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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8313275 | Wedge fastener A wedge fastener configured for use in extreme ambient conditions includes a pin or bolt having a head and a shank with an elongate slot through the shank. The wedge fastener also includes a wedge sized so that at least a portion of the wedge may extend through the ... | 11/20/2012 |
| 7364381 | Pivotal connector assembly A connector assembly pivotally couples a caster assembly with a pivot arm of an agricultural implement. The connector assembly includes first and second structural support plates having openings to receive a connector pin therethrough pivotally coupling the arm betw... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354217 | Fastening device and method for attaching an object to a support structure A fastening device for attaching an object to a support structure, comprising at least one locking member on the object or the support structure and adapted for insertion in an aperture running through the support structure or the object. A transverse hole in the lo... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350221 | Height adjustment device suitable for use in an optical disk apparatus A height adjustment device is provided that has a first chassis having an adjustment hole, an adjustment screw that stands when threadedly engaged with the adjustment hole in the first chassis, a second chassis locked by the adjustment screw so as to have a preset s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7150596 | Toggle bolt device A fastener apparatus is disclosed that features projecting locking members that extend and retract when a central drive shaft is rotated. The exterior of the connector has a body that is partially threaded to receive a nut so that two structures (eg. flanges, panels... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7131808 | Retaining wedge for concrete forms A retaining wedge for concrete forms has a tapered body of generally trapezoidal or triangular configuration. Oppositely diverging side edges of the body are provided with alternating peaks and valleys so as to present a number of detent-like depressions that encour... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7077610 | Toggle bolt device A toggle bolt type connector has projecting locking members that extend and retract when a central drive shaft is rotated. The exterior of the connector has a body that is partially threaded to receive a nut so that two structures (eg. flanges, panels, plates, beams... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6905106 | Tapered pin for poured concrete wall form panels A pin and wedge combination to couple adjacent panels of a concrete wall form together includes a pin with a tapered region along its shank to assist in removal of the pin from the hole in the flange of the panel and the tie-rod during disassembly of a concrete wall... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6325581 | Steel setting device The steel setting device is a pair of temporary bolts, wherein each bolt having an enlarged flat head portion, a cylindrical body portion with a slot extending through the body portion proximate the head, and a tapered portion. The device includes a flat ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 5904875 | Sloped wedge for use with concrete wall panel pins In the poured concrete wall industry, adjacent form panels are commonly coupled together by a slotted pin and wedge combination. Advantageously, the slotted pin and wedge combination includes a sloped wedge so that the narrow end of the wedge is spaced fr... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5803689 | Device for interconnection of two objects A device for fastening together two devices (1, 30), wherein the first device (1) comprises a screw (20) with a pointed end section (26), and at least one engagement element (50) which is arranged to abut against the end section (26) and radially movable ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5570982 | Screw hole with preinstalled screw The present invention relates to a screw hole (12) in hardware parts (10), especially in metal furniture hardware, in which is screw with a given outside thread diameter provided with a truncoconical countersink head can be preinstalled. The hole (12) has... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5486197 | Two-piece suture anchor with barbs A two-piece suture anchor is disclosed wherein a barrel-like main portion is provided with a pair of legs in a central opening. A ball-like actuating device is received within the central opening and drawn upward into the device in order to separate the l... | 01/23/1996 |
| 4846615 | Pin and wedge fastener for connecting lattice panel bridges A pin and wedge combination for connecting together adjoining lattice bridge panels (M) is characterised in that the pin (P) has a plurality of diametric slots (S) spaced along its axis and with ends which overlap in the general direction of the axis. Add... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4822197 | Quick connect/disconnect assembly A quick connect/disconnect assembly includes a headed bifurcated primary member or post having a secondary or locking means releasably, slidably and swingably related thereto for movements between locked and unlocked positions.... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4508479 | Device for pulling together A fastener for sheet metal has a head, a bifurcated stem, a cross-piece running radially through the stem, and a gripping keeper placed between the sides of said stem with a pin running through a cutout in said gripping keeper. At least one side of the cu... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4382719 | Methods of reinforcing and stabilizing an earth structure, and a stabilizer set therefor According to an embodiment thereof, the stabilizer set comprises a first, basic, friction rock stabilizer for insertion into a bore formed within an earth structure, and a second, supplementary, friction rock stabilizer, having an annulus for supporting a... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4240322 | Wedge-pin fastener A fastener for joining a pair of elements comprises a fastener member having an elongated stem provided at one end with an enlarged head and formed spaced from this head with a transversely throughgoing passage. This fastener member is insertable through ... | 12/23/1980 |
