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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367766 | Screw and nut fastening device A device for fastening two parts to each other includes fastening screws extending in aligned passages in the two parts and receiving nuts, and a removable element for preventing the screw heads from moving during tightening or loosening of the nuts on the screws, t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7241094 | Restraint clip A restraint clip for suspending a load-bearing object includes an engaging member having a body defining an engaging member hole, two abutting surfaces, and two non-abutting surfaces; a lock having a lock body with a base defining a lock hole spatially aligned with ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7182562 | Gear bolt retention in an automatic transmission assembly subjected to thrust and bending loading A bolt lock locks a bolt against rotation on an output gear. The bolt lock includes a locking plate having a ring-shaped body encircling the head of the bolt and provided with locking tabs bendable into locking engagement with the flat sides of the bolt head to prev... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7004277 | Power blocks A support member for a differential carrier housing, including a body having first and second apertures configured to align with corresponding apertures on one side of a flange of a carrier housing and configured to receive fasteners extending through the apertures ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6974275 | Locking member for bicycle component A bicycle component assembly is provided that includes a mounting member and a component attachment member coupled together via at least one locking member and at least a pair of fasteners. The locking member is mounted between the component attachment member and th... | 12/13/2005 |
| 5415509 | Infinitely adjustable fastener lock plate and ring An improved lock plate and retaining ring mounting arrangement for securing a gear on a vehicle rotating shaft by a threaded hex-head fastener. The plate has a generally rectangular central aperture with transversely opposed internal side edges and longit... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5332279 | Power door operator for multi-passenger mass transit vehicles A power door operator for multi-passenger mass transit vehicles, typically buses, features electric actuation of dual swinging doors. A manual activator having an ergonometrically correct actuating plunger, for emergency door opening, operates a sleeved c... | 07/26/1994 |
| 4836043 | Connecting rod assembly A bolt retainer (10,110) for holding bolts (22,23,122,123) against rotation consists of a flat plate (12,112) having two or more bolt holes (18,20,118,120) therethrough and an upstanding portion (14,114). Specifically configured bolts (22,32,122,132) have... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4740124 | Threaded insert In the mounting of an attachment to a base member, an insert which has a centrally located threaded hole and an outer cylindrical surface which has an interference fit with a cooperating hole in the base member and is adapted to receive a bolt extending t... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4475857 | Detent Apparatus A detent apparatus for preventing the rotation of delivery valve holders threaded into the body of a fuel injection pump comprises a generally rectangular flat plate which is formed with substantially semicircular notches at its opposite edges for receivi... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4329097 | Adjustable positive means for locking studs and nuts having critical prestress value A pair of nut locking cups are engaged on the external surfaces of a pair of nuts and are constructed so that the outside radius of a cup is equal to one-half of the distances between adjacent studs to allow the cups to be placed on the nuts regardless of... | 05/11/1982 |
