Fortified plastic connector mount for disposable devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9949795-B2
Application number	US-201514806182-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2015
Priority date	Jan 23, 2013
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a fortified plastic connector mount having a plastic generally conical nose with a top and bottom, the bottom formed as part of or affixed to the flat top of a body and the top of the nose having a square channel guide with corners. The channel is formed axial and centered in the nose and of a size to accept a tool or shaft. At 90 degree orientation from each other are four pairs of force buttressing ribs “FBR” wherein the FBR have a bottom affixed at said flat top, and the FBR has a support edge affixed to an annular outer wall of the nose. The four pairs of FBR each pair being positioned along one of the four sides of the square channel. In some instances, each FBR further comprises an interior edge and an outer edge and each outer edge is aligned with a corner.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A plastic connector mount ( 50 ) comprising:
a nose ( 100 ) with a proximal end ( 128 ) formed as part of or affixed to the flat top ( 105 ) of a body ( 102 );
at least four pairs of force buttressing ribs ( 120 & 120 ′);
each force buttressing rib has an interior edge ( 202 ) and an outer edge ( 200 ) and each outer edge is aligned with a corner ( 155 );
each member of the force buttressing rib pair is aligned with a corner; and,
the outer e…

Assignees

• Eca Medical Instr

Inventors

• Nino John
• Ivinson David

Classifications

• B25B23/0035

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• A61B2090/031

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• B25B23/1415

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• A61B90/03 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• B25G3/32

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic