Patents
US 10023101 B2: Complete travel length clutching adjuster
- Granted
- 2018-07-17
- Filed
- 2017-07-05 application 15641460
- Type
- Utility · 19 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A clutching adjuster having a housing with a nose, the nose including a plurality of discrete helically-shaped thread segments, a ball stud journaled by a ball stud bore for axial movement therethrough and passing through the nose of the housing, the ball stud having a threaded portion, an unthreaded portion, a ball, and a drive spline portion, an outbound annular travel barrier and an inbound annular travel barrier, wherein, in length of travel clutching operation and end of travel clutching operation where the ball stud is axially rotated through the ball stud bore, the receipt of an undue axial force of resistance on the ball stud results in outward deflection of engaged thread segments, thereby allowing the threaded engagement between the threaded portion of the ball stud and the thread segments to clutch.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg180717.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Technologies, LLC 30 patents | US company or organization | Ludington, MI | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John E. Burton | Ludington, MI | 34 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B60Q | Arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general | B60Q1/0683 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F16H | Gearing | F16H35/18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-21 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BURTON, JOHN E. signed 2018-09-18 | BURTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC LUDINGTON, MI | 46934/179 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2018-06-11 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BURTON, JOHN E. signed 2018-06-11 | BURTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC LUDINGTON, MI | 46039/887 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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