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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Robert Dupont, Andover, NJ (US);
Lindsay Conner, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Jason Westling, Ogdensburg, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Rubber-Fab, Inc., Andover, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
411-7 ; 411911 ;
Abstract
A torque-limiting fastener in which a threaded member having a drivable head portion is rotationally mounted within a capsule containing a calibrated spring loading element which is adapted to be compressed in one direction of rotation and released in the opposite direction of rotation, the capsule frictionally engaging the drivable head portion in the one direction of rotation until the compressed spring element exerts sufficient axial force to overcome the frictional engagement between the capsule and the drivable head.