Patents

US 10131269 B1: Complete travel length clutching adjuster

Granted
2018-11-20
Filed
2018-07-12 application 16033656
Type
Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract

A clutching adjuster having a housing with a ball stud bore and a nose, and a ball stud journaled by the ball stud bore for axial movement therethrough, the ball stud having a threaded portion, a ball, an unthreaded portion, an outbound annular travel barrier, and an inbound annular travel barrier, where in adjusting operation, rotation of the ball stud causes axial movement of the ball stud through the ball stud bore via engagement of the threaded portion of the ball stud with the nose, and where 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 a deflection of at least a portion of the nose, allowing the engagement between the ball stud and the nose to clutch.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg181120.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
Burton Technologies, LLC 30 patentsUS company or organizationLudington, MIPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
John E. BurtonLudington, MI34PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
B60QArrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in generalB60Q1/0683PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
F16HGearingF16H35/18PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2018-09-21Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
BURTON, JOHN E. signed 2018-09-18BURTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC LUDINGTON, MI46934/179ECORSEXC, 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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