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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126534 | SMART CLAMP DEVICE FOR CONNECTING TUBING A hinged clamp provides quick connection and disconnection of sections of fluid tubing. Some embodiments include a spring-loaded catch mechanism that enables the clamp to be loosely latched, and a winding mechanism that can retract the catch to a securely latched condit... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20110268526 | Injection Molded Torque Nut with Internal Recession A torque nut includes a threaded passageway and a groove. The groove has its opening facing the passageway. A breakaway insert having a major body portion is formed in the passageway, and a tab connected to the major body portion is formed in the groove, for example, by... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110014004 | BOLT AND NUT WITH ROTATION PROHIBITING MECHANISM A set of a bolt and a nut having a rotation prohibiting mechanism comprises a foldable part (30) at the tip of a bolt (20), that can be folded around an axis perpendicular to a bolt axis. A tip portion (30) can be folded to either sides with the dir... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100296891 | Anchor Nut Made of Fibre Reinforced Plastic The invention relates to an anchor nut (1) that is made of fiber-reinforced plastic and comprises an internal thread (6) to be screwed onto a thread of an anchor (16). Said anchor nut (1) has external contours or shapes, by means of which the... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20080261771 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION Inventive embodiments are directed to components, subassemblies, systems, and/or methods for continuously variable transmissions (CVT). In one embodiment, a main axle is adapted to receive a shift rod that cooperates with a shift rod nut to actuate a ratio change in a C... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080038087 | DRIVING HEADS FOR FASTENERS A method of tightening a fastener having a driving head that includes two or more superimposed non-circular enclosed recesses, at least one of the recesses having a different diameter or shape from the other(s). ... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20070189874 | Signal activated fastener array The invention provides a fastening system (40) which includes a plurality of fasteners (12). Each fastener (12) is adapted to be locked or unlocked upon receipt of a suitable signal, such as an electric, magnetic or infrared signal. The fasteners (<... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070048105 | Screw-threaded fastening devices A fastening device has: a mounting member attached to a first component, a screw-threaded assembly rotatable in the mounting member and with a screw-threaded portion for engaging with a screw-threaded portion of a second component to secure the components together; and ... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20060110232 | Threaded fastener assembly The fastener assembly comprises a torquing member and a clamping pressure member assembled together on a common access. The torquing member has annual threads formed around the axis. An annular bearing surface extends around the axis on one end of the member. The clampi... | 05/25/2006 |