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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8046899 | Universal shaft and head connector A connector for releasably securing a shaft and a head having a hosel with a bore of standard size. The connector includes a shaft adapter, a hosel adapter, and a compression nut. The shaft adapter has a shaft bore sized to receive the shaft, a first threaded coupli... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7996981 | Method of joining pipes in end to end relation A method for connecting pipe elements together end to end. The method includes providing a coupling having a plurality of segments with at least one camming surface, the segments being joined end to end by a plurality of adjustably tightenable fasteners, positioning... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984542 | Multi-strand cable termination means An insertion tool for manipulating a cable termination device having an auxiliary handle section pivoted to a base handle section, the inner and outer bodies of a cable termination device nested together with multiple cable strands positioned between the two bodies,... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7946021 | Double safety fastener A double safety fastener prevents accidental disengagement. The double safety fastener is composed of a first and second threaded fastener. The two fasteners are joined with a pivotable protrusion extending from the first fastener into a recess of the second fastene... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7874059 | Attachment for ceramic matrix composite component A bushing (30, 31) in a hole (26) through a ceramic matrix composite structure (20) with a flange (34, 38) on each end of the bushing (30, 31) extending beyond and around the hole and pressing against opposed surfaces (22,24... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7849580 | Articles and methods for installing hook bolts Articles and methods for installing hook bolts on bridge decks constructed of timbers and structural steel members. A tether is lowered through a hole in a timber, captured below the bridge deck, and drawn upward around the timber or between timbers. A hook bolt is ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7827669 | Drill guide A method of joining together a first and second workpieces. The method comprises; drilling a first hole at least partially through the first workpiece with a drill bit oriented in a first direction; drilling a second hole at least partially through the first workpie... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7818869 | Method of using a coupling having an angularly oriented cavity A method for joining pipe elements in end to end relation uses a coupling that includes interconnectable coupling segments having connection members at opposite ends. The connection members are tightenable for drawing the segments toward one another and into engagem... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7784166 | Coupling device A coupling device for connecting tools with different configuration to a driving mechanism. The coupling device may have a longitudinal axis, a first clamping device which may engage a tool with a peg-shaped clamping segment and a second clamping device which may en... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7761972 | Eccentric fastening device An eccentric fastening device is provided. The eccentric fastening device includes a first threaded fastener, a base and a rotary lug providing a non-fastened pre-assembled position. The base includes a top, a bottom, a stem and a hole, where the stem axially extend... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7716805 | Screwed connection The invention relates to a screwed connection, particularly designed for screwing together housing parts. A tight-fitting neck (2) is provided with a tangent continuous transition (37) between the cone (2) and the bolt head (3), in order ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7594312 | Fitting aligner and method of aligning and connecting threaded fasteners A system for aligning and connecting a threaded male fastener for securing an oil line to a correspondingly threaded female fastener at the inlet of an oil cooler in a radiator tank has a guide sleeve having a cylindrical internal surface and a central axis adapted ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7581301 | Method for attaching a non-metal component to a metal component A fastener assembly for attaching components of dissimilar materials includes a fastener having a base portion and a protruding portion, and a mechanism for tightening the assembly. The base portion is shaped to be complementary for mating with an attachment feature... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7578044 | Coordination hole apparatus and methods of use Apparatus and methods for use are disclosed for coordinating a hole of one part with a hole of another part. The apparatus may include a base member, a pin member defined by a slot having a first length in one direction which is greater than a second length in a sec... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7434304 | Method to assemble components using brackets and bracketed assemblies with bracket furniture components Unique brackets, which form a bracket assembly that may be placed at any location of various components to form an assembly piece, such as furniture are disclosed. An assembled furniture piece made of furniture panels interconnected with attached engaging and receiv... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421783 | Methods of installing centerline supported carriers for steam turbines Jack screws are threaded into the lower carrier half adjacent opposite ends and sides of the lower carrier half for supporting it on temporary support plates on shoulders in the lower outer shell. Tapped openings are provided below the temporary support plates. Alig... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7404246 | Manufacturing method for the hole-punching assembly of a hole-punching unit An improved manufacturing method for the hole-punching assembly of a hole-punching unit is disclosed. The method of the present invention comprises the following steps: (1) forming a plurality of aluminum balancing pieces with a rectangular shape by extrusion, and f... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7373709 | Method of installing a blind threaded fastener A method of installing a threaded fastener from one side of a hole through a substrate. The fastener includes a collar and a bolt having a head, a threaded tail portion and a tool engagement portion extending from the tail. The method includes: (a) engaging the tool... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7350438 | Connection rod for internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine connecting rod is designed with bolts having a minimum required strength. A strength safety factor Sfa is calculated based on an axial strength limit load FX of the bolt and the maximum load FB to be born by the bo... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7263744 | Handle assembly for refrigerator The present invention relates to a handle assembly for a refrigerator. According to the present invention, there is provided a handle assembly for a refrigerator. The handle assembly comprises a pair of handle holders each of which is formed with a cavity therein an... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264416 | Hollow chamber profile system for precision superstructures A hollow chamber profile system for precision superstructures for gauges, measuring and control devices, and all types of devices, having first bore holes (9) which are arranged in a defined modular dimension, and second bore holes (11) which are arran... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260879 | Wheel bearing on an axle body for vehicles The invention concerns a method for mounting a wheel on an axle housing in the form of an axle tube for vehicles, in particular commercial vehicles. The wheel is fixed with, for example, wheel bolts to a wheel hub, pivoting on the axle stub of the axle tube, and the... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257876 | Holder for a wear part of a crusher A rotor of a vertical shaft impact crusher includes a vertical rotor wall segment having a first wall portion being substantially tangential in relation to the rotor and a second wall portion being angled in relation to the first wall portion. A tip holder for mount... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249404 | Hammermill with stub shaft rotor apparatus and method An improved rotor design for hammermills. The invention eliminates the solid rotor shaft and replaces it with a tubular structure comprised of two stub rotor shafts with plate flanges and grooved spacer rings therebetween. End head disks, attached to the plate flang... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240917 | Actuatable fastener An actuatable fastener (50) includes a body (80) including a head (82) and a shank (84). The body (80) includes an interior chamber (120) partially defined by a side wall (132) extending from the head (82) into... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237314 | Method of securing a nut plate to a wall defined by an aperture through a workpiece A method of securing a nut plate to a workpiece includes the step of providing a nut plate include a nut, a holding bracket having tubular and bracket portions, and a stem. The tubular portion has an aperture therethrough which is inwardly tapered from a first end t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7213321 | Method of attaching a captive panel fastener to a circuit board A method of assembling a captive panel fastener to a printed circuit board comprises the steps of placing an axially-extending shank of a captive fastener retainer through a mounting hole in a printed circuit board, soldering the retainer to the printed circuit boar... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210909 | Connection between bladed discs on the rotor line of a compressor A first rotor piece includes a first ring provided with a succession of holes and notches. An assembly is formed by a second rotor piece fixed to a third rotor piece. The second piece ends downstream in a second ring including holes. The third piece ends upstream in... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210211 | Three ply bolted temporary road mats and apparatus for manufacturing same An apparatus for making temporary road mats characterized by multiple layers of mutually perpendicular elongated timbers having an array of vertical intersections aligned in lateral rows. The apparatus includes a gang drill that moves relative to a roughly assembled... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207220 | Fluid coupling for a chromatograph A fluid coupling comprises a compliant material, a seal gland having at least one projection configured to contact the compliant material, and a cover plate configured to compress the compliant material into the gland, thus forcing the compliant material against the... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204410 | Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system, and medium A structure of a system using an IC card is simplified. A controller and active antennas are connected to each other through a bus. The controller transmits a command outputted from a host computer and including an ID for discriminating the active antennas to all th... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7172380 | Wheel nut assembly A wheel nut assembly includes a stud (1), a main wheel nut (4) mountable on threads (3) provided on the stud, and a retaining nut (6) engageable with threads (5) provided on the stud to prevent accidental loosening of the wheel nut... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166170 | Cylinder-based plasma processing system A method and system for reducing the cost of a vacuum processing system by utilizing separately fabricated parts for the walls and the tops and bottoms of chambers. Walls are formed from cylinders (e.g., aluminum tubing or rolled ring forgings), and plates are then ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162790 | Fastener and method for supporting elongated material A fastener for mounting elongated material, such as cables and wires, to a supporting structure includes a major body portion having an aperture for receiving elongated materials of various dimensions, and at least one anchor bore through which an anchor is inserted... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160047 | Functional element arrangement, functional element, auxiliary assembly element, assembled component and method for producing an assembled component A functional element arrangement which includes a functional element which is to be mounted on a component, especially but not exclusively on a brittle or non-rigid component made of a material containing cavities or pores, e.g. plastic, wood, metal foams, plastic o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155796 | Method for assembling a modular sports field A modular synthetic grass playing surface system formed from a plurality of modular units. Each modular unit has a synthetic grass layer placed upon predetermined sized pallets having a pre-installed elastomeric layer. A layer of resilient particle infill is optiona... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152295 | Fastening arrangement for a center console module of a motor vehicle A fastening arrangement for a center console module of a motor vehicle includes a transversely extending assembly carrier, a pedal bracket rigidly fastened to the assembly carrier, and a front wall cover connected with the pedal bracket. The assembly carrier is fast... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131201 | Coupling device and improved method of assembly thereof A coupling device (11) and method of assembly, the device being of the type including a plenum member (17) disposed at one axial end of the coupling housing (13,15), the method comprising configuring the plenum member (17) such that each ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7120982 | Method for attaching a head and neck support device to a helmet A post attachment device for connecting a helmet to a head and neck support. The device includes a post anchor having a base, a button, a resilient member, a post, a retainer and a catch having a slot with a larger first section connected by a channel to a smaller s... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7082664 | Method for mounting an anchor An fastener for securing fixtures to buildings or other base materials. The fastener is assembled by a mechanical engagement between two pieces. The first piece includes a first and second bore. The first bore may be connected to a fixture, such as a pipe hanger, an... | 08/01/2006 |
