Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7766592 | Screw nut for torque limiting, and the use of such a screw nut in a retainer module for limiting the clamping force The present application describes to a screw nut for limiting the torque or the clamping force that is produced by screwing a screw onto a component to be screwed into place, as well as to the use of such a screw nut in a retainer module. The screw nut comprises a c... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7299725 | Torque fastening devices and apparatuses Fastening devices and apparatuses for providing an appropriate amount of torque in a fastening system. Particularly, fastening devices and apparatuses configured to inform a user when an appropriate amount of torque as been used when fastening the fastening device t... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7029216 | Torque-limiting locknut The locknut is adapted for axial engagement of a threaded shaft having an axis and an outer thread. The locknut has properties for limiting a tightening torque on the shaft to a predetermined torque value. In one aspect, a first member is adapted for engagement by a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6994503 | Quick-lock nut for a disc-like tool A quick lock nut (1) for positive friction locking securement of a disc-like tool (2) to an external thread (3) on a working spindle (4) driven about an axis of rotation (A), having an associated inner threaded part (5) and a manua... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6945144 | Torque wrench with finite plurality of selectable torque values A manually operated torque wrench is capable of providing a finite plurality of selectable torque values. The torque wrench has a wrench head, a handle, and a torque-responsive mechanism for producing an indication when a torque value has been applied by the torque ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6915717 | Component for a motor vehicle An assembly unit for a motor vehicle is provided with a lever arm arranged in a bearing block pivotably around an axis on a bolt fixed in mounts of the bearing block. The bearing block has at least one section opening or expanding in case of an accident as a consequ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908126 | Enhanced security catch assembly for retaining a handle on a spindle A catch assembly that locks a handle onto the spindle of a lock mechanism has enhanced resistance to attempts to remove the handle by forcibly driving the catch assembly inwards. The catch assembly includes a base mounted on the spindle having a threaded opening tha... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6808347 | Tensioning nut to secure a disk-shaped tool A tensioning nut to secure a disk-shaped tool is threadable onto the threaded spindle of an electric tool, particularly an electric hand tool with run-out brake such as a right-angle grinder. The nut includes a nut body provided with a corresponding thread, with a c... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6086282 | Coupling mechanism with locking and torque limiting features A coupling mechanism (1) has a threaded body (12) adapted to establish a threaded coupling when rotated, a housing (2) being rotatable by the application of torque thereto, a thrust member (6) coupling the threaded body (12) and the housing (2) for rotati... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5904459 | Fastener apparatus and system with self-setting torque and over-torque protection A fastener apparatus and system for fastening an article through an opening in a mounting plate (501) includes a retaining nut (101) with a head portion (103) having a face surface (105), and a barrel portion (107) emanating from the face surface (105). T... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5795116 | Arrangement in a rotatable device to protect against over-tightening A rotatable device, such as a screw, a bolt, etc., comprises a cylindrical clip (4) inserted into a bore (3) in the head of the rotatable device. The clip (4) is compressed to a certain extent when inserted into the bore in order to confer to the clip a s... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5603595 | Flywheel nut separable connector and method A method and apparatus for separably connecting a first surface to a second surface. The apparatus includes a connecting member provided with a threaded end. A rotatable body threadably engagable with the threaded end is rotatably supported against the fi... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5584626 | Torque-limiting fastening element The invention relates to a fastening element with a torque-limiting function, comprising on the one hand a fastening member (2, 2') with working threads (4), that is to say threads which are active for the fastening function of the element, and on the oth... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5154557 | Torque limit bolt which is reusable and has no breakaway parts A reusable torque limiting bolt having no breakaway parts is provided which has a collar rigidly coupled to an upper bolt portion via four cylindrical pins which are seated in four detents internally formed on the collar and four detents externally formed... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5100275 | Quick locking fasteners A quick locking fastener has a base defining an interior chamber and forward and rearward portions. Plural generally contiguous internally threaded insert nut segments are in the interior chamber of the base, having a tail remote from the forward portion ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4941358 | Process for proofing a threaded joint A threaded fastener joint is proofed by a wrenching washer between the fasteners of the joint and the work. The wrenching washer has the clamp-up load applied by the fasteners to the work applied through it. After an attempt to make the joint, the wrenchi... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4909761 | In-line breakaway fuse holder A holder for an electric fuse has a first receiving body which has an internally threaded nut assembled thereto in a manner allowing relative rotation between them. The assembly of the nut to the body allows separation of the nut from the body when a pred... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4884930 | Panel fastener with friction cones A fastener apparatus for joining together a plurality of plates, including an internally-threaded pin adapted to be guided through aligned openings in the plates and a generally cup-shaped accommodating element that can be tightened with the pin via a thr... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4732343 | Handle attaching screw assembly for a fishing reel A screw assembly for attaching a handle and handle shaft to a rotatable drive shaft in a body of a fishing reel. The screw assembly includes a threaded screw for engaging a tapped bore in the drive shaft and an ornamental knob slidable along the screw bet... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4687392 | Torque limiting fastener A torque limiting fastener in which a torque limiting coupling between telescoping head and driven elements includes a resilient spring carried by one element and a complementary recess formed in the other element, the engagement of the spring with the co... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4555207 | Floating nut A torque transmitting mating component for a mating assembly which, during assembly, provides at least one degree of freedom of movement selected from radial, axial and angular movement comprises an outer member, an inner member and torque transmitting el... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4367674 | Actuator device An actuator device used with an engine-idle control system of an automobile provided with an air-conditioner, and is adapted so as to operate an operating rod in association with a throttle valve opening lever of an internal combustion engine. The actuato... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4258606 | Screw A screw adapted to be driven by an ordinary straight-bladed screwdriver, the head of the screw having a cylindrical socket formed in the top surface of the head thereof coaxially with the screw shank adapted to receive the driver blade therein, the wall o... | 03/31/1981 |
