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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5810333 | Ram device A spreading tool which includes a hollow tube, a first ram member, and a second ram member. The hollow tube has a tubular wall with an axial throughbore and at least one opening extending through the tubular wall. The ram members are slidingly disposed wi... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5692853 | Threaded joint construction and rod assembly incorporating same A threaded joint assembly is provided comprising a first metallic workpiece having an internally threaded cylindrical opening, and a second metallic workpiece having an externally threaded cylindrical surface which is threadingly engaged with the internal... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5544862 | Rescue tool A light weight, quiet and emergency safe, portable "jaws of life" spreading tool actuated by an electric motor. Full high torque at any position, with selectable spreading or cutting motions under high loads is achieved by the use of a rotary, multiple st... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5520064 | Portable rescue tool A portable rescue tool which operates off electric power and which comprises a clutch mechanism for orienting high torque spreading and/or cutting motion that is produced by the portable rescue tool in a plurality of possible directions with respect to th... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5518466 | Jam-tolerant rotary actuator A jam-tolerant rotary actuator 70 through the incorporation of shear lugs 84,92 formed on an inner input sun gear member 82 and on an inner movable output ring gear member 90 which correspond to recesses 88,96 formed in an outer input sun gear member 86 a... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5441131 | Asymmetry/overspeed brake unit An asymmetry/overspeed brake unit designed to stop the rotation of a control surface and its attending drive set and attachment hardware in response to a mechanical overspeed condition or an electrical signal from a flight control computer. The asymmetry/... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5406794 | Dual variable displacement over-center hydraulic motor power drive unit The use of two variable displacement over-center hydraulic motors 12,14 in conjunction with a torque-summing gearbox 16 for maintaining the torque output of a power drive unit 10 in a typical closed loop control system is described. The torque output of t... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5304012 | Drive shaft fitting or coupling A drive shaft fitting or coupling having multiple symmetrically disposed spaced apart splines. The splines are configured with substantially flat perpendicular lateral surfaces, with defined upper corners, and the spacings between adjacent splines have ra... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5297780 | Rescue spreading tool A light weight, quiet and emergency safe, portable "jaws of life" spreading tool actuated by an electric motor. Full high torque at any position, with spreading or cutting motions under high loads is achieved by the use of a rotary, multiple stage, speed ... | 03/29/1994 |
