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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Nicholas Slater, Chandler, AZ (US);
Joshua A. Butters, Chandler, AZ (US);
Carlyle J. Creger, Wellsville, UT (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Slater, Chandler, AZ (US);
Joshua A. Butters, Chandler, AZ (US);
Carlyle J. Creger, Wellsville, UT (US);
Assignee:
IMDS Corporation, Logan, UT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for securely, yet releasably, connecting separate parts. A shaft engages a cooperating socket to form a connection capable of sustaining service loads. The shaft has a protruding pin which slides within a slot in the socket to guide the shaft into locked engagement with the socket. The shaft also has a cantilever body which wedges into a tapered region in the socket to frictionally bind the shaft and socket together.