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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. 05, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jack H Malek, Northridge, CA (US);
Assignee:
KDI American Products, Inc., Moorpark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ; F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
411114 ; 411949 ; 285 82 ; 285 91 ; 285399 ;
Abstract
A locking mechanism for assembled threaded coponents, including a circumferential tongue on one of the components and a corresponding notch on the other component. As a locking position is approached, the tongue is biased out of its normal position by a camming surface adjacent to the notch, and is then released into the notch as the locking position is reached. Unlocking only requires the tongue to be moved out of the notch momentarily during rotation from the locking position.