Quarter turn locking mechanism

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8439593
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12943586

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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.

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  • IMDS CORPORATION;MEDICINELODGE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Butters, Joshua A Chandler, US 110 5261
Creger, Carlyle J Wellsville, US 25 1641
Slater, Nicholas Chandler, US 55 1707

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