Bal Seal Engineering, Inc.

Pere Pla-Junca

Derek Changsrivong

Peter J Balsells

Richard Dawson

Jeff Frederick

Hugh Cook

Bill Nissim

Tom H Dao

Rafael Godinez

A connector assembly having a housing and a shaft; at least a groove in the housing or on the shaft; one of the housing and the shaft has a first component and a second component; there being at least a first groove configuration and a second groove configuration resulting from two different relative positions of the first and second components; the first and second groove configurations resulting in a first insertion force and a first removal force of the shaft into and from the housing and a second insertion force and a second removal force of the shaft into and from the housing, respectively.

Spring connectors with adjustable grooves and related methods

Dual directional latch devices or connectors are described wherein a first connector component and a second connector component have a first latched position and a second latched position when moving in a first direction and wherein movement in a second direction is also possible depending on a stop feature. As described, a combination key and key way, a movable sleeve, a stop flange, and a threaded sleeve may be provided to stop movement in the second direction. The dual direction latch devices may be used with articles of manufacture such as with implantable medical devices, door panels, airplane panels, and drilling devices, to name a few.

Multi-latching mechanisms and related methods

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Foothill Ranch, CA, United States of America

Pere Pla-Junca