 20110099774
    Abstract: A foldable attachment clip assembly including a receiving body portion having a hollow interior and a slotted opening extending along the length which receives and retains a crossbar of a stirrup connection portion. The crossbar of the stirrup connection portion is adapted for press-fit insertion through the relatively narrow width slotted opening which opens into a wider diameter retention pocket at the interior of the receiving body portion. Following attachment, the receiving body portion and the stirrup connection portion can rotate relative to one another about an axis defined generally by the crossbar within the retention pocket. Upon application of a tensioning force, the clip is substantially straightened and the receiving body pulls tight against the crossbar in a secure relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: John S. Pontaoe
  • Publication number: 20110094619
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dispenser cassette (110) which provides at least one product dispense vial (122) to be filled. The cassette provides a filtrate conduit (128) extending between the dispense vial and a filter unit (116) so that flowpath (120) of the filtrate conduit and the dispense vial is provided and maintained as an environmentally-controlled, or GMP-compliant, volume. The resulting product dispensed into the dispense vial is thus dispensed in a GMP-compliant environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Colin Steel, Roger Pettitt, Paul Crosby, Svein-Erik Lindgaard
  • Publication number: 20110073076
    Abstract: A fuel injector clamp and method of clamping a fuel injector includes clamp members each including a central body with a concaved section and two horizontally offset passageways. Clamp members are oppositely oriented such that the concaved section forms a region adapted to engage a fuel injector. Offset passageways are aligned such that a top passageway of one member is aligned with a bottom passageway of the opposing member. A fastening mechanism is passed through a first pair of aligned passageways to form a hinge, allowing clamp members to pivot about the hinge so a fuel injector can be disposed between the concaved sections. Members are then pivoted towards each other to close the clamp assembly; a second fastening mechanism is passed through a second pair of aligned offset passageways to lock the injector into place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventor: Ivan M. Lazich
  • Publication number: 20110072625
    Abstract: A push-on clip fastener for securing two components together, such as interior automotive components. The push-on clip fastener includes a housing, a cover and a spring. The housing may include an aperture, wherein the housing may be capable of being located over a stud to secure an interior automotive component there between. The cover may include a pair of legs, wherein the cover may be insertable into the housing. The legs may be inserted into the housing cause the spring to straighten. The spring may include a slot, wherein the slot may be aligned with the aperture in the housing. The straightening of the spring may cause a clamp load. The housing may also include projections located on each side of the housing. The cover may also include retaining features located on each side of the cover that may be engageable with the housing projections to secure the fastener together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Todd Hemingway, Walter Pipp, Mike Danby, Charles A. Deperro
  • Publication number: 20110067207
    Abstract: A retaining device for a stand includes a base, a shaft inserted in the base, a handle pivotally mounted on the shaft, and a retainer sleeved on a cam portion of the handle. When the handle is pivotally moved downwards, the retainer can be driven to move toward an extending rod of the stand by actuation of the cam portion of the handle for stopping against the extending rod of the stand and retaining the extending rod of the stand in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: DURQ MACHINERY CORP.
    Inventors: Chia-Sheng LIU, Chen-Yuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20110057423
    Abstract: Provided is a clip structure which can prevent components from falling off an attaching body or an attached body with a simple structure. Further provided is a holding structure for an internal member of a vehicle which can prevent the components from falling off an exterior member or an interior member with a simple structure. A clip assembly (11) includes a first clip having a clip (34) attached to a bracket (25), and a joint (36) as a removable portion connected to the clip 34; and a pin (38) as a second clip connected to the joint (36) and sandwiching a roof head lining (14) between the pin (38) and the joint (36). A holding load (F5) for releasing connection between the clip (34) and the joint (36) is sufficiently small compared to a holding load (F6) for releasing connection between the joint (36) and the pin (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tago, Michinori Kakumu, Sinji Tanaka, Motonori Kitayama
  • Publication number: 20110056055
    Abstract: A locking member for a device used to fasten ring sectors on a casing of an aircraft turbine engine, wherein the member includes two clamping arms connected together at the rear end thereof by a connection arm extending substantially parallel to the general spacing direction between the two clamping arms. The member includes, on either side of a virtual median plane orthogonal to the circumferential direction, a passage for gripping the member, each passage being formed through the connection arm, emerging in an inter-arm space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Alain Dominique Gendraud, Erwan Daniel Botrel
  • Publication number: 20110056054
    Abstract: A clip is provided for affixing a construction unit to a building structure. The clip comprises: a generally planar middle portion, an exterior portion located on an exterior side of the middle portion and an interior portion located on an interior side of the middle portion; the exterior portion comprising a groove at an exterior end of the clip for receiving a construction unit flange, the groove having a generally U-shaped cross-section, the groove defined at least in part by a pair of generally parallel groove portions and a base portion connecting the groove portions at a base of the groove, the base of the groove spaced apart from an opening of the groove; the middle portion extending from an interior side of groove toward the interior portion; and the interior portion at an interior end of the clip, the interior portion extending from the middle portion at an obtuse angle to define a fulcrum at a junction between the middle portion and the interior portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventor: Andrew M. MOFFATT
  • Publication number: 20110047760
    Abstract: A clamping device for sliding roofs is provided in the region of the guidance and runner rail. An actuation lever is pivotable between locking and release positions. A clamping element is modifiable in its position by means of the actuation lever, which coacts with a countermember of the end carriage and moves the end carriage to the end of the guidance and runner rail. The clamping element is aligned with the guidance and runner rail, and is shiftable in a longitudinal direction, between a locking position retaining the end carriage, and a release position. The guide comprises in a subregion on the underside an open space such that upon shifting of the actuation lever into the release position, the clamping element is at least partly lowerable sufficiently that the end carriage can be displaced away from the end of the guidance and runner rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Udo Wensing, Hans Boris Hahnen, Frank Neumeyer, Frank Frentzen, Rolf Birkenbach, Joachim Rossbach, Karl Kemmerling, Axel Scholz, Tim Lauterbach, Rolf Weigelt, Ragnvald Andersson
  • Publication number: 20110042539
    Abstract: A support post (22) and safety fence assembly (24) in which the post (22) has a telescoping inner and outer tube (34, 36) and is supported on a threaded internal shaft (42) coupled to a floor engaging end (30) and ceiling engaging end (32) preferably formed with claws that have a number of sharp penetrating points for firm engagement with a support surface. An over-centre locking lever assembly (60) is provided for fixing the relative position of the inner tube and outer telescoping tubes (34, 36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: Jonathan Jonny Melic
  • Publication number: 20110032680
    Abstract: A clip is adapted for securing a heat sink on a printed circuit board (PCB). The clip includes a linking portion, an operating portion, a handle, and a pressing portion. The linking portion is located at a lateral side of the heat sink. The operating portion pivotally engages with the linking portion and the heat sink. The handle connects the operating portion. The pressing portion connects the linking portion. A fastener mounted on the PCB extends through the heat sink and the pressing portion. The pressing portion is slidable from a first position to a second position. When the pressing portion is in the second position the handle is operable to drive the operating portion to move upwardly and urge the pressing portion to move along the fastener until the pressing portion abuts against a top portion of the fastener and simultaneously presses the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: PIN-QUN ZHAO, DONG-BO ZHENG, MENG FU, CHUN-CHI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20110017882
    Abstract: A mechanical apparatus for securely holding a hose, even while liquid is flowing through the hose, by creating a frictional force on the hose without kinking or otherwise restricting the flow through the hose. The apparatus includes a tube with a diameter suitably larger than the hose to be used with the apparatus. The tube includes a suitable bend such that the hose must bend as it passes through the tube. The apparatus also includes a bracket allowing the apparatus to be attached to, for example, a bucket or other suitable reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Todd G. Grunow
  • Patent number: 7871103
    Abstract: A bezel (44) of a coat hook-equipped roof side register (42) is fixed by fastening, at the coat hook main body portion (50) side, to a mount bracket (76) on a body side by a mount bolt (72), and is elastically engaged, at a louver (84) side, with a mount bracket (108) on the body side by an engaging member (106). Furthermore, a first end portion (110A) of a strap (110) is fixed to the bezel (44) by a screw (114). A second end portion (110B) of the strap (110) is fastened together with the coat hook main body portion (50) to the mount bracket (76) by the mount bolt (72).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Torii
  • Publication number: 20110000054
    Abstract: A coupling apparatus for attaching a recycling container to a waste container comprises a back plate having a length and a width that lies in a first plane, a crossover portion rigidly connected to the back plate and lying in a plane approximately transverse to the back plate and a coupling portion rigidly connected to the crossover portion opposite the back plate, the coupling portion having a substantially U-shaped profile and sized to receive a handle of one of the recycling container and the waste container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: EDMUND F. TRIFARI, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100319170
    Abstract: A device for holding a medical test strip is provided. The device comprises a receiving casing having an opening for receiving the medical test strip and a first stopping portion protruding from an upper surface of the receiving casing; an ejection base having a cover and a pusher beneath the cover, the cover downwardly extending a second stopping portion for sliding against the upper surface of the receiving casing; and an elastic member located between the receiving casing and the ejection base. When the pusher moves toward the opening by an external force to eject the test strip from the opening, the elastic member is compressed and the second stopping portion slides away from the first stopping portion. When the external force disappears, the second stopping portion slides toward the first stopping portion by a resilient force of the elastic member until the first stopping portion and the second stopping portion are engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: APEX BIOTECHNOLOGY CORP
    Inventors: Ming-Chang Hsu, Mon Wen Yang, Ming-Hsin Chuang, Thomas Y.S. Shen
  • Publication number: 20100320344
    Abstract: A vessel clip can stack a plurality of boxes on a usual vessel by providing a shelf function, where a content in each box is visible so as to improve decoration effect, and a candle can be stuck through a candle sticking member without sticking the candle in food directly. Accordingly, the vessel clip can provide effect such as a cake through the shape of the vessel formed by stacking the boxes and display effect due to the candle decoration. Thus, a candle event can be performed using various foods instead of conventional cakes with the same effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Plus & Divide Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Deok-Whan Choi
  • Publication number: 20100319168
    Abstract: A clip includes a beam for contact with a face of a wafer, a first oblique section and a second oblique section for contact with an opposite face of the wafer. The beam includes a supporting section formed thereon. The first oblique section extends from the beam so that there is an acute angle between the first oblique section and the beam. The second oblique section extends from the first oblique section so that there is an acute angle between the first and second oblique sections and that there is an acute angle between a plane in which the supporting section lies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL - INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Wu, Wen-Biing Ou Yang
  • Publication number: 20100319169
    Abstract: A fastener structure is provided for fastening an elastic object and includes a bore-carrying fastening member and a pivot-carrying fastening member, which form grip band receiving holes and receiving channels and which have inner sides forming concave arc surfaces. The bore-carrying fastening member forms a bore that rotatably receives a pivot formed on the pivot-carrying fastening member therein. The locking member forms two flanges, which are respectively receivable in the receiving channels of the bore-carrying fastening member and the pivot-carrying fastening member so that the bore-carrying fastening member and the pivot-carrying fastening member are combinable together with the locking member with the concave arc surfaces of the bore-carrying fastening member and the pivot-carrying fastening member and a concave arc surface of the locking member together define and delimit a conic bore for receiving and fastening the elastic object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventor: CHIEH-JEN LIN