Threaded Cylindrical Rod And Mating Cavity Patents (Class 24/514)
  • Patent number: 11931235
    Abstract: An incontinence clamp is provided. The incontinence clamp includes an upper clamp arm and a lower clamp arm. Each of the upper and lower clamp arms include a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surfaces face each other. A hinge pivotally connects the first ends of the upper and lower clamp arms together. An upper guide is coupled to the inner surface of the upper clamp arm and a lower guide is coupled to the inner surface of the lower clamp arm. A connector releasably connects the second ends of the upper clamp arm and the lower clamp arm together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Wiesner Helathcare Innovation, LLC
    Inventor: Juan Felipe Velez Wiesner
  • Patent number: 11642205
    Abstract: An incontinence clamp is provided. The incontinence clamp includes an upper clamp arm and a lower clamp arm. Each of the upper and lower clamp arms include a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surfaces face each other. A hinge pivotally connects the first ends of the upper and lower clamp arms together. An upper guide is coupled to the inner surface of the upper clamp arm and a lower guide is coupled to the inner surface of the lower clamp arm. A connector releasably connects the second ends of the upper clamp arm and the lower clamp arm together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Wiesner Healthcare Innovation LLC
    Inventor: Juan Felipe Velez Wiesner
  • Patent number: 11512474
    Abstract: A mounting device or clamp is provided that can be secured to a roof joint without damaging the roof joint. Two roof panels can be joined at a roof joint that extends away from the roof. The clamp has a body with a slot to receive the roof joint. An insert of the clamp is rotatable relative to the body from a first position to a second position. The clamp body can be positioned over the roof joint, and the insert can rotate or pivot from the first position to the second position relative to the body to secure the clamp to the roof joint. In one embodiment, a body of the clamp has a first arm that is concave and the insert has a concave portion to engage the roof joint. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the insert can be connected to the clamp body such that either a first projection or a second projection of the insert faces a roof joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: RMH TECH LLC
    Inventors: Dustin M. M. Haddock, Jonathon Moss, Nikolaus Jo Holley
  • Patent number: 11351020
    Abstract: An incontinence clamp is provided. The incontinence clamp includes an upper clamp arm and a lower clamp arm. Each of the upper and lower clamp arms include a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surfaces face each other. A hinge pivotally connects the first ends of the upper and lower clamp arms together. An upper guide is coupled to the inner surface of the upper clamp arm and a lower guide is coupled to the inner surface of the lower clamp arm. A connector releasably connects the second ends of the upper clamp arm and the lower clamp arm together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: WIESNER HEALTHCARE INNOVATION LLC
    Inventor: Juan Felipe Velez Wiesner
  • Patent number: 11058188
    Abstract: A fastening system, apparatus, and/or device for interlocking a first zipper tooth and a second zipper tooth. The fastening system, apparatus, and/or device may include a slider configured to vertically interconnect a first zipper tooth with a second zipper tooth, the slider comprising a bottom zipper receptacle including a first channel at a bottom portion of the slider and extending from a back of the slider to a front of the slider, a top zipper receptacle including a second channel at a top portion of the slider and extending from a back of the slider to the front of the slider, and a finger holder extending along a top surface of the slider where the finger holder has a concave shape that is configured to receive a finger of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Raj Dhadwal
  • Patent number: 10975987
    Abstract: A fixture has a pedestal set on a wall by a fixing device, a bracing plate is fixedly connected to a side wall of the pedestal away from the wall, an upper end of the bracing plate is provided with a supporting device, a lifting recess is provided on a side wall of the pedestal away from the wall, an end of the lifting recess away from the bracing plate penetrates the pedestal, a lifting block is slidingly connected to the lifting recess, an end of the lifting block away from the lifting recess is fixedly connected with a clamping plate, the clamping plate is provided with a clamping device, a threaded hole is provided at an end of the clamping plate away from the lifting block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN AIRUIXING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gong Zhu
  • Patent number: 10875638
    Abstract: A bond fixture includes a first frame defining a chamber configured to receive a leading edge of a rotor blade and a second frame pivotally coupled to the first frame. The second frame is movable between a first position and a second position. In the second position, the second frame restricts movement of the bond fixture relative to the rotor blade. At least one supporting assembly extends from the first frame towards the chamber. The at least one supporting assembly is adjustable to apply a pressure to an adjacent surface of the rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Littlejohn, Sven Roy Lofstrom, Scott Oren Smith
  • Patent number: 10716623
    Abstract: A coupling mechanism includes a base and a lever. The base is configured to couple to an external fixture. The lever is pivotably coupled to the base and transitionable between a clamped configuration and an unclamped configuration. A first pair of opposed arms extends from the base and a second pair of opposed arms extends from the lever in opposed relation to the first pair of opposed arms. In the clamped configuration the second pair of opposed arms are proximate the first pair of opposed arms, and in the unclamped configuration the second pair of opposed arms are spaced apart from the first pair of opposed arms. At least one of the first pair of opposed arms or the second pair of opposed arms includes a step thereon. The step is configured to receive and retain a surgical tool therein in the clamped configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventor: Kathy E. Rooks
  • Patent number: 10624678
    Abstract: A spinal fusion clamp implant that connects two vertebra, preferably the C1 and C2 vertebra. The clamp implant includes a clamp assembly that connects to the C1 vertebra. The clamp assembly includes at least one superior jaw and at least one inferior jaw. The superior jaw and the inferior jaw are opposedly arranged and clamp onto posterior arch of the C1 vertebra. The clamp implant also includes an implant assembly that connects to the implant used in C2, and a connection system that connects the clamp assembly with said C2 implant assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: A-Line Orthopaedics Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy L. Lasswell, Parham Rasoulinejad, John B. Medley
  • Patent number: 10605295
    Abstract: [Task] To provide a sensor fixation device capable of preventing loss of mount nuts. [Solution] A mount body 130 of a sensor fixation device 100 in a mount state includes a first side wall 133a and a second side wall 133b which face with each other at the other end, which are perpendicular to a trap opening axis JT. The first side wall 133a includes a first mount nut retaining opening 133a1, and the second side wall 133b includes a second mount nut retaining opening 133b1. A mount nut 170 includes a nut spherical part 173 interposed between the first side wall 133a and the second side wall 133b, which has a diameter longer than the distance between the first side wall 133a and the second side wall 133b, and is configured to be engaged with a first side wall opening 133a1 and a second side wall opening 133b1. The mount nut 170 is retained integrally with the mount body 130, ensuring to prevent loss of only the mount nut 170 during the mount work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TLV Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10571813
    Abstract: A connection arrangement is provided for a force-fit connecting ceramic components for a lithography apparatus. The connection arrangement includes first and a second ceramic components and a clamping device. The clamping device directly clamps the first and the second ceramic component against one another in a force-fit manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Siegmanski, Peter Deufel, Viktor Kulitzki, Stefan Xalter, Bernhard Gellrich
  • Patent number: 10285889
    Abstract: A femoral lift apparatus for an operating table having a side rail, the apparatus engageable with the femur of a patient. The apparatus includes a lift mountable to the side rail. An extension arm is receivable on the lift, the extension arm extending transversely from the lift when the extension arm is received on the lift. A plurality of apertures can be defined along the extension arm, and a femoral hook can be receivable in one of the apertures in the extension arm, the femoral hook having a hook end shaped to be received under and contour the femur of the patient positioned on the operating table when the lift is mounted to the side rail of the table, the extension arm is received on the lift, and the femoral hook is received in one of the apertures of the extension arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Hy Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Steele Yancey, Jeff Hodrick
  • Patent number: 10240710
    Abstract: An insulation compression reduction assembly for reducing compression of an insulating material surrounding a horizontally extending pipe in combination with a pipe support supporting said pipe. The compression reduction assembly includes a base pressure skate element sized and shaped to fit within the pipe support, a pipe holder structure sized and shaped to rest against an outer surface of the horizontal extending pipe, and a spacing element connecting the base pressure skate element and the pipe holder structure and forming an offset spacing therebetween for reducing compression of the insulating material. An insulation compression reduction kit of disassembled components of the above assembly that can be used to form the above compression reduction assembly is also provided according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Inventors: Martin Boudreau, Christian Montplaisir
  • Patent number: 10172646
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a clamp. The clamp can include a first clamp member, a second clamp member, and a lever. The first clamp member can include a first gripping surface. The second clamp member can include a second gripping surface. The lever can be connected to the first clamp member and can define a cam located proximate the first clamp member. The lever can be pivotable between a first position and a second position. A transition from the first position to the second position can cause the cam to move the second clamp member towards the first clamp member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Thomas Slagle
  • Patent number: 10056017
    Abstract: Flag mount bracket system for improved installation of a flag into a bracket safely from ground level without the need for a ladder comprising a spring tension mount or ratchet mount and a specialized raising and lowering pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: GB3 Designs
    Inventor: George H. Butler, III
  • Patent number: 9970212
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are device and system for providing shade including: a) a deformable screen assembly having a border about its edge, the screen assembly including: i) a support frame defining the edge of the screen assembly, and ii) a screen component having at least two apertures for receiving an adjustable arm, the apertures being contained within the screen assembly edge; and; b) an adjustable arm. Also disclosed herein are devices for clamping an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Inventor: Nicholas Summers
  • Patent number: 9468470
    Abstract: Anchor for attachment to a bony structure, comprising a hook, an anchor body with a distal wall facing the hook, and a fastening system for fastening a connection member to the anchor body. A slot is defined between the hook and the distal wall, for receiving a bony structure such as a vertebra portion. The anchor further comprises a retention member having a distal end with teeth, passing through the distal wall and being movable relative to the anchor body, from a retracted position to a protracted position where the distal end protrudes from the distal wall, inside the slot. The proximal end of the retention member defines a seat for the connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Zimmer Spine
    Inventors: Georges Legallois, Gilles Larroque-Lahitette
  • Patent number: 9364263
    Abstract: Anchor for attachment to a bony structure, comprising a hook, an anchor body with a distal wall facing the hook, and a fastening system for fastening a connection member to the anchor body. A slot is defined between the hook and the distal wall, for receiving a bony structure such as a vertebra portion. The anchor further comprises a retention member having a distal end with teeth, passing through the distal wall and being movable relative to the anchor body, from a retracted position to a protracted position where the distal end protrudes from the distal wall, inside the slot. The proximal end of the retention member defines a seat for the connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Zimmer Spine
    Inventors: Georges Legallois, Gilles Larroque-Lahitette
  • Patent number: 9321168
    Abstract: A legless portable worktable is provided for supporting a tray above the ground without the use of ground contacting legs. In some embodiments, the worktable may comprise: a tray having a tray surface; a conduit clamp coupled to the tray with the conduit clamp comprising a first arm movably coupled to a second arm; a first contact member coupled to the first arm of the conduit clamp; a second contact member and a third contact member coupled to the second arm of the conduit clamp. The first, second, and third contact members may be configured to make contact with and grip a conduit thereby supporting the weight of the tray above the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Inventor: Duane J. Brassette
  • Publication number: 20140373318
    Abstract: A closing actuator for a sheet material clamp has a first threaded orifice in a lower clamping jaw with a threaded interior wall, a second non-threaded orifice formed in an upper clamping jaw which has a retention groove formed around the non-threaded interior wall; and an actuating screw with a retention shoulder formed between the head and the threaded shank, such that the threaded shank mates with the threaded first orifice in the lower clamping jaw and the retention shoulder snaps into the retention groove, thereby capturing the actuating screw in the upper clamping jaw when threaded into the lower clamping jaw. The second orifice may be a slotted or oval shape to allow the actuating screw to pass through the upper jaw at an angle other than perpendicularly to the upper jaw as the jaws assume various angles of relationship to each other during clamp closing and opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Geary W. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8732917
    Abstract: A clamp for attaching solar panel grids to standing seam roof structures. The clamp includes opposing clamp halves having inter-engageable projections and recesses. One or more fasteners engage the halves to draw them together. A first set of recesses on one clamp half receives a first set of projections on the other half. A second set of recesses on the other clamp half receives a second set of projections. When loose, the first set of projections engage the first set of recesses like a detent, while the second set of projections are spaced apart from the second set of recesses to enable the clamp to be slid down onto the vertical seam of a standing seam roof. Tightening the fasteners causes the second set of projections to deform the seam into the second set of recesses, fixing the clamp to the seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Atkore International, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad K. Zeilenga, Charles Olen Nehls
  • Patent number: 8601651
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a low-profile clamping system generally includes first and second elongate supports engageable with an edge portion of a sheet material for supporting at least part of the sheet material against bending. A fastener can releasably couple the first and second elongate supports to the edge portion of the sheet material. The first and second elongate supports define a channel for receiving the edge portion of the sheet material into the channel when supporting the sheet material. In another exemplary embodiment, an apparatus for transporting a sheet material generally includes a frame, at least one wheel coupled to the frame for allowing rolling movement of the frame, and an adjustable vice coupled to the frame for securing a sheet material in the vice on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hallmark Stone Company
    Inventor: Frederick Joseph Christen
  • Patent number: 8522408
    Abstract: A clamp includes a base section, from which a pair of sidewalls and prongs extend, where the prongs are designed to grip gussets within the curb inlet and maintain proper alignment with designated portions of the restrictor plate despite manufacturing variations in gussets positioning within the curb inlet. The clamp is capable of securely positioning a floatable restrictor plate within or flush with an opening of the curb inlet so as to prevent floatables from entering storm sewer systems through the curb inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Campbell-ERS L.L.C.
    Inventor: Clifford F. Lill
  • Patent number: 8500073
    Abstract: A clamp with a first clamp halve with a hinge portion and a first opening for a fastener; a second clamp halve, with a hinge portion and a first opening for a fastener; a cable opening; and a hinge device for connecting the two hinge portions. The clamp may also include a first clamp halve with a second opening for a closing insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventor: Wayne L. Quesnel
  • Publication number: 20130081234
    Abstract: A lever clamp for use in securing liner to a liquid holding tank is provided. More specifically, the present clamp comprises a lever member pivotally connected to the clamp capable engaging a base bar and creating a clamping for to secure the liner to the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Merle Seely, Nolin Seely
  • Publication number: 20130025093
    Abstract: A clip assembly includes a clip and a thumb screw mechanism. The clip includes two jaws each including two ends. The first end of the first jaw is connected to the first end of the second jaw. The thumb screw mechanism includes a bore defined in the first jaw, a screw extending into the bore from the second jaw, and a nut engaged with the screw. The nut includes a screw hole for receiving the screw, a first abutment unit for abutment against a side of the first jaw when the nut is rotated on the screw in a first direction and a second abutment unit for abutment against an opposite side of the first jaw when the nut is rotated on the screw in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: Eric Liao
  • Patent number: 8356783
    Abstract: A retractable stop assembly rigidly attached to an underside of a cart for sheet material. The retractable stop assembly includes a base plate member adapted for rigid attachment to an underside of a cart adjacent an edge thereof. A mounting bracket unit is rotatably attached to the base plate member opposite the underside of the cart by a threaded fastener. The mounting bracket unit includes a cylindrical sleeve member rigidly secured thereto with the cylindrical sleeve member's central axis parallel with the base plate member. An L-shaped stop member has first and second leg sections. The first leg section is movably positioned within the cylindrical sleeve member, and the second leg section is movable to extend above the edge of the cart. Rotation of the threaded fastener member in a selected direction rigidly clamps the L-shaped stop member in a selected orientation within the cylindrical sleeve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Inventors: Greg Gilbertson, Jeremy Abbott
  • Patent number: 8250717
    Abstract: A bonding clip formed of a metal and having unitary or multi-part construction is used to electronically bond together wires of adjacent wire mesh cable trays. The bonding clip binds the wire mesh cable trays by penetrating the protective coating one the wire mesh cable trays with teeth-like projections in order to permit conductive contact between the wires. The bonding clip has a profile that permits maintenance of the cross-sectional area formed by the wires of the wire mesh cable trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: OBO Bettermann of North America
    Inventor: Jeffrey Boone
  • Patent number: 8216258
    Abstract: A design of a medical clamp is provided that offers improved retention to and gripping of a patient's appendages through an open ended tubular design. The inside of the clamp has a taper approximating human dimensions. The interior has a reticulated surface for enhanced gripability. The exterior is ribbed for patient gripability and air circulation. A condom catheter retention ring is provided along the outer top periphery. The clamp is of a split design with matingly engageable hinge halves held together with a roll pin and forced into its tubular configuration by a spring that pushes against wing extensions projecting from each clamp half. A thumb screw spans the space between the two halves and allows adjustment of the spring pressure as well as defining the closed diameter of the clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: Ted Robert Skipper
  • Patent number: 8176965
    Abstract: Hurricane protection screening and system including a length of flexible screening material having a substantially uniform continuous cross-section and being sized in length to substantially exceed a height of a building opening and sized in width to exceed or equal a width of the building opening. A plurality of separate spaced, parallel thickened areas are connected to and extend along the entire length of the screening material and are spaced apart over the width thereof, one of the thickened areas extending along each longitudinal side margin of the screening material. The system includes x-shaped buckles each configured for attachment to an upper or lower end of one of the thickened areas of each screen panel, the buckles themselves connectable to a frame of the building opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventors: Stephen J. Motosko, Stephen Motosko, III
  • Patent number: 7996963
    Abstract: A clip system for use with tarps and other flexible sheet material. The system includes first and second parts that are rotatably mounted so as to be free to twist independently of one another, in response to wind or other forces. The first part may be a clip body having jaws for gripping a tarp or other flexible sheet material, and the second part may be an attachment fitting for engaging an article separate from the tarp. There may be a series of different attachment fittings that are interchangeably mountable to the clip body, such as a hook, a screw-on fitting for attachment to a bottle that forms a weight, or a fitting for attachment of a strap or shock cord, for example. The two pieces may be joined by a male coupler and a female receptacle that receives the coupler in locking engagement. The male coupler may have a plurality of resiliently flexible legs with beveled end surfaces that flex inwardly to pass through the opening of the female receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: The Clip Joint LLC
    Inventor: Robert W. Cameron
  • Patent number: 7966703
    Abstract: The clamp comprises two substantially L-shaped members, arranged opposite each other, articulated on an intermediate support on which rest the lateral profile sections of the frames of the panels to be clamped, one of the arms of each of the L-shaped members having an end profile adapted for its coupling to the profile sections to be clamped, while the other arm of each of said L-shaped members receives a displacement action in order to effect its rotation from a mechanism incorporated in the intermediate support, intended to effect the opening and closing of the L-shaped members of the clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Sistemas Tecnicos de Encofrados, S.A.
    Inventor: José Luis Ubiñana Felix
  • Patent number: 7789352
    Abstract: A clamp for gripping two members together, in which one of the members may be repositioned within the clamp between two orientations. The clamp is made of two jaws having facing flat surfaces. Each flat surface has a recess for accommodating one of the members, while each flat surface has two additional recesses representing the alternative positions of the second member which can be moved between the alternative positions by loosening the fastening device connecting the jaws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Valiant Rock LLC
    Inventor: Charles W. Darling, III
  • Patent number: 7703358
    Abstract: A clamp including two mutually opposed substantially L-shaped members pivotably connected to an intermediate holder supporting the side profile sections of the panel frames to be secured, wherein the two L-shaped members are pivotably interconnected via a central shaft extending through the intermediate holder and said L-shaped members are further pivotably connected to said intermediate holder via two further transverse shafts extending through respective mounting apertures in the intermediate holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sistemas Technicos De Encofrados, S.A.
    Inventor: José Luis Ubiñana Felix
  • Publication number: 20100000058
    Abstract: A fastening clamp for connecting a carrier part (13) and an add-on part (14) has a plug-through leg (1), with a plug-through sleeve (5), and a threaded leg (2), which is connected to a thread unit (10). The plug-through sleeve (5) extends away from the threaded leg (2) and has an effective overall height which is greater than the thickness of an add-on part (14). Engagement elements (11) are present on that side of the thread leg (2) which is directed towards the plug-through leg (1). In a pre-assembly arrangement, the legs (1, 2) are spaced apart by a distance which is large enough to allow a carrier part (13) to be positioned between the legs (1, 2) such that it is essentially free of engagement with the engagement elements (11), in which case, once a screw has been screwed into an end position, the engagement elements (11) thus engage with the carrier part (13) such that the fastening clamp is connected in a non-displaceable manner to the carrier part (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Vincent De Gelis
  • Patent number: 7469903
    Abstract: An improved target clamp more securely holds a target in place when impacted by bullets or moved quickly by a target actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Action Target Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas Marshall, Nicolas Stincelli, Thomas R. Wright, Kyle E. Bateman
  • Patent number: 7017238
    Abstract: A clamp includes a clamp body having a spring arm with first and second ends and a deflection arm with first and second ends. The deflection arm is connected at its first end to the spring arm proximate the first end thereof, and the second end of the deflection arm is opposed spatially to a protrusion extending from the spring arm proximate the second end thereof. An actuating device engaged with the deflection arm and the protrusion can be manipulated to effect relative movement of the second end of the deflection arm away from the protrusion to cause a corresponding circumferential contraction of the spring arm. The actuating device includes a force-limiting mechanism, which limits the extent by which the second end of the deflection arm is moved away from the protrusion, thereby limiting the maximum circumferential contraction of the spring arm that can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
    Inventor: Mark Anthony Messina
  • Patent number: 6679737
    Abstract: A removable clamp assembly for a network protector bus, the network bus having at least one opening therethrough. The clamp assembly is structured to couple the network protector bus to a vault bus. The clamp assembly includes a mounting bracket structured to be removably coupled to the network protector bus and a gripping assembly for selectively gripping the vault bus. The gripping assembly is coupled to the mounting bracket. The gripping assembly includes threaded tubes surrounding a rod with opposite threads at each end for driving the tubes, whereby the gripping fingers on the gripping assembly are movable to grip the vault buss blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Steven E. Meiners, Arthur J. Jur, Douglas M. Brandt, Stephen W. Oneufer
  • Patent number: 6629720
    Abstract: An I-beam clamp comprises a body having a seat and defining a medial plane extending through and perpendicular to the seat and a normal plane aligned with the seat; a pair of pads mounted to the body for movement between respective closed positions beyond the seat, on opposite sides of and in spaced relation to the medial plane and in spaced relation to the normal plane, and open positions, whereat each pad is disposed, relative to its closed position, in a direction away from both the normal plane and the medial plane; and an actuator for effecting movement of the pads between their closed positions and their open positions. Clamp pairs can be secured to a disabled trailer undercarriage and a brace can be disposed between each pair. A saddle can be secured to each pair to urge the brace towards the undercarriage and support same for towing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Inventor: Fraser Evans
  • Patent number: 6446313
    Abstract: A mechanical locking connector having a wedge, a wedge receiver, and an actuator. A wedge aligns closely to the interior of a wedge receiver and is forced by an actuator to expand opposing sides of the wedge receiver outwardly to frictionally engage any suitably shaped receptor having two corresponding opposing engageable sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Inventor: Joel W. Pfister
  • Patent number: 6442805
    Abstract: An attachment system for configured slots which utilizes pivotally opposed major and minor jaws which can be biased in a closed or in an open position. The major and minor jaws are aligned in the receptor cavity of a configured rectangular tube and are actuated to fully and to frictionally engage the receptor cavity. Such actuation also causes outwardly-facing grooves on the ends of the major and minor jaws to engage a suitably-shaped configured slot on a configured tube or other structure. Such preceding action connects a configured rectangular tube and a structure having a suitably-shaped configured slot by the use of the intermediate major and minor jaws. Provisions are also made for snapping engagement of the pivotally opposed major and minor jaws of biased open major and minor jaws with a suitably-shaped configured slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Inventor: Joel W. Pfister
  • Patent number: 6440145
    Abstract: A medical instrument and its method of use to remove flaps of skin. The medical instrument has the form of a broad faced clamp that has two narrow opposing surfaces. The medical instrument is opened and a flap of skin is placed between the narrow opposing surfaces. The narrow opposing surfaces are biased toward one another with enough force to stop the flow of blood into the flap of skin, The bias between opposing surfaces is maintained over time until the flap of skin dies and withers. Once the flap of skin has died and the blood vessels no longer flow to the flap of skin, the medical instrument is removed. The remaining dead skin is then cut away from the body. The excess flap of skin is therefore removed without ever having produced an open incision that can be contaminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventor: Wagdy A. Assawah
  • Patent number: 6286192
    Abstract: A clamp assembly for installation at any position along the length of a slot defined by surfaces of a host structure or other structure. The clamp assembly either can receive a mounting rod for supporting objects or can itself include a mounting rod for supporting objects. In one embodiment the clamp assembly includes a two-piece clamp body composed of a pair of opposing substantially mirror-image jaws each having an inner surface with an arcuate channel and a tooth juxtaposing the arcuate channel. The arcuate channels cooperate to accept and frictionally engage a mounting rod to be affixed to the host structure, and the teeth are for entering into a slot defined by surfaces of the host structure. A tightening member is provided for forcing the jaws together. In an alternate embodiment the clamp assembly includes a one-piece clamp body and a mounting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Inventor: Joel W. Pfister
  • Patent number: 6249936
    Abstract: A device for fixedly securing and releasing items located between counter members and against an abutting member, the device being capable of securing such items to or releasing such items from an end connector and actuating a wedgelock assembly through a single operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Matthew J. Webster
  • Publication number: 20010000268
    Abstract: A clamp assembly including a slotted member with opposing jaws. A clamp with opposing teeth engages into said jaws and supports a rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: April 19, 2001
    Inventor: Joel W. Pfister
  • Patent number: 6202266
    Abstract: A versatile user-adjustable clamp for clamping accessories to the panels of ready-to-assemble furniture articles, and other surfaces such as countertops, has a main body member, a jaw member, and a knob. The main body member has a substantially spool-shaped section with accessory interface means at opposing ends thereof, and a rectangular section that projects tangentially from the spool-shaped section. The spool-shaped section of the main body member telescopingly receives the jaw member, and has a knob-receiving aperture. The knob is rotatably secured within the knob aperture and provides a means for actuating the telescopic movement of the jaw member relative to the main clamp body. The jaw member includes a flat surface interface that is oriented parallel to the rectangular section of the main clamp body, and has a separate accessory interface means therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Kenlin Group, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Van den Branden, Paul C. Evans, Michael D. McCoy, Dale E. Fahnstrom, Burt F. Mendelson, Lawrence J. Pomerleau, Charles Dresner, Kelly Whittier, Christopher V. Conley, Scott A. Ternovits, Maureen A. O'Connor
  • Patent number: 6202265
    Abstract: A tool-less fastener for use in connecting a computer cable to either a computer or peripheral equipment. An elongated rod with an external expandable sleeve fits into a standard threaded hole and then expanded to fasten the cable to the equipment without the need for a screwdriver or other tool. The tool-less fastener may be independent of or interconnected to the computer cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventor: Patrick J. Caine
  • Patent number: 6170132
    Abstract: A clamp for holding at least one laser component during a facet coating process. The clamp includes a first elongate member for contacting a first side of the laser component(s) and a second elongate member for contacting a second side of the laser component(s). The clamp also includes a magnetic member overlying a third side of the laser component(s), and at least one magnet disposed adjacent to the magnetic member, so that the magnetic member is drawn towards the third side of the laser component(s). The first and second elongate members, the magnetic member and the at least one magnet hold the laser component(s) therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: George J. Fox, IV
  • Patent number: 6161262
    Abstract: A clamp assembly for installation at any position along the length of a slot defined by surfaces of a host structure or other structure. The clamp assembly either can receive a mounting rod for supporting objects or can itself include a mounting rod for supporting objects. In one embodiment the clamp assembly includes a two-piece clamp body composed of a pair of opposing substantially mirror-image jaws each having an inner surface with an arcuate channel and a tooth juxtaposing the arcuate channel. The arcuate channels cooperate to accept and frictionally engage a mounting rod to be affixed to the host structure, and the teeth are for entering into a slot defined by surfaces of the host structure. A tightening member is provided for forcing the jaws together. In an alternate embodiment the clamp assembly includes a one-piece clamp body and a mounting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Inventor: Joel W. Pfister
  • Patent number: 6131252
    Abstract: A connecting arrangement for an exhaust gas system having two components, an exhaust gas system component which can be subjected to heat and a thermal shielding plate fitted beneath the exhaust gas system component and connected to it, including a connecting member arranged in such a way as to allow relative displacement of the exhaust gas system component and the thermal shielding plate in relation to each other as a result of differential thermal expansion behavior. The connecting member has sliding tongues with sliding surfaces for slidably engaging a first component with a predetermined spring force. Furthermore, the connecting member is rigidly connected to the second component and threaded clamping members make it possible to fix the second component onto the connecting member and to brace the connecting member with the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Hoheisel, Lutz Niemax, Thomas Kempernolte