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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:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard W Van derDrift, Larkspur, CA (US);
Robert G Ullrich, Alameda, CA (US);
Paul S Turin, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
411208 ; 411299 ; 411300 ; 411951 ; 411329 ;
Abstract
A self-locking nut designed to work with a male thread's that have a slot, keyway or hole along their threads. A novel locking ring (13) placed in a cavity (23)in one end of the nut. One or more fingers (24) on the locking ring lock into a slot, recess, hole or keyway in the male thread and multiple projections on the clip lock into recesses (22) in the female component. By locking the male component to the clip and the female component to the clip the device locks the male component to the female component.