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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
David A Kesselman, Sonoma, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
81 5 / ;
Abstract
A torque limiter for limiting the amount of torque applied to off-the-shelf fastening members which are not themselves inherently torque limiting. The torque limiter is separate from the fastening member and is applied thereto to grippingly engage that fastening member. The torque limiter undergoes tension induced breakage upon application of a predetermined torque thereto. The tension induced breakage frees the torque limiter from gripping engagement with the fastening element to thereby prevent further torque application to the fastening member via the torque limiter.