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Class 411/259 - Comprising a thread lock


Subclass of Class 411 - Expanded, threaded, driven, headed, tool-deformed, or locked-threaded fastener
Definition: Device wherein the rotation restricting means comprises
No. of patents: 27
Last issue date: 04/22/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7363175Query based electronic battery tester
An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base...
04/22/2008
7326843Locking nut assembly for hi-hat clutch
A locking nut assembly for hi-hat clutch comprises a main body having a bolt hole, a locking nut is disposed in the main body, the locking nut a central threaded opening for receiving a threaded stem of the hi-hat clutch, and a key bolt. The locking nut further havi...
02/05/2008
7326014Interactive fit screw thread
A threaded fastener includes a curved-line path thread provided in a helical pattern along a shank of the fastener. The curved-line path can be provided on either side of the standard straight-line path or on opposite sides of the straight-line path. The curved-line...
02/05/2008
7246979Multi-pitch screw, multi-pitch nut, feed screw device using the screw and nut, and method of producing the nut
A flat portion 12a and a slope portion 12b are provided on a thread 12 of a multi-pitch screw 10 alternately. The flat portion and the slope portion are provided on the thread of a multi-pitch nut which fastens with this. Co...
07/24/2007
7234906Threaded insert for fasteners
A threaded insert for providing stronger threads to a parent material. The threaded insert includes a bushing portion having male threads on the external surface and female threads within an internal bore. The threaded insert also includes keys which lock the thread...
06/26/2007
7192039Skateboard truck mounting assembly, and methods for making and using same
An assembly is disclosed for mounting a truck having multiple mounting holes passing therethrough. The assembly includes a pair of removable fasteners and a body having a pair of spaced apart holes. Each of the holes passes through the body, corresponds to a differe...
03/20/2007
7189122Hand lever battery terminal connector
A battery terminal connector, especially for securement to the battery terminal post of an electrical storage battery. The battery terminal connector includes at least a body portion, a generally circular opening within that body portion for receiving the battery te...
03/13/2007
7101131Attachment system
An attachment system for securing a rod member in a mounting opening of a constructional component (44; 74; 97) includes a receiving sleeve (5; 37; 64; 73; 93) for receiving the rod member (23; 40), and an actuation member (4; 35; 62; 72; 81;...
09/05/2006
7077711Cam lock for electrical terminal
A lever is attached to a power distribution module by a bracket. The lever has cam elements positioned over a conductor connected to the power distribution system within the module. The cam elements each have a rounded surface and an adjacent flat surface. The condu...
07/18/2006
7034541Query based electronic battery tester
An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base...
04/25/2006
7014403Finish screw fastener
A fastener including a head having a screw driver or wrench engagement feature. The fastener includes a threaded shank extending from the head. A plurality of voids or scores in the shank spaced from but near the head permit rotational torque on the head in one dire...
03/21/2006
6979163Push-in removable fastener
A plastic push-in or drive fastener having a enlarged head and a shank is disclosed. The fastener is configured to allow the shank to be pushed through a complementary shaped aperture or opening in an article using a relatively low insertion force. A helical screw o...
12/27/2005
6346114Adjustable length member such as a cap of a lancet device for adjusting penetration depth
Adjustable length element includes a first member having threads and a second member having threads. The adjustable length member also includes at least one protrusion on one of the first member and the second member, with the at least one protrusion bein...
02/12/2002
6131291Adjustable, quick disconnect pivot fastener
An adjustable and releasable fastener for a pivoting hand tool includes a first bushing and a second bushing which are press fit in respective tool elements, the second bushing extending into a hole in the first bushing to form a pivot bearing. The first ...
10/17/2000
5702217Braking nuts or screws and mountings obtained with same devices
Screw or nut braking rings and mountings established with the rings include a nut having an upper portion hollowed from a circular throat. Slits divide the upper portion into blocks by cutting the throat. A shape-memory alloy ring is housed in the throat ...
12/30/1997
5242252Self-locking threaded connection
A self-locking connection between a bolt and a nut is obtained by making at least one face of at least one flight of the external thread of the bolt and/or the internal thread of the nut incongruous with the adjacent face of the other thread. This results...
09/07/1993
4983086Fastener for battery connector
A manually manipulatable nut and bolt fastener for a battery terminal clamp provides an nut configured to engage one of the fingers of a typical bifurcated battery terminal clamp and a bolt engaging the other finger to move the fingers relatively responsi...
01/08/1991
4940377Laminated nut having cage with nested fingers and method of manufacture
A laminated nut comprising a plurality of conical spring discs or spring washers and a cage for receiving and holding the spring discs in a stacked, aligned relationship to define a central opening threaded to the matably received upon an associated threa...
07/10/1990
4794899Correction spring capsule for injection devices of internal combustion engines
A correction spring capsule which has a stop bolt inserted in a stepped longitudinal bore of a housing embodied as a screw sheath, a correction spring and an adjusting screw, which forms the abutment for the correction spring. This adjusting screw has the...
01/03/1989
4305113Adjustable low loss capacitor with slotted rotor
A rotor for an adjustable low loss capacitor having a hollow cylindrical stator with an internally threaded bushing at one end, an axially adjoining insulative cylindrical body, a conductive end member and concentric radially spaced conductive tubes insid...
12/08/1981
4304039Method and an article for joining articles
A concept of joining two articles where one member has a plurality of ridges with the valleys between the ridges having a constant cross-sectional area but a sequentially varying cross-sectional shape so when such a member is inserted into a cavity having...
12/08/1981
4299520Drive nut
A drive nut has a hollow interior in which a plurality of cantilever clamping members which are arranged with equal spacing around a common circle and extend substantially parallel to the nut centerline, and which are rigidly and integrally fixed at their...
11/10/1981
4295384Ball nut and screw assembly with travel limit stop
This ball nut and screw assembly has a ramplike stop secured to screw shaft. On predetermined linear movement of the ball nut relative to the screw shaft, the balls contained in the ball nut are forced to climb the ramp and are compressively loaded to for...
10/20/1981
4194806Connector
A connector such as for a manually installable fuse having a stud threadedly engageable with a nut, with mechanism for signalling the installer when the correct threaded engagement has been achieved and for establishing improved electrical conductivity at...
03/25/1980
4095749Nozzle
The nozzle includes a sleeve and a hollow body concentrically disposed within the sleeve. A hollow cylindrical baffle housing is coaxially maintained within the body by vanes which extend between the housing outer wall and the body inner wall. Formed on t...
06/20/1978
4082130Fastening means
A fastener consisting essentially of a male member and a female member having a bore engageable over the male member, and a threaded member threadable in a partially threaded bore having an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the male ...
04/04/1978
4024899Lock nut and bolt construction
A semi-friction and interlocking operative association is provided between a threaded shank portion and a nut or similar device threadly engaged thereon whereby unwanted accidental loosening of the shank portion and the nut will not occur. The apex or cre...
05/24/1977
 
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