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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:
Dec. 13, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert E Dehoff, Mt. Joy, PA (US);
Assignee:
AMP, Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
411392 ; 81471 ; 411395 ; 411418 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a threaded member incorporating structural features which prevents more than a required amount of torque or rotational force to be applied thereto. More particularly, the shaft of the threaded member is hollow and slotted so that it buckles or collapses inwardly when the member bottoms out.