| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
| 403343000 | SCREW OR CAM | 15 |
| 20130078034 | BUILDING BLOCK - Disclosed is a building block having a body, a stud and a cavity. The stud and cavity have threaded surfaces, allowing blocks to be rotated together to form a secure structure. Specifically, the stud of one block may be inserted and rotated into the cavity of another block, providing a secure connection between the two blocks. The blocks may be separated by rotation in the reverse direction. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130084131 | TAPERED THREAD CONFIGURATION WITH IMPROVED DURABILITY - Underground drilling operation often requires connecting a drill tool (e.g., drill bit, backreamer, etc.) to a drill string. It is desirable to connect the drill tools to a drill string in a manner that facilitates quick and easy assembly and disassembly. Low torque coupling, commonly referred to as “torque-less” connection, can provide such functionality. The useful life and strength of such connections can be improved upon. The present disclosure provides a low torque coupling with improved strength and durability. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20090010709 | MULTI-PIECE TOOL ASSEMBLY AND CUTTING TOOL - A multi-piece tool assembly includes a male threaded member having an external thread, and a female threaded member having an opening adapted to receive at least part of the male threaded member up to a predetermined depth and an internal thread adapted to mate with the external thread of the male threaded member. When the male threaded member is received in the opening to the predetermined depth, substantially all forces between the external thread and the internal thread are oriented along an axis of the female threaded member, a working portion of the tool assembly being provided on one of the male threaded member and the female threaded member. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20120107042 | Blind and pre-loaded mortise and tenon joint - A blind and pre-loaded mortise and tenon joint. The joint includes a first joint part, a second joint part, and at least one wedge. The first joint part has a tenon extending outwardly therefrom. The second joint part has a mortise extending therein. The at least one wedge is pre-loaded into the tenon of the first joint part before the tenon of the first joint part is inserted into the mortise of the second joint part so as to allow the tenon of the first joint part to expand against the mortise of the second joint part as the at least one wedge drives further into the tenon of the first joint part by engaging the mortise of the second joint part until the tenon of the first joint part bottoms out in the mortise of the second joint part at which time the tenon of the first joint part is blindly captured in the mortise of the second joint part. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20090279947 | SUCKER ROD - An improvement in a sucker rod having an elongated metal body with opposed ends and threaded couplings positioned at each of the opposed ends comprises a thread form on the threaded couplings defining at least two concurrent helixes. Each of the at least two helixes has a different starting position on a circumference of the threaded coupling. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20110243655 | DISTANCE DEVICE AND FASTENING SYSTEM HAVING DISTANCE DEVICE - A distance device bridges a free space between a carrier part and a roof body for fastening a roof luggage rack, such as a roof rail, a roof strip or the like, on a vehicle roof by a threaded screw, with a support part and a counter support part. The support part and counter support part are held together by a threaded connection and can be adjusted relative to each other in order to set a bridging length. The support part or counter support part is carried along by a rotationally engaging connection with the threaded screw when it is screwed into a counter thread of the roof luggage rack or carrier part as far as a contact position with the carrier part or the roof body. The rotationally engaging connection has a plastic carrier into which the thread of the threaded screw is/has been screwed for carrying along with frictional resistance. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20100329777 | DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF FASTENING TWO COMPONENT MEMBERS - A device and method for fastening two component members. The device includes a first component member including at least two protruded portions each having a predetermined lead angle, and a second component member which keeps predetermined positional relationship with the first component member and has at least two protruded portions which are engaged with the protruded portions of the first component member, among at least two of which protruded portions, at least one of the protruded portion has a different lead angle from the lead angle of the protruded portions of the first component member, and the first and second component members can be moved closer opposite each other, the protruded portions are engaged with each other after moving opposite each other by a certain distance, and the first and second component members are integrally fixed by frictional engagement of the protruded portions differing in the lead angle. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100129147 | ROOF TO POST ADJUSTABLE HOLD DOWN DEVICE - A connector to connect a pair of components of a building and transfer a load from one to the other. The connector comprising a pair of members, each to be connected to a respective one of the components, and an adjustable abutment acting between the members to inhibit relative movement between the members in one direction. The ratchet mechanism acting between the members to permit movement in the one direction and to inhibit relative movement in an opposite direction, whereby adjustment of the abutment to cause relative movements in the one direction is accommodated by the ratchet mechanism. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100003075 | SHAFT-HUB CONNECTION WITH TOOTHING - A method for producing a shaft-hub connection, in particular between a helically toothed pinion ( | 01-07-2010 |
| 20120082509 | INTERFACE DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A housing is disclosed having ends capable of receiving tool head interfaces and tool handle interfaces. One of the ends can be configured as a specialized interface end and the other end can be configured as a standardized interface end. One example of a standardized interface end is a threaded interface. An example of the specialized interface end is a selectively engaged end having a plurality of detents for variable positioning of the tool head end relative to the tool handle end. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20100183366 | BROOM ASSEMBLY - A broom assembly includes a head structure and a rod structure. The head structure includes a base having a coupling face formed with a reception chamber and an opening for access into the reception chamber, and a plurality of resilient ribs provided at the periphery confining the opening and extending inwardly and radially toward a center axis of the opening. The rod structure includes a coupling member provided partially, rotatably and detachably within the reception chamber in the coupling face of the base. When the coupling member is detachably received within the reception chamber, the coupling member biases against and engages the resilient ribs so as to be prevented untimely disengaging from the base. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20130017014 | ATTACHMENT SYSTEMAANM WANDELT; DennisAACI WolfsburgAACO DEAAGP WANDELT; Dennis Wolfsburg DE - An attachment system for attaching a first component to a second component is provided, the system including a cylindrical element which has an outer lateral surface and a sleeve-shaped element which has an inner lateral surface, by means of which the two components may be variably attached to each other. At least one rib is arranged on one of the lateral services of the cylindrical or sleeve-shaped element and is oriented substantially perpendicularly to the axis of the cylindrical and sleeve-shaped elements. A projection is arranged on the other lateral surface of the sleeve-shaped or cylindrical element, the rib and the projection being provided on the cylindrical and sleeve-shaped elements in such a way that the sleeve-shaped element may be mounted on the cylindrical element, and the cylindrical element may be rotated relative to the mounted sleeve-shaped element in variable axial positions around the axis. The rib is brought into communication with the projection during rotation, and the cylindrical element being thereby fixed in place relative to the mounted sleeve-shaped element in the axial direction. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130142569 | ANTI-ROTATION CABLE RESTRAINT FOR CONNECTING FLEXIBLE DUCTS - An anti-rotation cam adapted to prevent rotation of a cable restraint is described. The anti-rotation cam includes a body having a through-hole adapted to be coupled to a fitting of the cable restraint, a first leg extending out from the body and adapted to prevent the cam from rotating in a clockwise direction, and a second leg extending out from the body and adapted to prevent the cam from rotating in a counter-clockwise direction. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130094900 | HARDFACING ALLOY, METHODS, AND PRODUCTS THEREOF - Disclosed is a hardfacing alloy deriving its usefulness from carbides and borides of molybdenum and niobium. The alloy does not rely on chromium as an alloying agent. The hardfacing alloy is capable of being applied to a number of industrial substrates in a crack-free manner, and once applied convert the substrate to a wear- and abrasion-resistant material having an extended service life, even when subjected to harsh wear conditions. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130136533 | THREADED ENGAGEMENT DEVICE - The threaded engagement device includes a female thread portion and a male thread portion, which are engaged to each other through a plurality of threads formed along the axis direction. Each thread of the female thread portion and the male thread portion of the threaded engagement device includes a crest, a root, a stab flank and a load flank. The root of the female thread portion has a straight portion extending along the axis direction and a concave rounded portion. The root of the male thread portion has a concave rounded portion, wherein the radius of curvature of the rounded portion formed in the root of the male thread portion is larger than the radius of curvature of the rounded portion formed in the root of the female thread portion. | 05-30-2013 |