US 11,959,511 B2
Rod end with locking device for struts
Ralph Funck, Kaiserslautern (DE); Martin Welsch, Henschtal (DE); and Alexander Wieland, Rodalben (DE)
Assigned to Albany Engineered Composites, Inc., Rochester, NH (US)
Filed by Albany Engineered Composites, Inc., Rochester, NH (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/225,353.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/007,739, filed on Apr. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0317855 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. F16B 7/06 (2006.01); F16B 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 7/042 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rod end comprising an integrated locking mechanism, wherein the locking mechanism is a part of the rod end and comprises an insert, a fork end, a female torque locking element, and a male torque locking element, wherein upon activation of the locking mechanism, the female torque locking element engages with the male torque locking element in a form-fitting connection, and wherein a length of the rod end is adjustable without application of additional torque when mounting the rod end.