Headed Fastener Element With Nut, Washer, Securing Means Or Cap Patents (Class 411/337)
  • Patent number: 11516933
    Abstract: A mounting structure of a leg member includes a bottom plate constituting a housing and a leg member. A first female screw hole is formed on the bottom plate. The leg member includes a leg member main body and a support column. The support column has a first male screw member and a shaft member. In case the first male screw member is screwed into the first female screw hole and passes from a bottom surface side to a top surface side of the bottom plate, the shaft member is loosely fitted in the first female screw hole and the first male screw member is locked to the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Niizuma
  • Patent number: 11209236
    Abstract: A vibration dampener for an archery bow includes an adjustable housing containing a chamber in which an elastomeric assembly is arranged. The assembly includes a cylindrical sleeve in which a central elastomeric member is arranged and a pair of elastomeric members coaxial with the central member at opposite ends of the chamber. The elastomeric members are pressurized to absorb vibrations in three dimensions from the bow during execution of an archery shot. The pressure applied to the elastomeric members is adjustable through use of a compression assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: Gregory E. Summers
  • Patent number: 10950935
    Abstract: An adjustor configured to position an antenna coupled to a mounting element includes an adjustor nut having a bore extending along a longitudinal axis of the adjustor nut. At least a portion of the bore has inner threads configured to engage corresponding threads on a first portion of the mounting element positioned within the bore. A tool interface is positioned near a proximal end region of the adjustor nut and an external fastening mechanism positioned near a distal end region of the adjustor nut. A preload nut configured to engage the external fastening mechanism and configured to apply a load onto a second portion of the mounting element is positioned between a portion of the adjustor nut and the preload nut. Rotation of the adjustor nut around the longitudinal axis causes movement of the first portion along the longitudinal axis while the load is applied onto the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: E-BAND COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Cashion, Jimmy Hannan
  • Patent number: 10919352
    Abstract: A coupling system includes a coupling member configured to couple to a connection mechanism that couples a motor vehicle to transportation equipment, and a pin, coupled to the coupling member through a tether, configured to be inserted into an aperture of the connection mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventor: Brent Gorra
  • Patent number: 10767555
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan that includes a plurality of fan blades rotatable about an axis. An on-wing portion includes a compressor section and a combustor that is in fluid communication with the compressor section. A turbine section is in fluid communication with the combustor. A core flow path is arranged within a core nacelle. The fan is arranged upstream from the core flow path. A fan drive gear system module is coupled to the turbine section for rotating the fan about the axis. A connector assembly including first and second members respectively is secured to the on-wing portion and the fan drive gear system module. The first and second members are removably secured to one another by radially extending fasteners. The first members are connected to an on-wing portion of the gas turbine engine and the second members are connected to the fan drive gear system module. The fasteners are accessible through the bypass flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel W. Major, Gregory E. Reinhardt, Paul Thomas Rembish, Barry William Spaulding, Donald Summers
  • Patent number: 10494936
    Abstract: A stator assembly having: an inner air seal carrier having a mounting body; a plurality of guide vanes secured to the mounting body via a plurality of fasteners; and a fastener retention mechanism secured to the mounting body via the plurality of fasteners. The fastener retention mechanism having: a housing defining an inner chamber; and a filler located within the inner chamber. The portions of the plurality of fasteners are encapsulated within the filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Biolsi, Kevin C. Eckland, Steven J. Feigleson, Thomas Freeman
  • Patent number: 10378588
    Abstract: A retainer for coupling rotating shafts includes a body and a finger. The body may have a curved section extending in a circumferential direction about an axis and a pair of ends. The finger extends from the body and has a least a portion that extends inwardly toward the axis. The finger may be flexible and resilient and have an at rest state and a second state wherein the finger flexes outwardly away from the axis when acted upon by a sufficient force, and the finger returns toward its at rest state when the force is reduced or removed from the finger. When a second shaft is partially inserted into a first shaft, an object may engage and flex the finger until the object passes by the finger whereupon the finger may return toward the at rest state partially overlapping the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Limited
    Inventors: Lei Yang, Christopher M. Zagacki
  • Patent number: 10294977
    Abstract: A fastening member includes a first alloy portion and a second alloy portion. The first alloy portion is made of an aluminum alloy including 0.005 wt % to 5.0 wt % zinc and 0.6 wt % to 2.0 wt % magnesium and is provided to a part that comes into contact with at least one of a plurality of members serving as a fastening target. The second alloy portion is made of an aluminum alloy including more than 2.0 wt % and 5.0 wt % or less magnesium and more than 5.0 wt % and 10 wt % or less zinc and is joined to the first alloy portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: NHK Spring Co., Ltd., TOPURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Kazama, Takeshi Suzuki, Shigeto Mori
  • Patent number: 10211610
    Abstract: A circuit breaker system is provided that receives combined power inputs from a utility and from an alternative energy source for backfeeding to the utility through a standard breaker box without overloading the bus bars of the breaker box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SolarCity Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Atchley, Garret Bautista
  • Patent number: 9964032
    Abstract: A connection assembly for securing a fan drive gear system module within a gas turbine engine includes first and second members removably secured to one another by radially extending fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel W. Major, Gregory E. Reinhardt, Paul Thomas Rembish, Barry William Spaulding, Donald Summers
  • Patent number: 9835125
    Abstract: A retainer for fastening a component, especially a fuel distributor, via a holding element to an internal combustion engine includes: decoupling elements, a fastening body and a fastening element. The fastening body is fastened to the internal combustion engine with the aid of the fastening element. In addition, the holding element is fastened to the fastening body via the decoupling elements. Moreover, a preloading element is provided that is joined to the fastening body, preloading of the decoupling elements being set by way of a predefined position of the preloading element relative to the fastening body in which the preloading element is joined to the fastening body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Rehwald, Klaus Lang
  • Patent number: 9797352
    Abstract: A compression limiting fastener assembly includes a plastic intake manifold having an attachment flange and a molded and tuned compliance ring formed on the attachment side of the flange, a plastic cam cover having a threaded attachment insert, a compression limiting bolt fastener for attaching the intake manifold to the cam cover, and a spring stem compression limiter that, when fully threaded into its attachment position, prevents over-compression and possible damage to the plastic components while providing 100% compression. The compliance ring of the intake manifold is concentric with a fastener bore formed through the intake manifold attachment flange. The spring stem compression limiter includes a tubular body having an upper end and a lower end. A spring stem flange is attached to the upper end of the tubular body while a depth limiting flange is attached to the lower end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Gary Nola
  • Patent number: 9669906
    Abstract: An adapter for mounting a mounting structure on a flush mount receptacle base. The adapter includes a mounting base and an anchor. The mounting base includes a rotatable drive member with an interface surface configured and arranged for placement on a mounting surface, the rotatable member also has a bore extending thereinto and aligned with the interface surface, and the bore is at least partially threaded. The anchor extends into the bore of the drive member, the anchor has a shaft with first and second end portions and defining a center axis, the first end portion of the shaft is threaded to mate with the threaded bore of the drive member and configured and arranged to rotate relative to the drive member, the anchor also has at least one hook coupled to the second end portion of the shaft and laterally offset from the center axis of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali
  • Patent number: 9453348
    Abstract: A floor panel includes a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate. The top layer is composed of a print and a transparent thermoplastic layer having a thickness of 0.5 mm or less and being situated above said print. The floor panel, at least on two opposite edges, is provided with a straight or curved chamfer extending to below the global level of the print.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Laurent Meersseman, Luc Vanhastel
  • Patent number: 9425539
    Abstract: A conical retention ring is provided that includes an annular disc having a central axis, first and second major surfaces facing in substantially opposite directions along the central axis, a radially inner peripheral surface defining a central bore, a radially outer peripheral surface which is axially offset from the radially inner peripheral surface, and a spreading channel which is open from the radially outer peripheral surface to the central bore. The spreading channel allows the annular disc to spread apart to allow the central axis to receive a threaded fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Joshua Tyler Sechrist
  • Patent number: 9303673
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fastening at least a first component having a through-opening on at least a second component also having a through-opening, comprising a fastening bushing with a sleeve section which is designed to be inserted through the through-openings of the components and with a sleeve head, wherein the sleeve section comprises at least one locking section and at least two recesses extending in an axial direction in its wall, and wherein the sleeve head comprises a through-opening aligned with the sleeve section, a fastening pin with a pin section and with a pin head, wherein the pin head comprises at least one locking section and wherein stop means are provided between the fastening pin and the fastening bushing, wherein the pin section is inserted through the sleeve section and the through-opening of the sleeve head until reaching the stop provided by the stop means, wherein the pin head engages with the free end of the sleeve section being opposite to the sleeve head, and a water-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Albert Sbongk
  • Patent number: 9265994
    Abstract: A head 4 includes a socket 10 and a weight body 12. The socket 10 has an upper hole part 18 and a lower hole part 20. The weight body 12 has an engaging part 32. The lower hole part 20 and the engaging part 32 can be relatively rotated. By the relative rotation, the weight body 12 can take an engaging position EP and non-engaging position NP. The engaging part 32 has an outermost part E1. The lower hole part 20 has a first portion 20x and a second portion 20y. The outermost part E1 can pass through the first portion 20x while compressively deforming the first portion 20x. A distance D2 between the second portion 20y and an axis line Z is greater than a distance D1 between the first portion 20x and the axis line Z.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9150145
    Abstract: A headlight assembly according to the present disclosure includes a brace, a headlamp, and a plurality of self-adjusting fasteners. The self-adjusting fasteners are configured to adjust during mounting of the headlamp to the brace to compensate for irregular spacing between the headlamp and the brace caused by manufacturing variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventor: Dennis Wandelt
  • Publication number: 20150086293
    Abstract: An optical fiber unit enables secure grasping of an optical fiber sensor via a jig while avoiding damage to an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber unit for the optical fiber sensor includes an optical fiber cable, a shaft, and a head. The shaft includes a peripheral surface having a male thread, and a through-hole for an inserted optical fiber cable. The head is shaped in a hexagonal prism including six sides and a bottom. The shaft is connected to the bottom of the head. The optical fiber cable extends the head, and extends out of the head in a direction substantially parallel to two parallel sides of the six sides from at least one of the six sides excluding the two parallel sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi TAKAKURA, Tetsuo RYUGO, Kazuhisa ASAUMI
  • Patent number: 8966738
    Abstract: A screw assembly for operatively connecting a first component to a second component is provided such that the first and the second components are separated by a clearance when operatively connected by the assembly. The assembly includes a screw member defining a screw opening and a linking member defining a link opening. A fastener is configured to transfer a driving torque to the linking member when the fastener is rotatably driven into the link opening. A threaded portion of the fastener is configured to engage with the link opening. The linking member is configured to transfer the driving torque to the screw member, thereby moving the screw member until a second screw end of the screw member contacts a mounting face of the second component. The fastener may be configured to pass through the linking member and enter a second cavity in the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Eric D Staley
  • Publication number: 20150043990
    Abstract: Fastening system for a linear machine element (2, 102) for fastening in a machine foundation (4), having a clamping element which has a shank (35) and a head (37), wherein the diameter of the head (37) is greater than the diameter of the shank (35), and having an eccentric (60) which comprises a sleeve (68) with an eccentric bore (66) and a torque-transmitting element (70), wherein the outer diameter of the head (37) is smaller than the inner diameter of the bore (66) or at least substantially corresponds to the inner diameter of the bore (66).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jochen Endres, Marco Heckmann
  • Publication number: 20150028142
    Abstract: A nut (23) and a re-usable liner bolt (17) for a grinding mill is disclosed. The nut is shaped to be received in the recess (5) of a mill liner plate (3), this being the recess which normally receives the head of a conventional liner bolt. The nut is provided with a blind threaded hole (25). The re-usable bolt has a stepped shank (18) and a thread (20) on its free end. The bolt (17) is inserted from the exterior of the mill and engages the nut (23). The fines produced during grinding cement the nut to the liner but do not cement the bolt to the liner or the bolt to the nut. The head of a conventional liner bolt is located within the mill and its conventional nut is located exterior of the mill, whereas the re-usable bolt (17) has its head exterior of the mill and its nut (23) interior of the mill. Methods of assembly and dis-assembly of the bolt (17) and nut (23) are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Dale Coray
  • Publication number: 20140373359
    Abstract: A connecting arrangement for joining at least two components to form a structural assembly, near a wing of an aircraft, wherein at least one component is formed from a fibre composite plastic and at least one further component is formed from either a metal or a fibre composite plastic. A bushing is secured in a hole through the components. The bushing includes a first end with a collar which faces towards a lower face of the structural assembly and a second end. A zone of an upper face of the structural assembly radially surrounds the second end and includes a depression. A connecting element is installed in the bushing. This provides a smooth, aerodynamically beneficial configuration of the upper face, which can be coated, and which ensures a reliable electrical contact between the connecting element and a conductive surface of the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Ralf Schomaker, Bjoern Knickrehm
  • Publication number: 20140363254
    Abstract: A fastening assembly for a window of a pressurized fuselage of an aircraft includes a fastener received through a mounting hole defined in the window, an edge attachment member fixing the window to the fuselage, and a bushing assembly embedded in the mounting hole. The bushing assembly includes an inner sleeve bushing radially interposed between the fastener and the window and an outer sleeve bushing radially interposed between the inner sleeve bushing and the window. The inner sleeve bushing is formed from relatively less rigid metal compared with metal of the fastener and the outer sleeve bushing is formed from relatively rigid metal compared with material of the window and the metal of the inner sleeve bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Junichi Kondo
  • Patent number: 8882423
    Abstract: To provide a lightning-resistant fastener capable of assuring a sufficient lightning-resistant performance. A cap 30A has an elastically deformable part 50 continuous in the circumferential direction thereof. The elastically deformable part 50 has a smaller thickness than the other parts of the cap 30A in a circumferentially continuous area thereof. Since the cap 30A has the elastically deformable part 50, even if a surface 22b of a member 22 is inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to the axis of a fastener main body 25, the cap 30A can be installed without forming a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunori Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140321941
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for introducing force into a component of fiber composite material by means of a screw connection having a bolt-like connecting element arranged in a passage of the component. The invention is based in particular on the problem of improving the durability of the screw connection on the component of fiber composite material. The object is achieved in that the screw connection has a two-part bush (6) which borders the passage (2) of the component (1) and accommodates the connecting element (9), wherein the first and the second bush part (6.1, 6.2) of the bush (6) are designed to engage in one another in axial extension, and each bush part (6.1, 6.2) has a radially extended union collar (15.1, 15.2) with a collar side (16.1, 16.2) facing the component (1), on which side a sliding surface is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Leichtbau-Zentrum Sachsen GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Hufenbach, Martin Lepper, Jens Werner, Enrico Ladusch
  • Patent number: 8834085
    Abstract: An injection molded part accommodates a threaded fastener and includes a metal insert. The insert defines a longitudinal axis and has an end face and an outer peripheral surface. A cutout extends from the end face and through the insert to permit the threaded fastener to extend therethrough. A plastic body surrounds the outer peripheral surface and has a threaded fastener contact face. The threaded fastener contact face of the plastic, body is recessed at a recessed distance below the end face of the insert which has a spring constant with respect to the longitudinal axis. The recessed distance and the spring constant are selected to deform the insert in response to a stress force applied to the end face thereof by the threaded fastener to cause a pregiven component of the stress force to be introduced into the threaded fastener contact face of the plastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: ContiTech Vibration Control GmbH
    Inventors: Diethard Schneider, Thomas Lingner, Jan Brodersen, Guenter Eberhard, Marc Wichmann
  • Publication number: 20140205395
    Abstract: A retention clip assembly is for attachment to a stud. The assembly includes a base plate and a cover plate. The base plate includes a base rim and a locking finger extending from the base rim. The cover plate includes a cover rim and a flange. The cover rim defines a lock opening configured for receiving the locking finger therein to retain the cover plate to the base plate. The flange extends inwardly from the cover rim at an angle which is acute such that the flange overlays the cover opening and is configured for engaging the external teeth on the stud. The cover plate attached to the base plate with a sheet of material therebetween. The cover plate and base plate are positioned such that the flange engages the external teeth of the stud to prevent removal of the retention clip assembly from the stud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicants: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Nick Strumbos, Robert Stewart
    Inventors: Israel Solano Soriano, Robert Stewart, Nick Strumbos, Carlos Ahlai Ruiz Avendaño
  • Publication number: 20140186136
    Abstract: A bushing includes a cylindrical main body having a leading end and a trailing end, wherein a fastener passage is defined within the main body, and a plurality of ribs outwardly extending from the main body. The plurality of ribs are configured to securely position the bushing with respect to an opening formed in a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Jason HOLT, Albert W. VAN BOVEN, Glenn G. HEAVENS
  • Publication number: 20140161557
    Abstract: AN ANTI-TAMPERING SECURITY SEAL HAVING A CONSTRUCTION FEATURE having strap or prolonged tail, with striated texture, followed by teeth arranged in a double or single row, attached to base platform, wherefrom cylindrical pin is centrally or perpendicularly raised surmounted by nozzle-shaped head, for permanent insertion and fitting into central hole for locking larger receptacle or bushing, connected or not by connecting rod to said base platform, wherefrom cylindrical pin is centrally or perpendicularly raised surmounted by nozzle-shaped head, for permanent insertion and fitting into central hole for locking of larger receptacle or bushing, connected or not by connecting rod to said base platform. Adjacent to larger receptacle or bushing is smaller receptacle, with hollow opening, and such seal can include a device for transmitting data, indicating presence, location, etc., which can be made through an electronic chip, radiofrequency sensor or similar device, placed in any part of it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: OREBES FERNANDES, TAKASHI ASSANO
  • Patent number: 8747040
    Abstract: A screw assembly element in a first part is provided for use when attaching the first part to a second part using a screw. The assembly element comprises a sleeve arranged in a hole in the first part, the sleeve being cylindrical. At least a portion of the first part extends into the inside of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Niklas Sjoeholm, Anders Petren
  • Publication number: 20140154027
    Abstract: Provided are, among other things, systems, apparatuses, components and methods related to drive pin assemblies. One such assembly includes: a first pin component and a second pin component, each having an engagement end that opens to an interior space and has an angled surface that extends for at least a portion of the width and a portion of the length of such first pin component; and a tightening mechanism at least partially disposed within the interior spaces of the first pin component and the second pin component, for drawing the first pin component and the second pin component closer together, where the angled surface of the first pin component matches the angled surface of the second pin component such that the first pin component and the second pin component slide both vertically and laterally along each other when drawn together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: CWD, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen John Ruiz
  • Publication number: 20140130910
    Abstract: Bushing assemblies include a first tubular end portion, a second tubular end portion, and a middle tubular portion. The middle tubular portion has a longitudinal compressive strength that is less than that of the end portions. In some embodiments, the middle tubular portion is constructed of braided sleeving. Also disclosed are bushing assembly kits, apparatuses that include bushing assemblies, such as aircraft, and associated methods of utilizing bushing assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: The Boeing Company
  • Publication number: 20140133935
    Abstract: A pre-measured license plate frame spacer unit used in conjunction with a license plate frame will prevent the license plate frame from coming into contact with the vehicle mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: David F. MACNEIL, David S. IVERSON
  • Patent number: 8720874
    Abstract: A lock pin assembly used for clamping two plates together, that have aligning bores for receiving the lock pin assembly. The lock pin assembly includes radially extending pins that can be forced outwardly from the center of a lock pin housing forming a part of the lock pin assembly. The actuator pins are forced outwardly and cooperate with a tapered surface on a bottom plate to create a clamping force relative to an end of the lock pin housing supportable on a top plate. The lock pin housing has cam tracks on an outer side thereof, and an actuator ring surrounds and supports the pin and carries cam followers sliding in the cam tracks. The cam tracks are made such that relative rotation of the lock pin housing and the actuator ring changes the axial location of the actuator ring along the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Tschida, David L. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20140119851
    Abstract: A latching system includes a hub with one or more openings defined in the hub. Each opening includes a latching feature to which a fastener is releasably coupled. The latching feature may be configured to couple to only a single fastener provided from one side of the hub. Alternately, the latching feature may be configured to couple to two fasteners, one from each side of the hub, at the same time. The fastener includes prongs that are configured to be sufficiently separated from one another, when a removal tool is inserted between them, to facilitate the release of the fastener from the latching feature and the removal of the fastener from the opening. A flange may be held in place between the hub and a portion of the coupled fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Interplex Nascal, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Martellotti
  • Publication number: 20140101923
    Abstract: A penetrating fastener has a fastener head and fastener tip spaced apart by a longitudinally oriented fastener shaft. A tetherable washer has a substantially planar base surface having a fastener aperture extending therethrough. A longitudinally oriented wall extends longitudinally upward from at least a portion of the base surface to form a concave fastener cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the fastener head. Two tether apertures extend laterally through the wall and are laterally spaced apart along the wall. Both of the tether apertures are laterally arranged along the wall in a rotationally asymmetric configuration. A first one of the tether apertures is located a second longitudinal distance from the base surface and a second one of the tether apertures is located a third longitudinal distance from the base surface. The tether apertures are configured to simultaneously accept a tether extending through both of the tether apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: DAVID L. CLARK
  • Publication number: 20140096362
    Abstract: A screw assembly for operatively connecting a first component to a second component is provided such that the first and the second components are separated by a clearance when operatively connected by the assembly. The assembly includes a screw member defining a screw opening and a linking member defining a link opening. A fastener is configured to transfer a driving torque to the linking member when the fastener is rotatably driven into the link opening. A threaded portion of the fastener is configured to engage with the link opening. The linking member is configured to transfer the driving torque to the screw member, thereby moving the screw member until a second screw end of the screw member contacts a mounting face of the second component. The fastener may be configured to pass through the linking member and enter a second cavity in the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Eric D. Staley
  • Publication number: 20140072386
    Abstract: A fastener for securing workpieces is faster and easier to use than a conventional bolt or rivet, requires no tools to use, and is made from a material that does not rust, such as plastic. The fastener comprises a bottom plate with a ribbed shaft extending therefrom and inserted into a top plate with a throughhole adapted to accept the ribbed shaft. Workpieces intended for fastening are placed in between the two plates with the ribbed shaft inserted through them. Protruding from the interior of the throughhole of the top plate is at least one locking tab adapted to engage the ribs of the ribbed shaft to ensure securement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventor: Pierce A. Baugh, SR.
  • Publication number: 20140064877
    Abstract: An assembly of parts, at least one of which is made of composite material, includes at least one fastener including a body and also two stops, between which the parts held by the fastener are disposed, holes formed in the parts held by the fastener, the body of the fastener being accommodated in the holes, the holes having a diameter adapted to that of the body of the fastener so as to allow transmission of forces by the parts and the fastener hammering together. The stops of the fastener exert a compressive force C that makes it possible to obtain transmission of forces by adhesion between the parts held by the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventor: Bernard MOLINIER
  • Publication number: 20140056667
    Abstract: A fastener includes a fastening portion including a head, a threaded portion having a first diameter, and a shank having a second diameter that is less than the first diameter. The shank is located between the head and the threaded portion. A sleeve surrounds the shank. The sleeve and the shank are uncoupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas B. Hyatt
  • Publication number: 20140053390
    Abstract: A frame having a front face and a rear face comprises a first lineal, a second lineal, a first lineal joint connector inserted into the first lineal and a second lineal joint connector inserted into the second lineal. A first fastener extends through the first lineal joint connector into the second lineal joint connector. A second fastener extends through the second lineal joint connector into the first lineal joint connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: MILGARD MANUFACTURING INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Victor Massey
  • Patent number: 8622674
    Abstract: A connector includes a support (14) made of synthetic resin and constituting a first housing (10), a bolt (20) rotatably penetrating through the support (14), a seal ring (29) mounted between the supporting portion (14) and a head (22) of a bolt (20), a metal nut (36) embedded in the front surface of a second housing (30) and connecting the two housings (10, 30) by being threadably engaged with the bolt (20), and a stopper for preventing a threaded movement of the bolt (20) by bringing the metal parts into contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Shibata
  • Publication number: 20130336741
    Abstract: Provided is a bolt assembly for a wiper device of a vehicle. The bolt assembly includes: a damping member in which a penetration hole is formed and that is detachably coupled to an assembly unit; a bush that correspondingly fits a penetration hole; a bolt member that is disposed to penetrate a hollow of the bush; a washer that is assembled to the bolt member; and a separation prevention member that is assembled to the bolt member to prevent the bolt member from being separated to an upper side of the hollow, wherein the separation prevention member comprises: a flange portion that is caught on the lower surface of the bush; and a pressure portion that extends from the flange portion toward the longitudinal direction of the bolt member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Dongyang Mechatronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wi Yeong Park, Jong Hyun Oh
  • Publication number: 20130330147
    Abstract: A captive screw assembly with a knurled end that rotates the captive screw in a hole in which it is mounted as the captive screw is pressed into the hole. The lower end of a ferrule of the captive screw assembly terminates within the hole and is flared against the side wall of the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC
    Inventor: PAUL DAVID ANDREWS
  • Publication number: 20130330145
    Abstract: A hybrid fastener is provided in combination with a structural insert. The insert is disposed about a shank of the fastener at an unthreaded section. In another aspect, a sleeve surrounds the shank of the fastener and has apertures for receiving the insert therethrough. Methods of using the above-described hybrid fastener for securing workpieces are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Gary L. Cloud
  • Publication number: 20130280009
    Abstract: A retaining pin assembly for a lifting system which includes a hook prong and a hook cam. The retaining pin assembly includes at least one lock arm assembly having a first end with at least one aperture which aligns with an opening through the hook cam and having an opposed second end with at least one aperture which aligns with an opening through the hook prong. A hook cam retaining pin has a head and has a shaft passing through the hook cam opening and the lock arm first end aperture, wherein the shaft has at least one groove therein parallel to the axis of the shaft. A retaining ring surrounds the hook cam shaft, the retaining ring having at least one inwardly extending tab received in the shaft groove in order to retain the pin in the lock arm. A recess in the lock arm receives the retaining ring therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: The Crosby Group LLC
    Inventors: Roger Ohman, III, Larry Postelwait
  • Publication number: 20130280008
    Abstract: A bolted joint for connecting a cover of an opening in a primary structure of a lifting surface of an aircraft to the primary structure. The bolted joint includes two first bolted joints on either side of a symmetry axis of the cover arranged without any lateral clearance, two second bolted joints on either side of the symmetry axis on the side of the cover opposite to that of the two first bolted joints, arranged without any lateral clearance in the holes of the primary structure and with a linear lateral clearance in the holes of the cover; a plurality of third bolted joints along the border of the cover arranged without any lateral clearance in the holes of the primary structure and with a radial clearance in the holes of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Jose Sanz Torrijos, Marcos Alazarki
  • Publication number: 20130259598
    Abstract: A tamper evident security seal includes a locking unit and a bolt with a groove at its shank locking portion, the groove for receiving a resilient locking ring attached to a lock body in a locking unit receiving the bolt in a locked state. The locking unit includes two housing portions one of which has a top wall, a bottom wall and a first upstanding segment of a circular cylinder side wall interconnected thereto may be of any color. The top wall has an aperture for receiving the bolt therethrough. A mating second housing portion has a second segment of a circular cylinder side wall, preferably white having ID indicia thereon, forms a circular cylindrical housing with the first housing portion and is captured between the top and bottom walls. A lock body first element is plastic and molded one piece with the second housing portion. A lock body second steel element mates with the first element forming a lock body with an annular channel in which the ring is positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: E.J. Brooks Company d/b/a Tydenbrooks Security Products Group
    Inventor: E.J. Brooks Company d/b/a Tydenbrooks Security Products Group
  • Publication number: 20130223951
    Abstract: A cap (9) that is used in a fixing structure (1) for fixing a plurality of overlaid structural members (3) by means of a fastener (5) inserted into through-holes (3a) formed in the overlaid structural members and a collar (7) fastened onto a distal end (5a) of the fastener protruding from a surface of the structural members and that is disposed so as to surround the distal end of the fastener and the collar. The cap is attached, in a non-engaged state, to the distal end of the fastener and the collar, and a concave groove (9d) that accommodates a sealant (11) to be filled in a space formed between an inner peripheral surface (9e) and the surface of the structural members is formed in the inner peripheral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Masahiro Bessho, Takamitsu Himeno, Yasunori Watanabe, Hideo Yamakoshi, Soichiro Umemoto, Wataru Nishimura, Yuichiro Kamino, Naomoto Ishikawa, Nobuyuki Kamihara, Fumitoshi Moriya, Yoshiro Aoshima, Toru Takasu