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US 12,655,864 B1Granted
Quick release nut
OwnerJacob Hunterinventor
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Abstract
A quick release nut apparatus, system, and method comprising surfaces between threaded segments and a sleeve in a fully closed or engaged position in contact and parallel to the axis of threads; The quick release nut apparatus, system, and method includes handles that are used for ease of operation as well as light torque or loosening when engaged or disengaged from the external threads, positive locking of the segments in an engaged position that increases tolerance to high forces or impact loading, and the sleeve inside of a housing that props or unprops the threaded segments.
Claims1
A nut for a threaded member comprising:
- a tubular housing having an exterior, an interior, a top, a bottom with an opening for axially positioning a threaded member into said interior, a first side between said top and said bottom, and a first slotted aperture on said first side between said exterior and said interior, a second side between said top and said bottom, and a second slotted aperture on said second side between said exterior and said interior;
- a sleeve positioned in said interior of said tubular housing having a first side, a second side and said sleeve adapted to move upward and downward inside said interior of said tubular housing;
- at least one threaded segment axially positioned in said sleeve adapted to removably attach to said threaded member for holding said threaded member in said sleeve;
- a first handle movably positioned on said first side of said exterior of said housing and attached to said first side of said sleeve through said first slotted aperture;
- a second handle movably positioned on said second side of said exterior of said housing and attached to said second side of said sleeve through said second slotted aperture;
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- wherein said first handle and said second handle are adapted to removably position said at least one threaded segment to attach to said threaded member for holding said threaded member in said sleeve and releasing said at least one threaded segment from said threaded member.
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