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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:
Sep. 03, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Horst J Zeidl, Midland, CA;
Assignee:
TRW Automotive Products, Inc., Romeo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ; G09F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403402 ; 403297 ; 403348 ; 40155 ;
Abstract
A joint is formed by positioning a connector within channel members to be joined which has a rotatable eccentric with different length radii to engage the lateral edges of the channels, and rotation of the eccentric causes its longer length side to engage the channel edges first, bringing the channel members tightly together as they are fastened.