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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2013
Ronald A. Smith, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ronald A. Smith, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to ratcheting thread clamping devices and the use of multiple interleaved thread structures on one or more of the segments of the ratcheting device. It is shown how the use of such multiple threads reduces locking distance when the ratcheting device is moved in the ratcheting direction along a single-threaded rod, that is, reduced locking distance is achieved with an improved thread clamping device without the necessity of any changes to the threaded rod to which the device clamps. Multiple thread structures thus reduce locking distance in prior art devices typically having frustoconical segment surfaces as well as in more recent devices having nut segments with planar surfaces.