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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. 08, 1995
Filed:
May. 25, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erik E Evenson, Houston, TX (US);
Christian P Lupo, Houston, TX (US);
Clarence J Wesselski, Alvin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403321 ; 403 24 ; 403 18 ; 526551 ;
Abstract
A releasable coupling device for connecting two members to one another where a collet type fastener has normally retracted latching fingers insertable into a latching recess and a longitudinally movable expander for activating the fastener. The longitudinal movement is retained with a paraffin actuated system which can reset. The longitudinal movement of the expander in one direction is through a one way threaded ratchet system which provides an automatic locking action and the expander is movable in either direction by an independently operated threaded action.