Russell W Miller

US Patent:

20170030698, Feb 2, 2017

Filed:

Jul 30, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/813786

Inventors:

Jamie M. Smith - Keller TX, US
Eric Grabow - Lake Oswego OR, US
Douglas Howard McKay - Grand Prairie TX, US
Matthew Timothy McKee - Willow Park TX, US
Russell Miller - Danbury TX, US
René Jean Robért - Metairie LA, US

International Classification:

G01B 3/34

Abstract:

An apparatus comprises an outer shell, a gauge ring, and a spring. The gauge ring is configured to rotate to a first position as a nut passes through an opening of the outer shell and contacts a bottom surface of the gauge ring, the first position permitting the nut to pass through the gauge ring and into a socket by aligning one or more gauge ring lobe slits with one or more outer shell lobe slits and one or more deformable lobes of the nut. The spring is configured to rotate the gauge ring to the second position after the nut passes through the gauge ring and into the socket, the second position preventing the nut from exiting the socket by preventing alignment of the one or more gauge ring lobe slits with the one or more outer shell lobe slits.

US Patent:

20170016841, Jan 19, 2017

Filed:

Jul 13, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/798135

Inventors:

Jamie M. Smith - Keller TX, US
Eric Grabow - Lake Oswego OR, US
Douglas Howard McKay - Grand Prairie TX, US
Matthew Timothy McKee - Willow Park TX, US
Russell Miller - Danbury TX, US

International Classification:

G01N 27/20
G08B 21/18
G01B 7/02

Abstract:

An apparatus comprises a housing and a plurality of electrical contacts. Each of the plurality of electrical contacts are arranged to sequentially contact a contact device as the contact device moves through the housing. The contact device comprises a first end configured to couple to a bolt, a second end opposite the first end, and a conductive region between a first insulated region and a second insulated region.