US 11,940,070 B2
Swivel knuckle connection
Scott Andrew Singer, Watauga, TX (US); Ken Riedel, Weatherford, TX (US); and Juan P. Angulo, Lafayette, CO (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed by Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/205,677.
Application 16/797,908 is a division of application No. 15/098,491, filed on Apr. 14, 2016, granted, now 10,571,057, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Application 18/205,677 is a continuation of application No. 16/797,908, filed on Feb. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,668,419.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313926 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 27/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); B23P 11/00 (2006.01); F16L 27/073 (2006.01); F16L 39/00 (2006.01); F16L 39/04 (2006.01); F16L 39/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 27/0841 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1628 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); B23P 11/00 (2013.01); F16L 27/073 (2013.01); F16L 27/0828 (2013.01); F16L 39/005 (2013.01); F16L 39/04 (2013.01); F16L 39/06 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00535 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00544 (2013.01); A61B 17/1622 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/4984 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49947 (2015.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of forming a swivel connection assembly between a power supply and a motor assembly, comprising:
aligning a first locking member with an internal surface of a first annular member;
positioning the first locking member in a closed pocket formed in an external surface of a second annular member;
rotating the second annular member relative to the first annular member to align an elongated open pocket formed in the external surface of the second annular member with an axial groove formed in the internal surface of the first annular member to form a passage; and
positioning a second locking member in the formed passage,
wherein the positioned first locking member and the positioned second locking member axially and rotationally lock the first annular member relative to the second annular member.