Head Eccentric With Respect To Fastener Axis Patents (Class 411/398)
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Patent number: 12220730Abstract: A clamping device for clamping silicon wafers of different sizes and cleaning same includes a main body and a plurality of clamping mechanisms. The surface of the main body defines a plurality of receiving grooves. Separate circular and concentric rows of clamping mechanisms are radially disposed around a central axis of the main body. The clamping mechanism includes first and second clamping members each received in one of the receiving grooves and are adjustable in respect of working height above or flush with the carrying surface of the main body. The first clamping member is closer to the center axis with respect to the second clamping member. A cleaning device with the clamping device is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO.LTD.Inventors: Liang-Yuan Li, Lian-Jie Tan, Yuan Wen
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Patent number: 12201291Abstract: Suture passer systems for tissue suspension and tissue compression, and more particularly for tongue suspension, are described. The system can include at least a first elongate tubular body or shaft, a needle having a lateral bias carried by the elongate body, and a retrieval element operably connected to the elongate tubular body. The needle can have a substantially straight configuration when located within the elongate tubular body, and be configured to exit an opening at or near a distal end of the elongate tubular body and assume a laterally biased or curved shape to form a path through tissue. The needle is configured to carry a suture. The retrieval element can be configured to retrieve the suture carried by the needle after the needle has formed a curved or otherwise angled path through tissue. The system can also include one or more bone anchors to secure the suture loops. Methods of placing one or more suture loops into tissue, such as the base of the tongue, are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Siesta Medical, Inc.Inventors: Erik van der Burg, Peter Martin, Chris Feezor, Mark Hirotsuka, Jasper Jackson, Christopher T. Cheng, Michael Kolber, Adam H. Liston
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Patent number: 12168368Abstract: A wheel spacer disc for motor vehicles having a plurality of wheel bolt openings, a rim centering element for centering a rim relative to the wheel spacer disc, and a wheel hub centering element for centering the wheel spacer disc relative to a wheel hub. The plurality of wheel bolt openings are designed in each case as stepped openings for the respective partial reception of shaft nuts, wherein a section of the stepped openings having a greater diameter is arranged on a side of the wheel spacer disc on which the rim centering element is arranged.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Inventor: Klaus Wohlfarth
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Patent number: 12123451Abstract: An attachment device includes a flange, an upper shaft, and a lower shaft. The flange defines an upper surface and lower surface. The upper shaft projects from the upper surface and is centered about an upper longitudinal axis. The lower shaft projects from the lower surface and is centered about a lower longitudinal axis. The upper longitudinal axis is not collinear with the lower longitudinal axis. So configured, the attachment device allows two objects to be attached to each other with a lateral offset equal to the lateral offset between the upper shaft and the lower shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Inventor: Lance Nill
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Patent number: 11852184Abstract: An assembly is provided that includes a first fastener element and a second fastener element. The first fastener element is secured to the second fastener element with bonding material. The first fastener element may be a spacer such as a washer. The second fastener element may be a fastener or a washer.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: RTX CorporationInventors: John P. Rizzo, Jr., Istiak Ahmed
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Patent number: 10634179Abstract: A fastening device for fastening an object to a wall includes a fastening element, a bearing element adapted for bearing against the wall, and a holding element configured to hold at least a part of the object. The holding element has a through opening running at least through the holding element and the bearing element for allowing passage of the fastening element. A connecting element constructed as an eccentric connects the bearing element and the holding element to one another. The holding element together with the connecting element and the bearing element form a single-piece fastening unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Jochen Klemm, Holm Liewke, Ulmar Neumann, Michael Reule, Andreas Thumm, Peter Zimmermann
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Patent number: 9907577Abstract: A closure for an open headed medical implant, such as a bone screw. The closure having a cylindrical body having an axis of rotation and also having a radially outer surface with a thread or other guide and advancement structure thereon. The body having a plurality of apertures that open onto a top surface of the body and that are parallel to but spaced from the axis of rotation. The closure also has a break-off head centrally attached by a neck to the top surface of the body.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Inventor: Roger P. Jackson
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Patent number: 9345516Abstract: A polyaxial bone anchoring device includes an anchoring element having a shaft and a head, a receiving part having a first end and a second end, a bore extending from the first end towards the second end, a seat for receiving the head, and at least one threaded through hole transverse to the bore, a pressure element to exert pressure onto the head, such that the head is pivotable and can be locked at an angle relative to the receiving part, the pressure element having at least one hole configured to at least partially align with the through hole, and at least one set screw threadable into the through hole to engage the pressure element at the hole such that a force is exerted by the pressure element onto the head that maintains the head at an adjustable angular position relative to the receiving part by friction.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Biedermann Technologies GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Timo Biedermann, Lutz Biedermann
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Patent number: 8821092Abstract: A fastening member includes a bolt and a nut for attaching a compressor to a vehicle body. A non-circular relative rotation prevention portion is formed below a head portion of the bolt. A washer is non-rotatably press fitted around the relative rotation prevention portion. Before the attachment, the head portion and the washer are temporarily fixed with a space generated therebetween. An elastic body, which is attached to the compressor, is disposed between the washer and the nut. A cylindrical member is provided at an inner circumference of the elastic body. As a result, when the nut is screwed, an axial force of the nut is transmitted to the washer via the cylindrical member, and the space between the washer and the head portion is reduced, completing the attachment.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shogo Nambara, Hiroshi Fukudome, Kazuhisa Yama
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Patent number: 8721256Abstract: A turbomachine including a shaft, a bearing for supporting the shaft and including an outer ring, and a support for the bearing, the support having a flange to which the outer ring is fastened by fasteners, is provided. Each fastener includes a fastener bolt and a nut screwed together. The turbomachine further includes, for each fastener, a position-retention device for retaining the bolt, and suitable for retaining the bolt in a position that is stationary relative to the bearing support or the outer ring, even in the absence of the nut. The head of the fastener bolt and the position-retention device may be of small dimensions, thereby enabling the fastening of the flange to the bearing support to be optimized, and in particular enabling the weight of the fastening to be optimized. A method of mounting the bearing of the turbomachine is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: SNECMAInventor: Regis Eugene Henri Servant
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Patent number: 8544861Abstract: An adjustment bolt for adjusting the camber angle in a vehicle. The adjustment bolt includes a head, a neck, a lobe, and a threaded portion. The head is configured to provide a gripping surface for a tightening tool (e.g., pliers, wrench). The neck extends eccentrically from the bottom surface of the head and the neck has a first diameter and a first centerline. The lobe extends eccentrically outward from a bottom surface of the neck and the lobe has a second diameter and a second centerline. The threaded portion extends eccentrically outward from a bottom surface of the lobe and has a third centerline. The first centerline, the second centerline, and the third centerline are different from one another. Additionally, the lobe diameter is substantially the same as an aperture diameter for an adjustment aperture in a knuckle operably connected to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Niwot CorporationInventor: James Roger Frens
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Patent number: 8535354Abstract: A bone plate locking system including a threaded screw body having a proximal end and a distal end and a plate with a through-hole. The proximal end includes a head. The head includes an upper portion, a groove adjacent the upper portion and a lower portion adjacent the groove, wherein a center-axis of the groove is off-axis to a center-axis of the threaded screw body. A locking ring configured to reside within the groove of the head. The through-hole includes an upper portion, a groove adjacent the upper portion and a lower portion adjacent the groove. The head is receivable in the through-hole. The locking ring is rotatably positioned around the groove of the head such that in an unlocked position the locking ring is outside the groove of the through-hole and in a locked position the locking ring is at least partially within the groove of the through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Spinal USA, Inc.Inventor: John Franklin Cummins
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Patent number: 8469375Abstract: An adjustment bolt for adjusting the camber angle in a vehicle. The adjustment bolt includes a head, a neck, a lobe, and a threaded portion. The head is configured to provide a gripping surface for a tightening tool (e.g., pliers, wrench). The head has a first diameter and a first centerline. The neck extends eccentrically from the bottom surface of the head and the neck has a second diameter and a second centerline. The lobe extends eccentrically outward from a bottom surface of the neck and the lobe has a third diameter and a centerline that is the same as the first centerline. The threaded portion extends eccentrically outward from a bottom surface of the lobe and has a third centerline. The first centerline, the second centerline, and the third centerline are different from one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Niwot CorporationInventor: James Roger Frens
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Patent number: 8297902Abstract: The invention relates to an eccentric adjustment element (10) having a rod (12) provided on both ends with exterior threads (14, 16) of a smaller diameter to each of which unthreaded, inwardly profiled sections (18, 20) are fastened, wherein the shortest distance between a profile and a rotational axis of the rod is greater than the outer radius of the exterior threads (14, 16) and eccentric discs (24, 26) are fitted on each of the profiled sections (18, 20).Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Acument GmbH & Co. OHGInventor: Thorsten Schraer
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Patent number: 7726927Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for aiding in the speed and simplicity of the adjustment of the clicker-style cam bolts employed by TRA-type snowmobile drive clutches, manufactured by Bombardier Recreational Products. The apparatus comprises a barrel type nut with a collared head and a compression wire spring which fits telescopically over said nut and against said collared head, and a locking set screw to secure the apparatus against rotational movement or removal. This assembly replaces the conventional hexagonal lock nut presently used on TRA-type drive clutches. This apparatus enables the user to change the linear position of the cam bolt in the drive clutch housing to enable the hexagonal head of the clicker-style bolt to clear its respective hexagonally indexed pocket, which is molded into the drive clutch housing, and to be turned to any one of six different degrees of rotation, thereby changing the shift-out RPM setting of the drive clutch quickly and with greater ease than conventional methods.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Inventor: Travis Cook
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Patent number: 7455471Abstract: Fastening systems for parts that endure high vibration shear loads have traditionally been difficult or expensive to produce. This application describes a fastening system with multiple conical surfaces and eccentric offsets. The novel conical fastener system allows parts to be assembled with reduced tolerance controls at interface features while improving alignment precision. The eccentric conical fastening system is particularly well suited for assemblies with high shear loads in high vibration/shock environments, and/or for systems that have extremely precise pointing requirements.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Inventor: Eric Gawehn
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Publication number: 20080226422Abstract: A thrust screw (14) for applying force against an object. The thrust screw (14) comprising a housing having a ball (12) secured therein. The ball (12) having a flat planar surface (16) which contacts the objects for applying force against the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2002Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventor: Mark Gordon
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Patent number: 7374131Abstract: A support device of cabin elements in an airplane. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a support device is provided into which a threaded bushing (7) can be screwed into a fastening element (6) in order to adjust the distance in z-direction of the airplane. Thus, a stepless adjustment is made possible in an advantageous way.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2006Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbHInventors: Leo Tiid, Lars Lehmann, Thomas Hoffmann
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Publication number: 20080080952Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for aiding in the speed and simplicity of the adjustment of the clicker-style cam bolts employed by TRA-type snowmobile drive clutches, manufactured by Bombardier Recreational Products. The apparatus comprises a barrel type nut with a collared head and a compression wire spring which fits telescopically over said nut and against said collared head, and a locking set screw to secure the apparatus against rotational movement or removal. This assembly replaces the conventional hexagonal lock nut presently used on TRA-type drive clutches. This apparatus enables the user to change the linear position of the cam bolt in the drive clutch housing to enable the hexagonal head of the clicker-style bolt to clear its respective hexagonally indexed pocket, which is molded into the drive clutch housing, and to be turned to any one of six different degrees of rotation, thereby changing the shift-out RPM setting of the drive clutch quickly and with greater ease than conventional methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2006Publication date: April 3, 2008Inventor: Travis Cook
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Patent number: 7300237Abstract: A bolted fastener for joining components, such as a bracket fastened to a crosspiece, includes a bolt, a nut and an eccentric. A square neck of a bolt fits into an oblong hole in a component and prevents the bolt from turning. The diameter of the eccentric that serves as a wedging means fits into the slightly larger diameter of the receptacle hole, allowing the eccentric to fit into the receptacle hole. When the nut is screwed on the bolt, the eccentric rotates about the bolt and, on account of its eccentricity, wedges itself within the receptacle hole. The wedged eccentric prevents accidental loosening or accidental unscrewing of the nut.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Inventio AGInventors: Thomas Illedits, Hubert Holzl
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Patent number: 7101132Abstract: The present invention relates to a connecting arrangement, comprising a bolt element having a shank (4) and comprising at least one washer which can be pushed onto the shank (4), the shank (4) and the washer having such a code that the washer can be pushed onto the shank (4) only in a predetermined position, in particular in such a way that a peripheral punching burr which is present points away from the head of the bolt element. In order to reduce the technological manufacturing outlay of such a connection while functionality remains at least at the same high level, it is proposed that the code consist of at least one convexly designed cross section (Q), which extends over at least a section of the length of the shank (4) and is asymmetrical with regard to all the radial axes (C-C, D-D) running through a central cross-section axis (X1) of the shank (4), and of a push-on opening, interlocking with this cross section (Q), of the second washer.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Altenloh, Brinck & Co. GmbH & Co.Inventor: Manfred Hofschneider
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Patent number: 7037027Abstract: A connection arrangement accommodates misalignments in three dimensions, and achieves a positive fixed connection between two components. A threaded standoff with a first bolt hole therein is partially screwed into a threaded hole in the first component and protrudes to match the spacing distance between the components. Inner and outer eccentric disks are received and supported in a hole in the second component. The inner disk has an offset center relative to the outer disk, and has a second bolt hole offset from the inner disk's center. Rotating the two disks accommodates radial misalignments to bring the two bolt holes into alignment. A bolt shaft extends through the bolt holes. While a bolt head or nut at one end of the shaft bears against the eccentric disks, a clamping cone at the opposite end of the shaft is tightened to axially clamp the standoff against the second component, and to radially outwardly spread and clamp the standoff against the internal threading of the first hole in the first component.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2004Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbHInventor: Herbert Steinbeck
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Patent number: 6676349Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing element that essentially consists of a head (1) and a shaft (2) and is preferably configured as a nail or screw. The aim of the invention is to provide said fixing element in such a way that it can be easily assembled and adjusted and preferably adjusted in the horizontal level between several fixing elements. To this end, the head (1) is provided with a variable lifting height (h) and preferably consists of an upper head component (10) and a lower head component (11). In a preferred embodiment, the lower head component (11) is configured as a cam and the upper head component (10) having a slightly protruding edge is adapted in the cross-sectional form.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Inventor: Klaus-Peter Mey
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Patent number: 6503039Abstract: An off-set adjusting nut for use with a bolt permits adjusting at least one characteristic of mechanically connected members. The bolt has a head and a shank extending therefrom, at least a portion of the shank being threaded for engagement with the adjusting nut. The adjusting nut includes a body defining a nut axis therethrough. The body further defines an upper surface and a lower portion. A round flange is formed integral with the body at the lower portion. The flange is formed on the body collinear with the nut axis. An eccentric bore is formed in the body extending from the upper surface to the lower portion and through the flange. The bore has a thread formed therein for engaging the bolt shank thread. The bore is formed off-set in the nut body and defines a bore axis that is parallel to and spaced from the nut axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2000Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Michael E. Ward
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Publication number: 20020164226Abstract: The present invention relates to a connecting element which comprises a bolt element with a head and a shank adjoining the latter. The head is formed from a means of engagement for a tool, which is arranged concentrically in relation to a longitudinal bolt axis, and a first eccentric disk, which is arranged eccentrically in relation to the longitudinal bolt axis. At least one second eccentric disk (22), which has a circumferential punching burr, can be pushed onto the shank by way of an eccentrically arranged push-on opening (24). According to the invention, the shank and the second eccentric disk can only be pushed onto the shank in the correct position, such that the circumferential punching burr is oriented away from the head.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2002Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventor: Manfred Hofschneider
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Patent number: 5876457Abstract: A spinal implant including a hollow, generally tubular shell having an exterior lateral surface, a leading end, and a trailing end. The shell has a helical thread projecting from its exterior surface. The thread includes a plurality of pillars. Each pillar has a height of 100-4500 microns and a lateral dimension at the widest point of 100-4500 microns. The exterior surface has a plurality of holes therethrough to permit bone growth therethrough. The spinal implant may alternatively have a plurality of pillars projecting from its exterior surface in a regular, non-helical array.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: George J. PichaInventors: George J. Picha, Jeffrey A. Goldstein
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Patent number: 5518194Abstract: A fishing reel with a drag sound generating portion produces click sounds when a fish has been hooked. In the drag sound generating portion, a drag cap has spring holder rods for a plate spring. For positive click generation by a click spring in a spool operation sound generating portion, a crank handle joining portion is securely fastened without gap between a rotary shaft and a driving shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1994Date of Patent: May 21, 1996Assignee: Bando Leports Ltd.Inventor: Jong-O Jeung
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Patent number: 5336225Abstract: A surgical bone screw having a head which has asymmetrical radii relative to the central axis of the screw. The cross-section of the head is configured as a lobular shape having a constant radii along one hemisphere of the head, and smaller radii along the opposing hemisphere of the head, with the smallest radius existing approximately perpendicular to the midline of the head member. The asymmetry of the head minimizes surface area of the screw protruding above the bone surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1992Date of Patent: August 9, 1994Assignee: Orthopaedic Biosystems, Ltd.Inventor: Kerry Zang
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Patent number: 5104141Abstract: Camber adjustment assembly for adjustably and securely positioning a wheel within a vehicular suspension system utilizing a generally vertically arranged support strut with the lower end of the strut being provided with a generally "U"-shaped bracket secured fast thereupon. The bracket is typically provided with two vertically spaced apart bore pairs for receiving through-bolts therethrough, and for retaining the knuckle assembly therewithin. The camber adjustment assembly includes an eccentric bolt having an eccentric segment between the head portion and the distal portion, with the eccentric segment being designed to be retained within either the upper or lower series of bores formed in the knuckle assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1991Date of Patent: April 14, 1992Assignee: Northstar Manufacturing Company, Inc.Inventors: Clinton E. Grove, Robert D. Grove, James R. Ryshavy, Thomas G. Spears
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Patent number: 5067955Abstract: This vertebral implant (1) comprises an osseous anchoring element (2), a body (3) having a channel (4) designed to be passed through by a rod (5), and a first screw (9) for securing with the rod, screwed through a clamp (20) able to slide on the rod and to take up a position in the body; this implant comprises at least one second screw (12, 13) for blocking the rod (5), passing through the body (3) laterally to the first screw (9) and engaged in a tapped hole (12a, 13a) inclined relative to the axis (XX) of the said first screw, these two screws (9, 12 or 13) being situated essentially in a phane perpendicular to the axis (YY) of the channel (4) and of the rod (5). The size of this implant is smaller than that of the known clamp and lock implants, and it can be put into position more easily and more quickly by the surgeon.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1990Date of Patent: November 26, 1991Assignee: Societe de Fabrication de Material OrthopediqueInventor: Yves P. C. Cotrel
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Patent number: 4904110Abstract: In a shelving system, a columnar post, an outer plate, and a fastening device for fastening the outer plate removably to the columnar post. The fastening device includes a bolt having a threaded shank and a transverse head, which is integral with the threaded shank, and which includes a longer portion and a shorter portion, and fastener, which is threadable onto the threaded shank. The bolt is adapted to be sucessively inserted through an aperture in the outer plate, inserted through an aperture in a front wall of the columnar post, rotated about the threaded shank in a clockwise sense, and drawn outwardly until the longer portion of the transverse head bears against a curved corner where the front wall merges with a lateral flange of the columnar post, so as to prevent further rotation of the bolt in a clockwise sense. The longer portion of the transverse head is conformed to the curved corner so as to bear in surface-to-surface contact against the curved corner.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1988Date of Patent: February 27, 1990Assignee: Unarco Industries, Inc.Inventor: Herbert H. Klein
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Patent number: 4786204Abstract: A clamping device for exerting clamping forces in two directions to a shank between a pair of spaced clamping members having a transverse stop. The device includes an elongated bolt like body having a pair of axially spaced sections, a head at one end and external threads on an opposite end portion with a nut on the threads for applying a first clamping force to the spaced members. An eccentric section between the shaft sections applies a transverse clamping force to the shank. A pair of flat plates forming the clamping members has two spaced clamping devices and is arranged to slidably clamp to a variety of movable supports. A pair of spaced clamping plates are affixed to the end of a longitudinal frame with the option of a shim to accomodate shanks of smaller sizes.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1986Date of Patent: November 22, 1988Assignee: The Eversman Mfg. CompanyInventor: Bruce H. Mayeda
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Patent number: 4756653Abstract: A fastening element for packing sheets comprises a body having a lateral surface; a thread provided on the lateral surface; a head plate situated at an end of the body and having a diameter larger than a largest diameter of the thread; and a recess extending in the head plate and terminating in the body. The recess is situated centrally with respect to the head plate and has a part configured for receiving a tool for turning the fastening element.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1983Date of Patent: July 12, 1988Assignee: Rehau AG & Co.Inventor: Hellmut Berger
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Patent number: 4741571Abstract: A manually foldable top for automobile vehicles is disclosed which includes a pivot bracket for installing the top on a vehicle body and further includes a spring assembly operatively attached to a side arm assembly for movement of the foldable top from a closed position to an open position; an arcuate slotted hinge mechanism for moving a back window on the foldable top between an open and a closed position, including a seal for forming a sealed window when the window is in the closed position; a linkage and securing assembly for securing the top to the vehicle body when the top is in the closed position; and, a camming bolt for adjusting the position of the foldable top with respect to the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1986Date of Patent: May 3, 1988Assignee: Dura CorporationInventor: Robert G. Godette
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Patent number: 4641863Abstract: A connector for coupling a conduit to a junction box. The connector includes a one piece elongated body portion having a distal end for receiving the conduit and a proximal end for connection in an aperture of the junction box. A pair of radially projecting flange members are spaced apart at the proximal end of the body portion for straddling the aperture edge wall of the junction box. An eccentric cam projecting from the tubular body portion is rotatable into an interference engagement with an outer surface of the apertured wall of the junction box to clamp the connector in place. The cam includes a screw having an offset head. One of the flange members includes a longer tab portion and an opposing smaller tab portion. The other flange member includes an annular rim.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1985Date of Patent: February 10, 1987Inventor: Sami Shemtov
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Patent number: RE34033Abstract: A manually foldable top for automobile vehicles is disclosed which includes a pivot bracket for installing the top on a vehicle body and further includes a spring assembly operatively attached to a side arm assembly for movement of the foldable top from a closed position to an open position; an arcuate slotted hinge mechanism for moving a back window on the foldable top between an open and a closed position, including a seal for forming a sealed window when the window is in the closed position; a linkage and securing assembly for securing the top to the vehicle body when the top is in the closed position; and, a camming bolt for adjusting the position of the foldable top with respect to the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1991Date of Patent: August 18, 1992Assignee: Wickes Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Robert G. Godette