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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7234906 | Threaded 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 |
| 6953313 | Self-locking linear adjustment mechanism A self-locking linear adjustment mechanism may be configured in the form of a rod assembly or a cartridge assembly. The self-locking linear adjustment mechanism in the form of a cartridge assembly includes a self-locking linear adjustment mechanism including a locki... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6048151 | Threaded fastener A compressibly resilient strip is retainably disposed in an axial slot in a threaded shank which is advanced through a bore in a plurality of workpieces. A rigid retainer member is inserted into the slot to urge the resilient strip against the bore to inc... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5549612 | Osteosynthesis plate system An osteosynthesis plate system is particularly well adapted to securely fuse adjacent cervical vertebrae. The plates are adapted for mounting upon the anterior or posterior surfaces of the vertebrae. Plates for mounting on the anterior vertebral surfaces ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5411357 | Screw thread locking insert A device for locking a threaded insert into a prepared hole in a parent material. The device includes a locating portion, a locking portion and a gripping portion which is removed upon installation. The locating portion comprises a finger which is positio... | 05/02/1995 |
| 4895485 | Locking key for threaded insert A key for locking a threaded insert in a carrier material is provided with an improved tang portion. The improved tang portion includes spring retention means for reducing the friction required to position and hold the key within an insert slot prior to f... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4636121 | Holding screw A holding screw rotatable in an inward direction having means to prevent or retard rotational movement in the opposite direction. The screw device includes a conventional screw body having external helical threads to move the screw inwardly by rotating in... | 01/13/1987 |
| 3939889 | Threaded assembly The preferred embodiment of this invention includes a member having an external thread and a nut received thereon. The nut has an annular plastic insert. A locking wedge, received in a keyway or groove in the member, is in wedged engagement with the plast... | 02/24/1976 |
