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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2022
Applicant:

Scalpal, Llc, Baltimore, MD (US);

Inventors:

Eliot Robert Gitman, Jerusalem, IL;

Tuvia Gitman, Jerusalem, IL;

Assignee:

SCALPAL LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 23/00 (2006.01); A61J 1/16 (2023.01); A61J 1/20 (2006.01); B25B 13/46 (2006.01); B25B 15/00 (2006.01); B25B 21/00 (2006.01); F16B 35/06 (2006.01); F16B 37/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J 1/2055 (2015.05); A61J 1/16 (2013.01); A61J 1/2065 (2015.05); A61J 1/2096 (2013.01); B25B 13/46 (2013.01); B25B 21/00 (2013.01); F16B 23/0061 (2013.01); F16B 37/16 (2013.01); A61M 2209/08 (2013.01); A61M 2209/088 (2013.01); B25B 15/005 (2013.01); F16B 23/0023 (2013.01); F16B 23/0092 (2013.01); F16B 35/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A torque enhancement device having torque enhancement member(s) with each having an exterior (preferably bi-symmetric or essentially bi-symmetric) surface configuration with parallel, longer side walls extending in a Y-axis direction and shorter side walls extending in an X-axis direction and corner recesses positioned between ends of adjacent longer and shorter side walls, and with some embodiments of the invention featuring a torque enhancement device having a hole extending in a Z-axis direction. A fastener assembly is also provided that includes one or more torque enhancement devices as well as methods for utilization of the torque enhancement device or utilization or assemblage of an assembly including a torque enhancement device. The surface configuration includes arrangements where there is a torque differential in one direction or the other as well as arrangements that are adapted to handle both standard fastener configurations and torque enhancement configurations with a common torque enhancement device.


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