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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7763052 | Method and apparatus for flexible fixation of a spine A flexible spinal fixation device having a flexible metallic connection unit for non-rigid stabilization of the spinal column. In one embodiment, the fixation device includes at least two securing members configured to be inserted into respective adjacent spinal ped... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7435032 | Resilient joint for deployable structures A resilient flexure has one end attached within a cavity in a rigid member, and the other end attached within a cavity in a structural mode. The cavities are shaped to limit the flexure's bend radius. The member and the node have mating surfaces that abut to constra... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7367090 | Fitting for wire rope A fitting for a wire rope with a diameter, the fitting including a stiff support and being adapted to hold and to attach the wire rope to the stiff support, the fitting further comprising an elongated flexible enclosure adapted to surround the wire rope, the flexibl... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7313877 | Pin assembly for a two-part ground engaging tooth system and method for connecting components of a two-part ground engaging tooth system to each other A pin assembly for releasably maintaining an adapter and replaceable part or tool of a two-part digging system in operable combination relative to each other. The pin assembly includes a pair of axially aligned retaining pins whose opposed ends are arranged in opera... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308776 | Pole anchor footing system A pole anchor footing system for effectively supporting a post structure within a ground surface. The pole anchor footing system includes a resilient body having a neck portion and a base portion, and an elongate member extending into the body from an upper end of t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7278245 | Radial-hinge mechanism A radial-hinge mechanism includes one or more elongated members arranged and interconnected into a unique, geometry-based, closed-loop assembly often resembling a multi-point star when in its fully-closed mode. The mechanism's signature function is its variable natu... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270138 | Joint mechanism A joint mechanism for use in a rod for bearing at least a portion of a user's weight and a corresponding flexible tip for contacting a substantially horizontal surface. The joint mechanism includes a spring mechanism, a first bushing, and a second bushing. The sprin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7245799 | Optical fiber connectors and systems including optical fiber connectors The invention features an apparatus including a first portion defining an optical axis and configured to connect to an optical fiber, a second portion having a reference surface configured to connect with a terminal, and a third portion between the first and second ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7146652 | Face guard connector assembly for a sports helmet The present invention provides a face guard connector assembly for a sports helmet, such as a football, hockey or lacrosse helmet. The face guard includes a plurality of elongated bar members that intersect to define a grid. The connector assembly removably connects... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7121587 | Wearable book A wearable book. A wearable book, comprising a plurality of pages and a loop adapted for encircling a body portion for attaching said pages to the body, is provided. The pages are preferably bound together at one edge and preferably are of substantially the same siz... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6994379 | Tubular assembly having an internal plug A tubular assembly that includes a plug (45) residing within at least a portion of each of a first tube (12) and a second tube (30), is described. Each of the first and second tubes have perforations (21 and 39) that are separately... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6913412 | Multi-use flexible strap and base connector A flexible strap restraint assembly including a hollow tubular strap, a connector pin device for connecting the end of the strap to a suction cup base assembly. The connector pin includes an extent of reduced cross sectional area between the suction cup and the stra... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6872958 | Platform positioning system A system for precisely positioning and moving a platform relative to a support structure is disclosed herein. The platform is particularly suitable for carrying wafers. Charged particle optics can be attached to the support structure. The platform positioning system... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6869246 | Internodal connector architecture system A universally compliant and restorative internodal connector architecture system wherein a plurality of nodal members are interconnected by a spring and strut assembly in a manner that permits manual or actuated relocation of the nodal spacial definition using stand... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6840700 | Mechanical connecting element The invention relates to connecting elements for mechanically connecting constructive elements (2, 3). It is proposed to use an elastically deformable tensioning element (10), comprising a spring material consisting of a superelastic shape memory alloy... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6796563 | Hermetic seal for devices with limited rotation A hermetic seal (10) for a limited rotation device (12) includes a plurality of vertical convolutes (18) bonded to a device housing (16) at their respective first ends (19). At their respective second ends (21), plurality of... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6783297 | Shift lever bush A projecting portion 52 which becomes convex in radial direction is formed in a rubber elastic body 5 for connecting together an inner cylindrical body 3 mounted to a shaft portion 21a of a lower shift lever member 21 by ext... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6758989 | Liquid-crystalline polymer molding The present invention is to provide a liquid crystal polymer molded article which has an excellent low warpage and is able to be suitably used particularly as a connector or the like. That is, a molded article of a liquid crystal composition in which 100 parts by we... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6719477 | Spacer for vacuum brake booster A lightweight spacer for mounting a vacuum brake booster on a panel provides integral flexible sealing lips to seal the interfaces between the panel, spacer, and booster. Integral retaining tabs are provided for holding the spacer in place on the booster during ship... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6679644 | Universal, inherently-tensile connection and construction system, apparatus, method and product-by-process A modular elongated element (1), an intramodule tensile device (11), a pair of securing and linking devices (12), and an intermodule connector device (13), interconnected using the devices and methods disclosed herein, are used to construct a virtually li... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6669227 | Fastener for fastening a curtain airbag to a vehicle A fastener for securing a tether of a curtain airbag to a vehicle. The fastener includes a border projecting essentiallly from the side of the fastener for locking the fastener to the vehicle. The fastener also has a vertically extending recess in one of ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666611 | Three degree of freedom joint A three-degree of motion joint comprising a translational joint, a first support member, a first rotational joint, and a second rotational joint. The translational joint allows a first component and a second component to move with respect to each other al... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6591461 | Connector with strain relief A connector to attach cable or line to an article of gear whereby the cable or line is protected from fatigue through the use of a strain relief system and incorporates the ability to easily connect or disconnect the gear from the cable. The cable/line is... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6582148 | Elastic shaft coupling having a torsion element The invention relates to an elastic shaft coupling having at least one torsion element (1) which comprises at least one elastomer body (5) serving as a transmission element. Axial metallic connecting flanges (2) are mounted in a fixed manner, preferably b... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6511248 | Brake wire connecting device for a stunt bike A brake wire connecting device for a stunt bike has an upper shell and a lower shell threadingly connected together to form a housing. A connector disposed inside the housing has two branch wires attached on the bottom portion of the connector and each of... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6471435 | Flexural joint A flexural joint, in particular a flexural thrust joint suitable for precision stages and application requiring vacuum is disclosed herein. A two degree of freedom joint comprises: two joint elements, each with a load bearing surface; two flexures attache... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6435756 | Push-pull connector assembly and connector for this assembly In order to provide watertight properties between a spring socket (1) and a release socket (2) for a plug of a push-pull connector, a bellows expansion joint (5) is provided between the spring and release sockets. When the two sockets are spaced apart, th... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6430774 | Crimped bushing A pivot bushing for a suspension system has an inner metal and an outer metal with an elastomeric bushing disposed between the metals. The outer metal has one end which is partially closed by an inwardly curved portion and one end which is open. The assem... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6421965 | Unitized seismic brace A seismic brace for fastening to a support rod at one end and a structural portion of a building, on the other end. The brace is attachable to the support rod without disconnecting it. The brace arm part is bent at an angle of 45° to form a base bracket ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6415560 | Seismic bracing connector A connector for connecting a seismic brace to a support rod, such as for a cable tray, to inhibit movement of the rod during seismic activity. The connector comprises a metal connecting member having an upper portion and a lower portion joined at a junctu... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6328047 | Position adjustment member of a sunshade A position adjustment member of a sunshade includes two connecting holders and an adjusting part. The connecting holders are connected to a lower end of an upper part of a shank and an upper end of lower part of a shank of the sunshade respectively. The c... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6325566 | Load-sensing multi-axis connector A load-sensing, multi-axis connector is disclosed which comprises a series of complimentary leaf springs, which are connected by load cells through spherical bearings. These leaf springs resist the axial displacement of their attached load cells, but are ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6296416 | Vibration damper, in particular for vehicle steering wheels A device for eliminating vibrations in motor vehicles, more particularly vibrations occurring in the steering wheel rim, includes a fastening plate and a vibratory body which is elastically connected to the fastening plate. An element is provided for limi... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6283666 | Planar flexible pivot monolithic unitary modules The planar flexible pivot is constituted by an axial stacking of unitary modules each forming a monolithic unit comprising two coplanar, rigid linking elements positioned substantially so as to face each other and being connected diagonally by an essentia... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6276702 | Wheel suspension assembly A wheel suspension assembly 10 for use with a vehicle having a wheel 11. Assembly 10 includes a tie rod 12, a knuckle 14 having an integrally formed knuckle arm 16, and a ball joint 18 which rotatably couples the tie rod 12 to the knuckle arm 16. Tie rod ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6269556 | Blade holder for a snow-clearing device The invention relates to a holder for connecting a blade (7) to the lower edge (6) of a snow-clearing device, such that the blade is given an acute, cutting angle to the base and can be folded backwards, thereby avoiding damage when running into an obstac... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6247274 | Unitized seismic bracket with strength bend A seismic brace having a brace arm for fastening to a support rod on one end and a structural portion of a building, on the other end, is attachable to the support rod without disconnecting it by a base bracket hinged to the brace arm and a locking bracke... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6238174 | Sticker transfer for lumber stacker A sticker transfer mechanism for a lumber stacker has a swing-away transfer arm for transferring stickers from a sticker conveyor to pans on stacking forks. An arm segment is pivotally mounted to a base section to form the swing-away transfer arm. The piv... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6234903 | Shaft coupling with cooling elements A shaft coupling (1) has at least one elastic torque transmission element (4) in a single piece to which connecting elements (3) are fixed at the driving and driven sides. In order to increase the stressability due to the thermal stresses on the elastic t... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6203437 | Flexible coupling A flexible coupling for connecting a pair of rotating elements, comprising a body part (10) adapted at each end to receive part of the rotating elements, and comprising four slits (20a) each slit being longitudinally and angularly spaced from the other sl... | 03/20/2001 |
