Socket Or Open Cup For Bonding Material Patents (Class 403/268)
  • Patent number: 6960383
    Abstract: Combined boards are taught that comprise a second board substrate (12) having a through bore (14) formed therein, a first board substrate (10), and a connector pin (40, 50) received in the through bore (14) of the second board substrate (12). The first and second board substrates overlap such that the through bore (14) of the second board substrate (12) is covered by a first surface (10b) of the first board substrate (10). The connector pin is fusion bonded to a circumferential surface of the through bore (14) and the first surface (10b) of the first board substrate (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Araco Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hitoshi Heta, Tamotsu Nagaya, Toshiaki Kondo, Masahiko Uchida, Makoto Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6957485
    Abstract: A process and devices which allow the formation of a molded termination at some point on a cable. A shell is used to surround and hold the strands to be terminated. This shell is made from a first material. The strands are bonded to the shell, typically using potting compound. A second material is then molded over the shell to form a complete termination. In another embodiment, the shell is actually created from the potting compound itself by allowing the potting compound to harden in a mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Kwoleck L.L.C.
    Inventor: Richard V. Campbell
  • Patent number: 6886484
    Abstract: A composite tension rod is received in the sleeve portion of a shank that forms part of a terminal fitting, and is spaced from the shank sleeve and connected thereto by a potting resin. The shank sleeve wall tapers out from thin at its distal end to thick at the bury depth of the rod. The rod is tapered outwardly from a point of minimum diameter at its inner end to its full diameter a given distance from the end. The shank sleeve and rod have complementary dual tapering along said length such that as the diameter of the rod along said distance increases, the wall thickness of the shank sleeve decreases. The resin layer and the rod are secured to each other against relative longitudinal movement, as are the resin layer and the shank sleeve. In another aspect of the invention, a tension rod sleeve is fixed to the tension rod and extends over the distal end of the shank sleeve and along all or a majority of the length of the shank sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Inventor: Georg K. Thomas
  • Patent number: 6773780
    Abstract: A self fixturing adhesive attachment is provided for securely mounting an attachment component such as a threaded stud on the surface of a substrate. The self fixturing attachment includes a base fixture carrying the attachment component and defining a base surface for receiving a selected curable bonding agent thereon. A resilient pressure sensitive adhesive member has a first portion carried by the attachment component at a blind side thereof, a second portion secured to the base fixture, and a third portion extending therebetween. Following pressed mounting of the base fixture with bonding agent thereon onto the substrate, the attachment component is movable to press the first portion of the pressure sensitive adhesive member into adherence with the substrate, resulting in stretched elongation of the third portion thereof to pull the base fixture with a positive force toward the substrate for the duration of the bonding agent cure time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Physical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles G. Hutter, III
  • Patent number: 6746175
    Abstract: A fenestration product such as a door or a window includes a plurality of frame members positioned in a surrounding relationship about a panel, each of the members having a pair of opposite open ends. A plurality of corner locks couple the beveled ends of the frame members together to form secure corners of the frame. A miter joint interface line is defined between the abutting, beveled ends of the members at each corner. Each corner lock comprises a generally L-shaped body having a pair of legs that are secured within the open ends of the corresponding frame members. A pair of parallel sealant channels extend along the back, top and front of the body and are disposed on opposite sides of and laterally offset from the interface line so that sealant filling the channels creates a pair of parallel seal paths between the lock and the frame that are laterally offset from the interface line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Pella Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Gonnerman, Andrew P. Schirz, John Scharff
  • Patent number: 6736565
    Abstract: A ball joint comprises: a ball stud having a spherical head at an end thereof; a ball seat into which the spherical head is slidably fitted so as to universally support the ball stud; and a housing for accommodating the ball seat. The ball seat and the housing have surfaces opposing each other, and recesses communicated with each other are formed on the surfaces. The recesses are filled with a resin, so that relative movement of the ball seat with respect to the housing is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignees: NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Beyonz Corp.
    Inventors: Koichi Tamatsu, Tadayuki Kojima, Mitsuhiro Dekune
  • Patent number: 6688060
    Abstract: A joiner for vertical joint which is adapted to be placed at a vertical joint formed between end faces of a couple of neighboring external wall members. This joiner is designed such that the adhesive force between the sealing material and the surface region of raised portion of the joiner is minimized, thereby making it possible to prevent the sealing material from being cracked or peeled away. This joiner is featured in that the surface region of said raised portion is constituted by a resin layer formed of a resin selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene and fluororesin, and having an embossed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Nichiha Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Sawada
  • Patent number: 6598923
    Abstract: A joint structure is ideally suited for use in the manufacture of assemblies and subassemblies in aluminum structures. More particularly, the alternative joint structures and methods of forming joint structures facilitate the assembly of a vehicle body-in-white. The friction welded joints of this invention provide assemblies in which lineals and sheet, cast, or extruded components are joined together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Israel Stol, John W. Cobes, Jr., Michael Braun, Greg S. White
  • Patent number: 6592304
    Abstract: A method for tipping a cutter head of an end-milling cutter with a hard alloy material, and an end-milling cutter tipped with a hard alloy material. To equip the cutter head with particularly wear-resistant and impact-resistant hard alloy materials, the hard alloy material has particles of hard alloy melted carbide, which are linked together by a bonding agent, for example a solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Betek Bergbau-und Hartmetalltechnik Karl-Heinz Simon GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Karl Kammerer
  • Patent number: 6592286
    Abstract: A fixing member (1) designed for at least partially interlocking axial securement in a solid body (4) by means of an initially fluid setting material (2) introduced into a blind borehole (3), and is intermediately mechanically fixed and adjustable. The fixing member (1) is a peripherally closed medium to thickwalled tubular member (5), at least in part radially deformed and of uniform wall thickness having an axial passageway (6) extending through it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Cord-Henrick Surberg, Marcel John, Ralf Laternser, Michael Siemers, Pietro Bianchi, Gerhard Köck
  • Publication number: 20030103802
    Abstract: A joint for metallic members including a body portion and extending portion in one member and an opening in a second member. The body portion of one member at least partially overlaps the opening in the second member to create a joined opening. A bonding agent, e.g. adhesive, is applied in the joined opening to create a strong joint relying on the sheer strength of the cured bonding agent rather than its peel strength. Slot-to-slot and tab-to-slot joints using joined openings are provided. A drum and mechanical structure constructed using laser cutting techniques on metallic plates and utilizing the disclosed joints are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: Stephen J. Mullen
  • Patent number: 6551007
    Abstract: A self-centering and self-aligning joint is presented for bonding a first and second wood segment, wherein the joint includes a single tenon extending from the end face of the first segment, and a void disposed within the end face of the second segment. And adhesive is applied to the outer surface of the tenon, or to the inner surface of the void to join the two segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Gary J. Lichtenberg, John R. Erickson, Robert Ross, Dwight Flach
  • Publication number: 20030072607
    Abstract: A method for connecting plastic pieces includes step of setting up the plastic board and the connection piece by facing a first engaging side of the plastic board and a second engaging side of the connection piece; step of setting up the connection member and contacting two sides of the connecting member with the first engaging side and the second engaging side, and step of adhering the two sides of the connection member by adherents to the first engaging side and the second engaging side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventor: Huei-Ming Wang
  • Publication number: 20030068194
    Abstract: A joint structure for a power transmitting member comprising a fiber rein forced plastic tube, a joint comprising a joint portion for joining to an end portion of the tube, and a sealing portion formed on an end of the tube side of the joint portion, wherein the joint portion and the sealing portion are disposed in an interior of the tube, a liquid packing compound for sealing between the tube and the joint, wherein the liquid packing compound fills at least an area between the sealing portion and the tube, wherein the sealing portion has a tapered surface, whose diameter increases toward the end of the tube. Thereby, when the joint portion is joined to the end of the tube, a clearance between the tube and the joint portion is entirely filled with the liquid packing compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: UNISIA JECS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Sugiyama, Katsuro Kawahara
  • Patent number: 6533492
    Abstract: A joint for metallic members including a body portion and extending portion in one member and an opening in a second member. The body portion of one member at least partially overlaps the opening in the second member to create a joined opening. A bonding agent, e.g. adhesive, is applied in the joined opening to create a strong joint relying on the sheer strength of the cured bonding agent rather than its peel strength. Slot-to-slot and tab-to-slot joints using joined openings are provided. A drum and mechanical structure constructed using laser cutting techniques on metallic plates and utilizing the disclosed joints are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Stephen J. Mullen
  • Patent number: 6471438
    Abstract: Flexible loop assemblies for use variously as key chains, paper ring binders, or as jewelry and a connector for use in such loop assemblies. The loop assemblies comprise a flexible band and a connector. The connector includes respective connector halves each having a bore into which respective mating plugs at opposite ends of the band closely fit. Each of the bores and plugs include an annular groove which radially aligns with the annular groove of the mating plug or bore. Adhesive applied to the plugs and to the bores fills the respective annular grooves and hardens to form respective lock rings which mechanically in addition to adhesively couple the connector halves to the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Inventor: F. Dale Faris
  • Publication number: 20020127051
    Abstract: A guiding means at a joint comprising groove (1) and tenon (2) preferably intended to be joined with glue. The tenon (2) and/or groove (1) includes guiding wedges (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Ola Olofsson, Ulf Palmblad
  • Publication number: 20020076272
    Abstract: A fixing member (1) designed for at least partially interlocking axial securement in a solid body (4) by means of an initially fluid setting material (2) introduced into a blind borehole (3), and is intermediately mechanically fixed and adjustable. The fixing member (1) is a peripherally closed medium to thickwalled tubular member (5), at least in part radially deformed and of uniform wall thickness having an axial passageway (6) extending through it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Cord-Henrik Surberg, Marcel John, Ralf Laternser, Michael Siemers, Pietro Bianchi, Gerhard Kock
  • Patent number: 6395207
    Abstract: A method of forming a joint comprises the steps of: (a) at least filling a container with granular particles, the granular particles having a size of 0.25 mm to 1 mm; (b) inserting a component part into the container; and (c) at least partially filling the container containing this component part and the granular particles with a flowable, curable liquid, this liquid having curing time of less than 90 seconds. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the curable liquid has a gap fill of less than 0.25 mm and the curing time is less than about 5 seconds or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: William P. Hanlon
  • Publication number: 20020015615
    Abstract: A method of forming a joint comprises the steps of: (a) at least filling a container with granular particles, the granular particles having a size of 0.25 mm to 1 mm; (b) inserting a component part into the container; and (c) at least partially filling the container containing this component part and the granular particles with a flowable, curable liquid, this liquid having curing time of less than 90 seconds. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the curable liquid has a gap fill of less than 0.25 mm and the curing time is less than about 5 seconds or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventor: WILLIAM P. HANLON
  • Publication number: 20010043834
    Abstract: A joint for metallic members including a body portion and extending portion in one member and an opening in a second member. The body portion of one member at least partially overlaps the opening in the second member to create a joined opening. A bonding agent, e.g. adhesive, is applied in the joined opening to create a strong joint relying on the sheer strength of the cured bonding agent rather than its peel strength. Slot-to-slot and tab-to-slot joints using joined openings are provided. A drum and mechanical structure constructed using laser cutting techniques on metallic plates and utilizing the disclosed joints are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Stephen J. Mullen
  • Publication number: 20010004433
    Abstract: A connection structure for connecting elements of a frame, in which at least one first tubular element (16) is welded to a second tubular element (18), comprises a core (32) made of a material that is injectable in fluid form and is able to solidify expanding so as to adhere to appropriate surfaces for containing the material which belong to the tubular elements (16, 18). The connection structure is made by means of a process which comprises a step in which, inside the first tubular element (16) and at its end adjacent to the second element (18) to be joined, a material (34) in fluid form is introduced, and a step in which the material (34) solidifies, thus generating the core (32), which is rigid and adheres to the first tubular element (16) and to the second element (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Inventor: Massimo Panzeri
  • Patent number: 6227754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite body which is assembled from at least two bodies. The first body is made of a first material and the second body of a second material and each of the two bodies has at least one joining surface. The joining surfaces lie opposite each other and the bodies are joined to each other by at least one adhesive connection. At least one recess for a compensating body made of a third material is introduced into at least one of the two joining surfaces. This compensating body is connected with at least one adhesive location or gluing gap to both bodies. An adhesive ensures an adhesive connection between the compensating body and the two bodies at the adhesive location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Inventors: Kerstin von Nessen-Lapp, Bernhard Trier, Michael Trunz
  • Patent number: 6200061
    Abstract: A connector is inserted into connecting holes arranged at abutment surfaces between structural members, adhesive agent is fed from one end of a hollow part of the connector or an opening part of a branch pipe of the connector and the clearances between the surface of the connector and circumferential walls of the connecting holes are filled with adhesive agent flowed out of the other end opening at the hollow part of the connector so as to connect both structural members in rigid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Goto
  • Patent number: 6193431
    Abstract: A connector for connecting rods, particularly fiberglass sucker rods for use in an oil well, end to end. The connector comprises a rod receptacle having an interior surface shaped to form at least one, but preferably a plurality, of annuluses between the rod and the interior surface of the rod receptacle. The annulus(es) are filled with an initially flowable adhesive which hardens in the annular space(s) to form a wedge or series of axially aligned wedges. The wedge or wedges comprise an annularly thin portion and an annularly thick portion distal to the thin portion. The thick portion of the wedge approaches the rod within the receptacle distal to the thin portion. In the present connector, the thick portion of the wedge or wedges approaches the rod asymptotically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: The Fiber Composite Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Russell P. Rutledge
  • Patent number: 6176638
    Abstract: Anchor systems for joining structural members include a resiliently deformable member such as a dished washer to permit easy visual determination that the anchor system is correctly tightened in place. Post-tensioned anchor systems of the kind disclosed are particularly suitable for joining structural members, such as end-to-end columns. One of a number of mold parts, including a threaded tapered mold part, forms a threaded tapered hole in a poured concrete structural member for use with anchors, and passages permitting the introduction of a resinous securing agent may be formed in cooperation with the threaded tapered holes. Highway barriers can be formed with such holes and joined with the resin filling the holes and space between barrier ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Inventors: Roger C. Kellison, Leo Jasien
  • Patent number: 6139298
    Abstract: A rotor 1 forming screw teeth is projectingly provided at its outer end 2 on the axis thereof with a center shaft 3. The center shaft 3 is provided at its outer end 4 with a smaller-diameter shaft 5 or a concaved fitting hole. A separate rotor shaft 6 which is to be fitted over the smaller-diameter shaft 5 or fitted into the concaved fitting hole is provided with another concaved fitting hole 7 or smaller-diameter shaft. A metal shaft around which synthetic resin is molded is formed at its peripheral surface with a spiral groove or corrugated groove in the opposite revolutional direction with respect to the revolutional direction of the screw rotor. The spiral groove is formed with smooth arc curved line connecting profiles of adjacent grooves. The shaft is provided with a step, and synthetic resin is molded around the shaft surface to form a screw rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Hokuetsu Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kojima, Tetsuya Sasage, Noboru Toda
  • Patent number: 6120207
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a connector in which a strong connection can be carried out with a simple working method, a removal of the connector is eliminated, its workability is remarkably improved, a productivity of building structure is improved, an instantaneous breakage caused by earthquake and the like is prevented and a remarkable anti-disaster effect is attained. The connector (1) of the present invention is comprised of the rod-like member (2), one or two arcular convex walls (8) cooperatively connected to one end of the rod-like member (2) in a longitudinal direction, the hollow part (3) formed from one end to the other end of the rod-like member (2), the insertion hole for fixing member (9) formed at the convex walls (8), and a hollow branch pipe (12) fixed to or removably engaged with the opening of the hollow part (3) at the other end of the rod-like member (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Goto
  • Patent number: 6099193
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite body which is assembled of at least two bodies. The first body is made of a first material and the second body is made of a second material. Each of the two bodies has at least one connecting surface and these connecting surfaces are mutually adjacent. The two connecting bodies are wrung upon each other on at least one connecting surface. The two connecting surfaces are connected to each other by wringing and on at least one of these two surfaces, one or more recesses are provided for an adhesive location or an adhesive gap. An adhesive ensures an additional adhesive connection of the two connecting surfaces at the adhesive location between the two bodies. These recesses of the adhesive locations lie at least essentially in the wringing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Inventors: Christof Hangleiter, Bernhard Trier, Michael Trunz
  • Patent number: 6070915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved coupling device for tube and that is configured with a tube and an insert that can be fixedly disposed within the tube. The insert includes at least an enlarged portion that has an annular groove thereof, and a receiving space. The tube is provided with a plurality of through holes at the middle portion or end portions. The insert can be disposed within the tube and the outer of the tube is machined to form an annular recess corresponding to the annular groove in a manner such that the insert is fixedly disposed within the tube. Wherein each of the two tubes is provided with an insert in the position to be connected, and the tubes is arranged side-by-side at the area to be connected. An enclosing element is deployed to the connecting area such that the tubes are fixedly connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Chung-I Luo
  • Patent number: 6061879
    Abstract: A termination method and apparatus for a flexible flat rope having a plurality of load bearing cords therein wherein an individual cords are substantially equally tensioned and potted in epoxy around an insert instructed to increase the holding strength of the termination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Otis Elevator Company
    Inventors: Richard J. Ericson, Dennis J. Rehmer, Pedro S. Baranda
  • Patent number: 6059483
    Abstract: A plastic joint for an automotive lamp assembly (10) has a housing (14) containing a tongue (20) and lens (12) containing a groove (18) to accept the tongue. The tongue or the groove can provide a channel for a thermoplastic material that is a bonding agent between the tongue and groove. The channel can also be formed by making the tongue narrower than the groove or by providing protrusions or depressions on the tongue or groove. The joint is formed by assembling the housing and lens and injecting the thermoplastic material into the channel in the joint. When the thermoplastic material cools, a bond is formed between the tongue and groove that fastens the lens and housing together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Dale Douglas Owens, Ronald Dennis Polley, David Oren Hunt
  • Patent number: 6036397
    Abstract: A connector, a connector unit, and a connected connector unit made by connecting together the connector units; all capable of providing versatility in size and strength, facilitating low cost jig fabrication and well-suited for mass production, by using a tubular member of a multiple layer structure made by laminating two or more different materials selected from the group consisting of metal, plastic, ceramic, wood or the like. The device comprises; a hollow tubular member 2 of a multiple layer structure made by laminating two or more materials, and open on at least one end thereof, an adhesive injection portion formed to make connection between the end or side and the hollow part 7 of the tubular member 2; an engage part 9 for a branch pipe formed in the adhesive injection portion; and a hollow branch pipe 10 with its one end provided with an engage part 12 capable of attaching or detaching from the engage part 9 for the branch pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Goto
  • Patent number: 6012867
    Abstract: A multi-strand anchorage system having an anchor body with a tendon-receiving area therein and a channel extending through a wall thereof, and a grout tube extending through the channel so as to have an outlet opening to the tendon-receiving area. The channel opens at an exterior of the anchor body and communicates with the tendon-receiving area. The grout tube has a pronged exterior surface adjacent the outlet of the grout tube. The pronged exterior surface is in abutment with a surface of the anchor body. The grout tube serves to pass grout to the tendon-receiving area. The grout tube has a shoulder formed a distance from the outlet and having a diameter less than the diameter of the channel. An elastomeric annular seal is affixed around the grout tube so as to be in abutment with a shoulder of the grout tube and in compressive abutment with a shoulder in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Inventor: Felix L. Sorkin
  • Patent number: 5975787
    Abstract: A device for securing a pinch roller support arm to a chassis of a magnetic tape apparatus. In the device, the chassis includes a round hole which is formed such that it extends through the chassis, and a securing part is outsert molded in the chassis in such a manner that the securing part extends through the round hole. After the pinch roller support arm is fitted with a support shaft provided on and projected from the chassis and a projection provided on the pinch roller support arm is fitted into a fitting hole formed in the chassis, by rotating the securing part around the round hole, the securing part is engaged with the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Sawai, Hiroshi Hamahata, Shigeru Kaneko, Katsunori Onishi
  • Patent number: 5954447
    Abstract: A wood structural member coupling of the present invention includes a pocket having slots formed within the wood structural member to receive tongue portions of a connector base, which is bonded by an adhesive within the pocket. A connector extension extends from the base and includes a coupling for connecting to another structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Inventor: Leander Bathon
  • Patent number: 5924815
    Abstract: A connector is inserted into connecting holes arranged at abutment surfaces between structural members, adhesive agent is fed from one end of a hollow part of the connector or an opening part of a branch pipe of the connector and the clearances between the surface of the connector and circumferential walls of the connecting holes are filled with adhesive agent flowed out of the other end opening at the hollow part of the connector so as to connect both structural members in rigid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Goto
  • Patent number: 5906451
    Abstract: A connector is inserted into connecting holes arranged at abutment surfaces between structural members, adhesive agent is fed from one end of a hollow part of the connector or an opening part of a branch pipe of the connector and the clearances between the surface of the connector and circumferential walls of the connecting holes are filled with adhesive agent flowed out of the other end opening at the hollow part of the connector so as to connect both structural members in rigid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Home Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Goto
  • Patent number: 5904438
    Abstract: A method of terminating a fiber rope utilizing a device of the type which has a housing member having a frusto-conical bore in which an end portion of the rope can be wedgedly retained. The end portion of the rope has a reinforcing device incorporated therein in order to increase the tensile load capacity of the rope end portion. The reinforcing device may include a fiber type material, a length of fiber rope or a resinous compound applied to the fibers of the rope end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Bridon PLC
    Inventors: Rahim Vaseghi, John Kenneth Yeardley
  • Patent number: 5873672
    Abstract: A connector is inserted into connecting holes arranged at abutment surfaces between structural members, adhesive agent is fed from one end of a hollow part of the connector or an opening part of a branch pipe of the connector and the clearances between the surface of the connector and circumferential walls of the connecting holes are filled with adhesive agent flowed out of the other end opening at the hollow part of the connector so as to connect both structural members in rigid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Home Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Goto
  • Patent number: 5853841
    Abstract: A fastener for a high strength connection with a substructure with a straddling dowel, drilling cylinder or nail for insertion into a substructure material, for example, of concrete, rock, wood or the like, is disclosed. At least a portion of an outer surface of the fastener means is coated with a curable adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: ITW Befestigungssysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Castor, Harald Kollmann, Knut Jansen
  • Patent number: 5851036
    Abstract: A pipe connector has a coupling with a first cylindrical land, a second cylindrical land, and a third cylindrical land. There is a first annular recess defined between the first cylindrical land and the second cylindrical land, and a second annular recess defined between the second cylindrical land and the third cylindrical land. A gate channel communicates between the two recesses through the second cylindrical land. Circumferential seals extend around the first and third cylindrical lands. A cement injection port communicates between the outside of the connector and the first recess, and a cement vent port communicates between the outside of the connector and the second recess. In use, a pipe is inserted into the coupling to rest upon the three lands, and cement is forced into the injection port. The cement flows circumferentially around the first annular recess, through the gate opening, circumferentially around the second annular recess, and out through the vent port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Inventor: Frank W. Vanesky
  • Patent number: 5823701
    Abstract: A connector is inserted into connecting holes arranged at abutment surfaces between structural members, adhesive agent is fed from one end of a hollow part of the connector or an opening part of a branch pipe of the connector and the clearances between the surface of the connector and circumferential walls of the connecting holes are filled with adhesive agent flowed out of the other end opening at the hollow part of the connector so as to connect both structural members in rigid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Goto
  • Patent number: 5807015
    Abstract: A connector is inserted into connecting holes arranged at abutment surfaces between structural members, adhesive agent is fed from one end of a hollow part of the connector or an opening part of a branch pipe of the connector and the clearances between the surface of the connector and circumferential walls of the connecting holes are filled with adhesive agent flowed out of the other end opening at the hollow part of the connector so as to connect both structural memers in rigid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Goto
  • Patent number: 5807014
    Abstract: A connector is inserted into connecting holes arranged at abutment surfaces between structural members, adhesive agent is fed from one end of a hollow part of the connector or an opening part of a branch pipe of the connector and the clearances between the surface of the connector and circumferential walls of the connecting holes are filled with adhesive agent flowed out of the other end opening at the hollow part of the connector so as to connect both structural members in rigid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Goto
  • Patent number: 5788396
    Abstract: A connector is inserted into connecting holes arranged at abutment surfaces between structural members, adhesive agent is fed from one end of a hollow part of the connector or an opening part of a branch pipe of the connector and the clearances between the surface of the connector and circumferential walls of the connecting holes are filled with adhesive agent flowed out of the other end opening at the hollow part of the connector so as to connect both structural members in rigid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Goto
  • Patent number: 5788397
    Abstract: A connector is inserted into connecting holes arranged at abutment surfaces between structural members, adhesive agent is fed from one end of a hollow part of the connector or an opening part of a branch pipe of the connector and the clearances between the surface of the connector and circumferential walls of the connecting holes are filled with adhesive agent flowed out of the other end opening at the hollow part of the connector so as to connect both structural members in rigid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Goto
  • Patent number: 5761870
    Abstract: The present invention provides a connecting structure of concrete blocks and a method for connecting the concrete blocks in which a special structure for use in connecting the concrete blocks is not required, a rigid connection can be carried out with a simple connecting structure, a removal of the connector is eliminated, a workability is remarkably improved, a productivity of buildings is improved and at the same time it has a superior anti-disaster effect. The connecting structure is comprised of either a hollow rod-like connection member, a plurality of concrete blocks, a pair of connecting holes bored at abutting surfaces between concrete blocks, and adhesive agent poured at one end of the connector flowed out the opposite end and thus filled between the exterior surface of said connector and circumferential walls of said connecting holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Goto
  • Patent number: 5758985
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for joining a piston in a precise leak proof junction on a rod utilizes an axial longitudinally elongated reservoir (A) in a bore within the piston which serves as a receptacle for a bonding agent (B), an annular groove (C) in the piston rod serves to position an O-ring member (D) serving as a support for the piston and as a closure on one end of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Inventor: Lawrence F. Yuda
  • Patent number: 5727897
    Abstract: A rod member connector including a coupling hole and a coupling tube adapted for holding two rod members of a folding chair at right angles, and two outward flanges raised from the periphery of the coupling hole at one side opposite to the coupling tube and defining a mouth adapted for holding a third rod member of the folding chair to secure the folding chair in the collapsed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventor: Lausan Chung Hsin Liu