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Bayonet connector, component composite comprising said bayonet connector, a production method for the bayonet connector, and a method for connecting at least two components using said bayonet connector
A one-part male bayonet connector, by means of which at least two components are releasably connectable to one another in a non-destructible manner via an opening, which bayonet connector has a double T-like form in a side view, consisting of a head, a central shaft extending therefrom, and two radial webs extending diametrically from the shaft, which each comprise a fastening means of the bayonet connector facing the head so that, in addition to an interlocking bayonet connection, a frictional connection of the at least two components can be produced between the head and the fastening means of the radial webs.
Owner:BOLLHOFF VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH
Locking mechanism and child's product
A locking mechanism is provided, including a locking body, a first connection member, a second connection member, a locking block rotatably connected to the locking body, a first locking member and a second locking member disposed on the locking block, a first matching portion formed on the first connection member and matching the first locking member, and a second matching portion formed on the second connection member and matching the second locking member. When the first matching portion and the second matching portion are respectively locked with the first locking member and the second locking member, the locking block is fixed with respect to the locking body; when the first matching portion is separated from the first locking member or the second matching portion is separated from the second locking member, the locking block rotates with respect to the locking body. The locking structure avoids unilateral locking and is convenient.
Owner:GOODBABY CHILD PROD CO LTD
Umbrella pole
A multi-piece umbrella pole that includes first and second pole sections that are assembled into an elongate umbrella pole. The pole sections include an alignment notch and cross pin for facilitating assembly of the two pole sections. An outer sleeve includes a button assembly that can actuate a detent pin for coupling or decoupling the pole sections. The outer sleeve can also include an actuator for a tilt mechanism that angles a canopy portion of the umbrella assembly.
Owner:MA ZHUN AN
Button assembly
A button assembly for a telescopic hot stick is provided. The button assembly comprises a button housing, a button, and a fastener. The button housing defines a cavity and at least one groove, and the cavity has a bottom cavity surface. The button is disposed in the cavity and the button has a first end and a second end. The second end is configured to face the bottom cavity surface. The fastener is disposed within the at least one groove, and the fastener is positioned adjacent the second end of the button. The fastener is spaced apart from the second end to collectively define a gap between the second end and the fastener.
Owner:HONEYWELL SAFETY PRODUCTS USA INC
Rapid release rooftop tent mount
A bottom bracket made with a box at its center and a flange on opposing sides. Over each flange, on the side of the box, are two equal, opposing through-holes. Each flange is drilled with holes to allow the bracket to be bolted to a roof rack rail. A top bracket made in a box shape with an open bottom to fit over the box-shaped bottom bracket and with the top of the top bracket fabricated to accept two bolts that will screw into an adapter fitted into a rail slot on the underside of a roof-top tent. The top bracket also has two opposing through-holes matching the through-holes on the sides of the bottom bracket. The top and bottom brackets held together by a locking quick-release pin inserted through the through-hole on the sides of the top and bottom brackets.
Owner:TILLMAN-DAVIS MICHAEL WILLIAM
Coupling joint for structures with recessed interior surfaces
Owner:STRASSER JAMES A
Mounting system, devices, methods and uses thereof
The present specification discloses systems, devices, and methods and uses provide a mounting system which includes rail and a bracket which is selectively secured to the rail. A bracket disclosed herein selectively and / or automatically secures or locks to a rail disclosed herein when positioned on the rail by actuating or triggering a locking mechanism disclosed herein to adopted a locked configuration. In addition, a bracket disclosed herein may be selectively removed from a rail by actuating or triggering a locking mechanism disclosed herein to adopted an unlocked configuration. The disclosed mounting systems, devices, and methods enable a device to be protected from impact and moisture exposure, enable a device to be securely mounted on a base, and / or enable a device to be quickly secured and removed from a base.
Owner:CORE-ARMS LLC
Torque transferring coupler
A device includes an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder. The inner cylinder has a radial face including a first set of curved structures. The outer cylinder has an axial face including a second set of curved structures. A coupling is formed in response to a section of the outer cylinder disposed to surround a portion of the inner cylinder and the first set of curved structures of the inner cylinder disposed to interlock with the second set of curved structures of the outer cylinder.
Owner:ANDURIL IND INC
Quick release fastening device and assembly of quick release fastening device and outer tube
A quick release fastening device includes a threaded ring and at least one fastening unit. The threaded ring includes a ring-shaped main body including an outer surface, an inner threaded surface defining a threaded hole, at least one groove located on the outer surface, and at least one radial through hole located in the groove and communicating with the threaded hole. The fastening unit includes a stuffing block disposed in the radial through hole, movable along the radial direction of the threaded hole and including a threaded surface facing toward the threaded hole, and a quick release handle pivotably connected with the threaded ring and located in the groove for pushing the stuffing block toward the threaded hole when being pivoted from a release position to a tightly press position. The quick release fastening device is simple in structure, convenient in usage and great in fastening effect.
Owner:CHEN YI FAN
Telescopic mast
Owner:SOUTH MIDLANDS COMM LTD
Telescoping apparatus
A telescoping apparatus with carbon tubes including decagon shaped tubes for preventing the telescoping apparatus from internal twisting while providing enhanced strength and grip, the apparatus is useful for cleaning swimming pools, cement finishing tools, and ceiling wire applications. The apparatus includes three tubes with two locking assemblies with locking collars having a receiving cradle for quick release locking mechanisms with relief channels and ten separate surfaces to compress on the decagon shaped tubes.
Owner:CONRAD JAMES R
Apparatus, system and method for tribo-dynamic measurements
PCT designated stage expiredWO2025012613A1Machine gearing/transmission testingMachine bearings testingPrime moverSeparated state
An apparatus, system and method for use in performing tribo-dynamic measurements is disclosed. In certain examples, there is provided an apparatus comprising: coupling means configured to selectively releasably couple a prime mover to a rotatable structure of a tribological testing apparatus for performing a tribo-dynamic measurement on a test component; wherein the coupling means is configurable in each of: a coupled state in which the rotatable structure is engaged with the prime mover to enable rotation of the rotatable structure to be driven via the prime mover, and a de-coupled state in which the rotatable structure is disengaged from the prime mover to enable the rotatable structure to rotate independently of the prime mover.
Owner:LOUGHBOROUGH UNIV
Modular foundation support systems and methods including shafts with interlocking torque transmitting couplings
A modular foundation support system includes modular foundation support components including self-aligning and torque transmitting coupler features wherein a plurality of \ elongated ribs are aligned with a plurality of elongated grooves to rotationally interlock the modular foundation support components to one another.
Owner:PIER TECH SYST LLC
Foundation support system shaft coupler fabrication and assembly
A modular foundation support system includes modular foundation support components including shafts provided with integrally formed coupler features on their respective distal ends. The coupler features are configured with a non-uniform wall thickness defining a plurality of sections of respectively different diameter to matingly couple the shafts to one another in a torque transmitting relationship. The coupler features may be integrally formed and fabricated on the distal end of each respective shaft.
Owner:PIER TECH SYST LLC
Post coupler with post alignment tab
A post coupler having a first body portion and a second body portion. Each body portion having an inner edge, an outer edge, a reverse flange, and at least one post alignment tab. Each reverse flange forms a post receiving slot. The first and second body portions are coupled to each other at approximately 90 degrees. A method of using the post coupler comprises the steps of a) providing a first post section and a second post section, b) inserting the first post section along the post receiving slots until the first notch interacts with the tab, and c) inserting the second post section along the post receiving slots until the second notch interacts with the tab.
Owner:JAKEN CO INC
Self-lubricating pin
A pin for a pinned joint includes a hollow body with a first and second end caps coupled to first and second ends, respectively. The body and the end caps at least partially define a cavity within the body, wherein at least one aperture extends through the hollow body. A main piston is slidably disposed within the cavity and divides the cavity into a first chamber proximate to the first end and a second chamber proximate to the second end and fluidly isolated from an environment around the body. A lubricant is disposed within the first chamber. The main piston moves toward the first end of the body when a pressure in the second chamber is greater than a pressure of the environment. Movement of the main piston toward the first end of the body discharges lubricant through the at least one aperture.
Owner:SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS +1
Modular building units, and methods of constructing and transporting same
A lower connector includes a lower connector hollow body, a pair of lower connector bosses coupled to the lower connector hollow body, and a pair of lower connector arms coupled to the lower connector bosses. A connector assembly includes an upper connector coupled to a lower connector and a gusset plate sandwiched between the upper and lower connectors.
Owner:Z MODULAR HOLDING INC
Fastening device system
A fastening device system for connection at least a first and a second overlapping mats placed on the ground wherein the first mat is aligned over at least one connecting hole of the second mat, the fastening device system comprising, a housing having a first half and a second half wherein the first half and second half are attached together forming the housing. A pin having a foot disposed at the lower end thereof and a shaft having a helical shelf that engages the helical channel of the housing. The pin is configured so that when it rotates 90° in one direction to the housing the pin draws the foot closer to bottom of housing and provides at least one locking position of the foot and locking the foot in place.
Owner:SPARTAN MAT LLC
Connecting member of a universal connector and the universal connector
A connecting member of a universal connector includes a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole formed on from a first end surface toward a second end surface of the connecting member, and a third insertion hole and a fourth insertion hole formed on the second end surface toward the first end surface of the connecting member, whereby the insertion holes will not be affected by and damage other structures of the connecting member in the mechanical process, so as to achieve the enhancement of the convenience of processing.
Owner:TRIANGLE INNOVATION CORP
Fastening arrangement
A fastening arrangement having a fastening element for elastically connecting a bolt-on part to a support part. The fastening element has a head section (7) that transitions into an element shank. An elastomer profile part with a retaining groove which is open radially to the outside, into which a retaining foot of the bolt-on part can engage, is arranged on the underside of the head section. The retaining groove is designed with a groove wall on the head side and a groove wall on the shank side. The elastomer profile part is constructed in at least two parts from an elastomer body arranged on the head section of the fastening element and from a disk element that has at least the shank-side groove wall of the retaining groove. The disk element is also composed of two components, namely the elastomer profile part and the hard component.
Owner:VOLKSWAGEN AG
Pin retainer
A retainer for a padlock pin. The padlock pin is adapted to connect a padlock to a lug of a bucket of a rope shovel. The retainer comprises a pin attachment portion rotationally fixed to the padlock pin, and an arm, the arm comprising a bucket-facing surface. The bucket-facing surface sized to prevent rotation of the padlock pin.
Owner:CNC IND LTD
Monolithic two-axis flexure with center hole feature
Flexure structures, assemblies incorporating flexure structures, and methods utilizing flexure structures to support objects are provided. A flexure structure as disclosed can be formed monolithically from a single piece of material, includes a center aperture to accommodate at least portions of other elements or structures, allows for rotation of a supported object in two axes with very little translational movement of the supported object, provides mounting fixtures on opposite sides of the flexure structure, and has a relatively high load capacity. Flexure structures include base mounts that can each be joined to a first side of an interconnect structure by flexure blades, and object mounts that are each joined to a second side of the interconnect structure by flexure blades. The flexure structure can be a generally annular structure, with the center aperture formed or defined at least in part by the interconnect structure.
Owner:BAE SYST SPACE & MISSION SYST INC
Adjustable ball joint for an inner tie rod assembly, adjustable ball joint kit, and method of assembling an adjustable ball joint
An adjustable ball joint which is infinitesimally adjustable using a jam nut wherein no set screws are used. A kit for constructing an adjustable ball joint which is infinitesimally adjustable using a jam nut wherein no set screws are used. A method of assembling an adjustable ball joint which is infinitesimally adjustable using a jam nut wherein no set screws are used.
Owner:BRUTE PERFORMANCE INC
Tube fastener system
Described is a tube fastener for securing at least one tube relative to a component. The tube fastener includes a bridge portion and a fastener portion. The bridge portion is configured to secure the at least one tube relative to one another via at least one tube pocket. Each of the at least one tube pocket comprises a crimp feature configured to provide resistance to slide forces imparted on the at least one tube. The fastener portion defines a central longitudinal axis and is configured to engage the component via an opening. The tube fastener can be fabricated as a unitary structure via an additive manufacturing technique.
Owner:ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
Alignment and engagement for teleoperated actuated surgical instrument
A method of aligning a surgical instrument with the instrument sterile adapter for coupling the surgical instrument and an instrument carriage includes inserting the instrument shaft of the surgical instrument into an entry guide held in a fixed relation to the instrument carriage and the instrument sterile adapter, insertion of the instrument shaft into the entry guide constraining the surgical instrument to rotation around a first cylindrical axis of the instrument shaft and axial translation along the first cylindrical axis of the instrument shaft. The method further includes passing the instrument shaft of the surgical instrument through the shaft receiving slot of the instrument sterile adapter.
Owner:INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC
Latch release for surgical instrument
A medical instrument comprises an instrument control surface configured to mate with an instrument sterile adapter to receive input drive forces through the sterile adapter to control actuation of the surgical instrument, the instrument control surface comprising a first opening defined in the instrument control surface. A latch structure of the instrument comprises a locking surface configured to engage a latch arm in response to the latch arm being received in the opening, wherein in an engaged state of the latch arm with the locking surface the medical instrument is attached to the instrument sterile adapter and the latch structure prevents movement of the latch arm in a first direction. A latch release is moveable in the engaged state of the latch arm with the locking surface to exert a force causing movement of the latch arm in a second direction to disengage the latch arm from the locking surface.
Owner:INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC
A headgear for a respiratory mask
A headgear for a respiratory mask is provided. The headgear has a strap comprising a yoke portion configured to connect to a patient interface and first and second side arms. Each of the first and second side arms extend from a lateral rearward portion of the yoke portion and are configured to extend across a cheek and above an ear of a user in use. The yoke portion and first and second side arms are integrally formed. A top strap is provided which couples to and extends between the first and second side arms, and is also configured to extend across the top of the user's head in use. A first edge of the strap comprises a soft edge. A second, opposite edge of the strap comprises a soft edge portion and a rigid edge portion.
Owner:FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LTD
Bifold stair system for aircraft
A stairway for aircraft is disclosed which includes first and second stair halves, one which nests in the other. The first half is hinged to the doorway and the second half is hinged to the first half. A mechanical resistance system uses different devices to allow for the airstair to be damped when switching between modes. A retracting arrangement is also disclosed.
Owner:TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC
Button assemblies for extension poles
A button assembly is provided that includes a plug, a button, and a biasing member. The plug can be received in an inner pole section. The button is slidably received in the plug for movement between a locked position extended from the plug and an unlocked position retracted with respect to the plug. The biasing member biases the button to the locked position. The button has a land region, a cammed region, and a locking edge. The cammed region slopes from the land region in a direction towards the locking edge. The land region is remote from any pinch point formed between the plug and the locking edge.
Owner:HUBBELL INC