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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:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
William D. Nygren, Denver, CO (US);
Jeremy Fix, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/00 ; F16L 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/00 ; F16L 2/300 ;
Abstract
The invention is a separable connector that includes nut and bolt assemblies for joining two structural elements together. The thread geometry is selected such when the nut and bolt assemblies are threadably joined and a tension load applied therebetween, upon release of nut the tension load is converted into rotational energy causing the nut to rotate at high speed acting as a flywheel causing the nut to spin off of the bolt.