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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7993069 | Ball joint device A double ball joint device comprises a housing, a first joint element having a first ball mounted in the housing, and a first shaft attached to a portion of the first ball protruding through an opening in the housing, and a second joint element having a second ball,... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7481827 | Linking transconnector for coupling spinal rods A Linking Transconnector is disclosed for coupling a first longitudinal spinal rod to a second longitudinal spinal rod. The Linking Transconnector generally includes a pair of hook engaging members for engaging the longitudinal spinal rods, a lateral rod for spannin... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7473048 | Coupling apparatus for structural members The coupling apparatus for structural members includes a paired couplers for coupling structural members with each other, and each coupler includes a cylindrical main body, engaging projections spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals in a circumferen... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7384209 | Ball-and-socket joint connection A ball-and-socket joint connection has a retaining part which has a fastening point for fixedly mounting the retaining part to a structure, and a rod part which is arranged pivotably in a pivoting-angle region in a pivoting plane via a ball-and-socket joint on the r... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7351899 | Quick action drum lug assembly and method Lug assemblies and associated methods of attaching a drum head to a drum body. The lug assembly may comprise a lug body having a seating surface; an elongate link having a proximate end disposed proximate the drum head and a distal end disposed distal from the drum ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7254850 | Radial arm system for patient care equipment A system for supporting patient care equipment alongside a patient support is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of arms supported by a support structure. The arms may be pivoted to either side of the patient support. The arms may be stored... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246781 | Swivel stand with side slot and suction cup base A stand for supporting a vibrator/massaging device provides a swiveling and pivoting relationship through a ball joint connection between the massaging device and the base stand. The base stand comprises a suction cup bottom which enables attachment to a variety of ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243005 | Modular irrigation controller A modular expandable irrigation controller has rotary, slide, lever, bayonet, screw, cam, hard, over-center, fork or push-pull locks for positively securing station modules in receptacles, individually or simultaneously. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241070 | Pivot joint A pivot joint has a first structure comprising a ball mounted in a receptacle, wherein the location of the ball is held with respect to the receptacle, and a second structure mounted on and movable with respect to the ball, wherein the second structure has at least ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7210662 | Display device with a foldable suspension arm A display device includes a display panel having a front surface for display, a rear surface, and two opposite lateral sides. A supporting unit includes a mounting seat adapted to be mounted fixedly on a supporting surface, and a foldable suspension arm having a fir... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209830 | Saddle-type vehicle equipped with a navigation system A GPS antenna is arranged such that it can easily receive satellite radio waves. An ATV is a saddle-type vehicle equipped with a navigation system for measuring the position of the vehicle by receiving radio waves from an artificial satellite. A meter box is mounted... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7178421 | Dual spherical ball clamp A dual spherical ball clamp is employed to allow for pivotal adjustment of a robotic arm to support an object in a desired position. The clamp is formed by a pair of clamp halves bolted together to form a pair of sockets. Each socket receives a spherical ball of an ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163181 | Magnetic mounting assembly A magnetic mounting assembly for securely attaching a positionable object to be variably fixed in a desired selected position to a support, for universally moving the positionable object to the desired selected position, and for holding the positionable object in th... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7118601 | Parallel linkage and artificial joint device using the same There are provided an artificial joint device that can realize an artificial limb enabling twisting motion without a drive source, and when with the drive source, reduce the size and costs of the device, and a parallel linkage that can realize the device. The linkag... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104717 | Roof joint cover A roof joint cover (10) that accommodates expansion, contraction, shear, and rotational movement between the surfaces (12,14) broadly comprises a first bracket (16) to be attached to a first surface (12), a second bracket (18) to b... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094243 | Catheter with an expandable end portion A catheter (2) is used in medical applications, for example for the retrieval of a sample from a patient or the insertion or retrieval of medical devices such as filters, stents (3) to and from the patient. The catheter (2) includes an expandabl... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090181 | Ball and socket mounting assembly A mounting assembly includes a connecting subassembly having first and second exterior arms, and an interior arm having first and second ends disposed between the first and second exterior arms. The first end of the interior arm and a portion of the first exterior a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7065811 | Radial arm system for patient care equipment A system for supporting patient care equipment alongside a patient support is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of arms supported by a support structure. The arms may be pivoted to either side of the patient support. The arms may be stored... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063479 | Link mechanism of surgical robot A link mechanism to establish the position of a spherical bearing and the direction of an arm extending from the bearing is provided, which mechanism has a high precision of position and direction determination, does not require strong actuators, and is mechanically... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062143 | Modular mechanism for protecting fiber optic cables A method and modular mechanism are provided for protecting fiber optic cables. The modular mechanism includes an inner member for receiving the fiber optic cable, and an outer container receiving and retaining the inner member, such as, an inner tube and outer tube.... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040571 | Single pull control horn The present invention concerns a single pull horn with a control arm that may be used to control the movement of a component of a remote or radio-controlled vehicle having a center line. The control arm includes a threaded rod as well as a base member. The base memb... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025315 | Geodesic mounting apparatus A multi-positionable mounting device that provides a substantially stable, load-bearing but relatively adjustable ball and socket mounting device. An interior surface of the socket is formed of first and second opposing part hemispherical socket portions that are re... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7004546 | Stowable chair armrest A stowable chair armrest for a seat assembly which includes a armrest portion connected to the seat assembly through a restricted movement rotating joint which has limited rotation about a horizontal X and Y axes, the Y-axis being parallel to the length of the armre... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6913410 | Ball joint A ball-and-socket joint (1) is provided with a sleeve (2) or a pivot (3) with a partial spherical surface (4) and with a bearing shell (5) surrounding the partial spherical surface (4) in a positive-locking manner with a hol... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6860668 | Method and apparatus for improved stiffness in the linkage assembly of a flexible arm The invention includes linkage assemblies comprising coupled links with metallic contact surfaces with improved stiffness. The inventors found significant mechanical problems with all previous descriptions of metallic contact links sufficient to preclude their comme... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6846022 | Universal joint A universal joint including a first tubular member, a second tubular member, and an intermediate tubular member for connecting the first and second tubular members, the intermediate tubular member having at one end an outer spherical part and at the other end a cyli... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6802328 | Adjustable canopy of a swing set An adjustment device of an adjustable canopy of a swing set includes a fixed part, an engaging part, and an adjustable part. The fixed part is joined to the frame of a swing set, and has locating hooks. The engaging part is securely connected to the fixed part, and ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6767153 | Locking positional arm device A positional arm device is a series of multiple rods connected to each other by a spherical housing and ball joint with a spring-loaded locking piston providing a multiple position holding device serving as an anchor to hold tools in a certain position, and also as ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6760941 | Accessory attachment for magnetic retrieval tool An accessory attachment device for a magnetic retrieval tool includes a ferrous base member having a substantially flat surface for magnetically securing to a magnetic tool and an accessory attachment member extending from the surface; and an accessory member connec... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6739787 | Joint device The present invention relates to a device/connection which can be used e.g. in a vacuum cleaner pipe, which thereby can be made bendable to facilitate vacuum-cleaning under beds, tables and the like. I one simple operation a moveable part (5) can be displaced... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6726392 | Ball joint with dual studs A ball joint (10) connects a first vehicle part (12) to a second vehicle part (14) and enables relative movement between the first and second vehicle parts. The ball joint (10) includes a housing (30) that defines a chamber (40 | 04/27/2004 |
| 6719312 | Steering linkage and ball joint An apparatus for use in a vehicle comprises a first steering link (30) having a first socket (54), a second steering link (34) having a second socket (70), and a steering knuckle (20) having a through hole (44). A stud (9... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6688564 | Flexible tensioning device, especially for medical purposes The invention comprises a flexible tightening device, especially for medical purposes, with one of several jointed element pivotable against one another existing arm, in which the arm can be locked into the desired position of the locking element by means... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6575654 | Flexible snap-together cable enclosure A flexible cable guide member and assembly, the assembly including first and second cable guide members each having a curved wall with open ends. The curved walls define first and second cable pathways respectively for receiving a telecommunications cable... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6551004 | Compensating linkage A mechanical linkage for attaching a first load-carrying member to a second load-carrying member includes an elongated race that defines an axis and at least one ball. The elongated race is formed with an aperture that is surrounded by two opposed faces a... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6540188 | Mounting arrangement for multi-functional arm A mounting arrangement includes a multi-functional arm mounted in a mounting receiver. The arm includes a forward enlarged section, an intermediate recessed section, and a rearward enlarged section. The mounting receiver includes a forward mounting portio... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6352227 | Segmented, ball jointed support A segmented, ball jointed support, which is an improvement over other support devices which make use of ball joints to provide universal flexibility of the support. This support is made up of a plurality of individual hollow segments, each segment shaft h... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6350076 | Ball-and-socket joint connection Disclosed is a ball-and-socket joint connection, in particular for a holding arm system for holding surgical instruments, with a joint ball sitting in a seat of a joint casing and permitting rotation in several axes and with a ball-shaped joint socket whi... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6331089 | Mounting device for bicycle component A mounting device adapted to be coupled to a portion of a bicycle to adjustably support at least one bicycle component thereon. The bicycle mounting device has a bar clamp and a support member. The bar clamp has a bar clamping portion adapted to be couple... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6220556 | Universally adjustable mounting system for switches, or the like A mounting system having a first arm and a second arm adjustably held together. An upper portion of the first arm is pivotably mounted in a first clamp that is pivotably held in a second clamp. The first and second arm are rotatably secured to a pair of m... | 04/24/2001 |
