Comprising Surfaces Of A Curvilinear Nature Patents (Class 411/241)
  • Patent number: H2004
    Abstract: The present invention includes an attachment apparatus comprising a rotation limiting member adapted to be threaded onto a threaded member; and a preload nut adapted to be threaded onto the threaded member. The rotation limiting member comprises a plurality of pins, and the preload nut comprises a plurality of slots, preferably wherein the plurality of pins and the plurality of slots are the same in number, which is preferably three. The plurality of pins of the rotation limiting member are filled into a corresponding plurality of slots of the preload nut to form a rotatable unit adapted to be threaded onto the threaded member. In use, the rotatable unit is threaded onto the threaded member. The present invention thus provides a unitized removable device for holes, including holes other than circular in shape, which have an established depth before an end of, or before an enlargement of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventor: Edward F. Morrison