Joints and connections inventions 09/07

20070223991 - Device for connnecting a support element to an add-on piece: A plug-in device for connecting a support element (27) to an add-on piece (26). The device includes a plug-in element which can be inserted into a recess of the support element (27) and includes at least one laterally projecting bearing section (6, 7) serving to bear externally against the support... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20070223992 - Knuckle swivel for servicing wells: A knuckle-swivel (10) is used with well drilling equipment for protecting helical wound line 62, which may be wire rope, cable and/or strand, against torsional forces and also providing for angular displacement of sinker bars or other tools during wireline strip over operations to minimize interference with rig equipment (80)... Agent: Law Offices Of William H. Holt

20070223993 - Panel system connector: A panel system connector may be used to connect a system of panels to be used as a structure, such as a temporary roadbed, for example. The panel system connector may include a latch movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The latch may be biased to the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070223994 - Integrated locking device: The invention provides an actuator piston and rod-end locking assembly for locking two fittings together. The locking assembly comprises a first fitting, a second fitting, a locking support body slidably mounted on the first fitting and rotationally engaged to both the second fitting and the first fitting, a locking ring... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070217862 - Fastening device and method for attaching an object to a support structure: A fastening device for attaching an object to a support structure, comprising at least one locking member on the object or the support structure and adapted for insertion in an aperture running through the support structure or the object. A transverse hole in the locking member which, at the time... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070212162 - Shearing-force mechanism with cross-linked thermoplastic: A device includes first and second elements. The first element includes a cross-linked thermoplastic. The second element is configured to engage and to strain the first element by a predetermined amount. The first and second elements are configured to move relative to each other and such that movement of the... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070212163 - Mounting apparatus using ball and socket joints with gripping features: The present invention is directed towards ball and socket joint connectors which, when interconnected, form a flexible assembly. In some embodiments, the ball and socket joint connectors are designed and constructed such that the interference fit of the ball and socket causes creep in the material resulting in more even... Agent: Michael A. Guth

20070212165 - Ball sleeve joint and process for manufacturing same: A ball sleeve joint is provided, especially for chassis assembly units and steering assembly units of motor vehicles. The ball sleeve joint includes a joint housing with two housing halves and a ball sleeve provided with a rounded bearing surface. The bearing surface is accommodated in a joint housing, which... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070212164 - Ball socket: A ball socket for receiving a ball has at least one region which includes an elastically deformable material or has an elastically deformable geometry. The ball socket may not break when it is bent open for introduction of the ball and then springs back into its original position. This may... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070212166 - Fixing and release systems: A connecting means adapted to releasably fix or release a first element (4) and a second element (5) includes a locking pin (1) which is moveable by remote activation means between a locked position, in which leg (8) expands wall (9) into recess (10), and an unlocked position. The remote... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070212167 - Connection between bicycle crank and axle: A crank assembly includes a crank having a recess defined in a first end thereof and the recess includes an open end in an inside of the crank and a close end on an outside of the crank. A deformable material is located at an inner periphery of the recess.... Agent: Phillip Liu

20070206989 - Pipe and tubing connector: A connector for pipe or tubing. The connector includes a unitary expansion member, formed from a body, a first expansion leg extending from the body, an optional second expansion leg extending from the body, and at least one opening extending through the body. In use, the connector is fastened in... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.