Joints and connections – Articulated members – Including static joint
Patent
1993-12-27
1995-08-29
Reese, Randolph A.
Joints and connections
Articulated members
Including static joint
403154, 403157, F16B 1900
Patent
active
054454700
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is an attachment mechanism with a positive lock to attach two components together in a confined and blind area. The attachment mechanism, attached to a first component, has in one embodiment, a clevis, while the second component has a knuckle to fit into the clevis and is to be pinned through a passageway through the clevis locking the second component. A U-shaped bracket adjacent to the clevis has sidewalls, the sidewalls having a passageway that aligns with a pin passageway, the pin is locked by inserting a tab lock through the pin and the U-shaped bracket.
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Coverstone Thomas E.
Kim Harry C.
Reese Randolph A.
United Technologies Corporation
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