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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. 16, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clarence J Wesselski, Alvin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
52646 ; 52648 ; 403217 ; 403171 ;
Abstract
A lock joint for a space station truss has a plurality of struts (2-5) joined together in a predetermined configuration by node point fittings (1). The fittings have removable inserts (6) therein. The lock joint has an elongated housing (12) connected at one end to a strut. A split-fingered collet (53) is mounted within the housing for movement reciprocably therein. A handle (25) on the housing is connected to the collet for moving the collet into the insert where the fingers of the collet expand to lock the joint to the fitting.