And Having Specific Structure To Coact With Substructure Patents (Class 411/123)
  • Patent number: 11560969
    Abstract: A lock tab washer, a pipe hanger, and a method of assembling a pipe hanger are disclosed. The lock tab washer can comprise a washer body, the washer body defining a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the washer body defining a hole therethrough; an edge tab extending from the first side of the washer body, the edge tab define a first section and a second section, the second section bent relative to the first section; a nut tab extending from the second side of the washer body, the nut tab bent relative to the washer body; and a wing extending from the nut tab, the wing bent relative to the nut tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Cameron Belen, Matthew William McNamara, Jason F. Santos
  • Patent number: 11359747
    Abstract: A hanger for a pipe, the hanger comprising: a suspension member configured to engage the pipe, the suspension member comprising a side edge and defining a hole in through the suspension member; a threaded rod extending through the hole; a nut threaded on the threaded rod; and a lock tab washer disposed on the threaded rod between the suspension member and the nut, the lock tab washer comprising a first tab and a second tab, the first tab bent over a side edge of the suspension member, the first tab configured to prevent the lock tab washer from rotating with respect to the suspension member, the second tab bent over a circumferential side of the nut, the second tab configured to prevent the nut from rotating with respect to the lock tab washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Cameron Belen, Matthew William McNamara, Jason F. Santos
  • Patent number: 11168731
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a first member, a threaded shaft, a nut, a set of first teeth, a set of second teeth, and a tab. The threaded shaft is disposed about an axis. The nut is threadably engaged with the threaded shaft. The nut includes a plurality of radially outward extending protrusions. The first teeth face axially and are non-rotatably coupled to the first member. The second teeth are configured to mate with the first teeth. The second teeth are coupled to the threaded shaft for axial movement relative to the threaded shaft and for common rotation with the threaded shaft. The tab is non-rotatable relative to the first member. The tab engages the protrusions to inhibit rotation of the nut relative to the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SPS Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Nilesh Patel
  • Patent number: 10641313
    Abstract: A disclosed lock washer includes a first opening spaced apart from a second opening for receiving fasteners and preventing rotation. A first set of tabs is associated with the first opening and a second set of tabs is associated with the second opening. Each of the first and second set of tabs are bendable to a lock position preventing rotation of a fastener received within a corresponding one of the first opening and the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Meggan H. Harris, James P. Allore, Jorge I. Farah, Stephanie Milbury
  • Patent number: 10274003
    Abstract: A lock washer for releasably locking a fastener to an object is provided. The washer includes a body defining a bore configured for alignment with a bore disposed in the object. The bores are configured to receive a shank of the fastener and are disposed about a center axis along which the fastener extends. The washer further includes one or more fingers each having a first end coupled to the body and a second end configured to selectively engage a flat on either a head of the fastener or a nut. The finger is movable between a disengaged position wherein the second end of the finger is configured for disengagement from the flat and an engaged position wherein the second end of the finger is configured for engagement with the flat. The finger is biased towards the engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC
    Inventor: Daniel E. Banks
  • Patent number: 10161437
    Abstract: A retaining element that is detachably securable to a connector that is securable to a threaded bushing embedded in the bottom of a camera housing for preventing the connector screw from loosening in the threaded bushing. The retaining element has a connecting section, a spacer section and a rear-engagement section. The connecting section detachably secures the retaining element to the connector screw. The spacer section adjoins the connecting section and extends along the bottom of the camera housing when the connector screw, with the retaining element secured thereto, is screwed into the threaded bushing. The rear-engagement section adjoins the spacer section and extends at an angle relative to the spacer section. The rear-engagement section engages behind a wall of the camera housing, in particular the rear wall that adjoins the bottom of the camera housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Inventor: Wolfgang-Peter Geller
  • Patent number: 9945411
    Abstract: A disclosed lock washer includes a first opening spaced apart from a second opening for receiving fasteners and preventing rotation. A first set of tabs is associated with the first opening and a second set of tabs is associated with the second opening. Each of the first and second set of tabs are bendable to a lock position preventing rotation of a fastener received within a corresponding one of the first opening and the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Meggan H. Harris, James P. Allore, Jorge I. Farah, Stephanie Ernst
  • Patent number: 9447810
    Abstract: A washer comprises a ring and a composite structure attached to the ring. The composite structure has a slotted shape and a hole that is centrally located with respect to an axis passing through the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas A. Dean, John George Kladouris
  • Patent number: 9273714
    Abstract: A system for installing and removing a temporary concrete barrier from a bridge deck includes a bolt, a star washer, a flat washer, a two-part sleeve, and a barbed nut. A method of using the system includes the steps of positioning the temporary concrete barrier at a desired location on the bridge deck; drilling a mounting hole in the bridge deck; filling the mounting hole with epoxy; inserting the barbed nut and two-part sleeve into the mounting hole and epoxy; inserting the bolt into the two-part sleeve and the barbed nut; waiting for the epoxy to set, tightening the system so that the temporary concrete barrier is held in place with respect to the bridge deck; loosening the system and removing the concrete harrier when it is no longer needed; and filling the mounting hole with epoxy after the concrete barrier is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Inventor: Fitzhugh Lee Jackson
  • Patent number: 8622671
    Abstract: An anti-rotation lock device for preventing movement in an assembly which includes an endpiece carrying a thread screwed into a tube together with a nut suitable for being screwed on the endpiece, the lock device including a first washer provided with an anti-rotation lock component and a second washer having at least one key and wherein the first or the second washer includes a lug, and the faces of the first and second washers are configured to adjustably lock them mutually against rotation. The device further includes a third washer which includes a member for locking the nut in rotation and an outer periphery of the third washer has a tab adapted to co-operate with the lug so as to lock the first or the second washer provided with the lug against rotation relative to the third washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: SKF Aerospace France
    Inventor: Didier Gagneur
  • Patent number: 6053680
    Abstract: A sleeve nut includes a nut (1) and a screw like sleeve (2) screwed into that nut, thereby fixing the sleeve nut to a component (7) of e.g. an aircraft, a car or the like. Between the component (7) and the nut (1) a socle (3) is inserted having at least one upright tongue (22). This socle (3) is locked against rotation with respect to the component (7). Furthermore the nut (1) is positively locked against rotation at the socle (3) by flats (21) or edges there-between respectively with the tongue (22) of the socle (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Inventor: Manfred Menke
  • Patent number: 5546973
    Abstract: A safety joint for a threaded fitting, such as a valve. A deformable lip is formed on one end of the fitting around an adapter threaded into the respective end of the fitting. The lip is deformed against the wrench flats on the adapter to lock the adapter to the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Balon Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Scaramucci
  • Patent number: 5415509
    Abstract: An improved lock plate and retaining ring mounting arrangement for securing a gear on a vehicle rotating shaft by a threaded hex-head fastener. The plate has a generally rectangular central aperture with transversely opposed internal side edges and longitudinally opposed arcuate end edges. The plate has a pair of arcuate opposed concentric slots sized to adjustably receive an associated web bolt for threaded reception in a web bore thereby locking the shaft fastener in its tightened position. A one-piece retaining ring, concentrically positioned so as to overly the plate, comprises opposed semicircular bands interconnecting a pair of diametrically opposed discs provided with a bolt hole adapted aligned with both an associated plate slot and a web bore. Each disc is formed with a plurality of radially disposed tabs whereby at least one of the tabs is in substantial registration with a side face of an associated web bolt head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Berthold Martin, John C. Collins, William G. Teer, Steven A. Mikel
  • Patent number: 5113667
    Abstract: A fan coil unit which includes a primary pan disposed in a housing and setting-off therewith opposite first and second chamber portions housing a condensation coil and a fan, respectively; an air passage is provided in the primary pan through which air is directed by the fan whereby condensation formed upon the coil will collect in the primary pan, a series of bolts pass through holes in the primary pan and a bracket for the fan motor to secure the fan motor and an associated fan housing to an underside of the primary pan, each bolt includes a head within the primary pan which would otherwise be subject to the adverse effects of condensation, but the cap in this case is covered by a cover cross bonded in a water-tight fashion to the primary pan thereby preventing condensation from adversely affecting the bolts or equivalent fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Inventor: John T. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 4789286
    Abstract: A fitting, for fastening with interengaged inner and outer threaded members to a channel-shaped framing member, comprises a tab projecting into the channel to abut the inner threaded member to assure properly rotated assembly of that threaded member and to prevent improper rotation if the threaded members are loosened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Inventor: William Laput
  • Patent number: 4737057
    Abstract: A locking device for fasteners such as hex nuts and bolt heads comprises plate-like body having an opening with centrally directed teeth which engage the nuts or heads when the device is pressed over them. A spring device or a bolted connector forces the locking device into a canted position in which it locks itself to the nut or head. By connecting pairs of such locking devices to each other, adjacent nuts or heads are prevented from rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Awapatent AB
    Inventor: Rolf Olsson
  • Patent number: 4616950
    Abstract: The invention deals with devices suitable for securely joining the end of a timber to another member. Shallow U-shaped channels are placed on the outside of a support frame which lies along the longitudinal axis of the timber near its end. A frame end forms the end of the support frame and is fastened to the other member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1986
    Inventor: Tom C. Morris
  • Patent number: 4607422
    Abstract: A bonnet is locked to the body of a valve into which the bonnet screws by a sheet metal bonnet lock which includes a portion that will mate with facets on the bonnet or with the sides of the valve body. Another portion of the bonnet lock is then deformed to mate with the other of the bonnet facets or valve body sides. The portion of the bonnet lock that mates with the facets on the bonnet circumscribes the bonnet such that one portion of the bonnet lock is fixed to the bonnet and the other portion is fixed to the valve body following deformation of the bonnet lock to prevent the bonnet from turning relative to the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Inventor: John P. Scaramucci
  • Patent number: 4505628
    Abstract: A bearing lockout assembly having a locking cup piece which maintains locking keys in retentive association in counterbores of a lockout is disclosed. The locking cup piece is keyed on its inner diameter to a shaft and provided on the edge of its outer diameter with means to coact with the locking keys to define a vernier self locking feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Inventor: George C. Meibuhr
  • Patent number: 4462710
    Abstract: A mounting device for mounting a nut to a plate is disclosed. The plate is formed with a pair of spaced lugs projecting at right angles from the plate. The mounting device is in the shape of a U-bar having a base and a pair of spaced arms extending at right angles from the base. A pair of spaced resilient clamping tongues extend at acute angles from the base. A slot is defined between an end of each tongue and an adjacent edge of the base. One of the lugs is held in each slot by the clamping effect of the associated tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1984
    Inventor: Kajetan Leitner