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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:
May. 28, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert E Ferree, Greensburg, PA (US);
Harry N Andrews, Export, PA (US);
Frank W Cooper, Jr, Monroeville Borough, PA (US);
Joseph R Herberg, Monroeville Borough, PA (US);
Assignee:
Space Industries Partnership, L. P., Webster, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403349 ; 403316 ; 403353 ;
Abstract
A ring latched coupler includes a male assembly having a plurality of grooves and a female assembly having a plurality of slots. The female assembly is configured to receive the male assembly. A latching ring is rotatably carried by the female assembly. The latching ring is configured such that upon rotation of the male and female assemblies relative to the latching ring, portions of the latching ring extend through the slots in the female assembly to engage grooves in the male assembly.