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| Class 403 | JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS |
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![[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 403 subclass 1]](../as.gif) | ![[List of Patents for class 403 subclass 1]](../ps.gif) | 1 | SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE HUB TO SHAFT CONNECTION |
| | 2 | INCLUDING FRANGIBLE COMPONENT |
| | 3 | SELECTIVELY ASSEMBLED, E.G., CONVERTIBLE, ETC. |
| | 5 | INFLATABLE CONNECTOR |
| | 6 | WITH OPENING FOR ACCESS TO CONNECTOR OR OPERATOR |
| | 10 | CLOSURE OR PLUG SPACED FROM JOINT |
| | 11 | WITH ADJUNCTIVE PROTECTOR, BROKEN PARTS RETAINER, REPAIR, ASSEMBLY OR DISASSEMBLY FEATURE |
| | 12 |  Holding means or protector functioning only during transportation, assembly or disassembly |
| | 13 | Position or guide means |
| | 15 | Utilizing fluid pressure |
| | 16 | Back-off means, e.g., separator, etc. |
| | 17 | Handle or handwheel |
| | 19 | Tool-engaging or accommodating means or with tool |
| | 21 | Releasably captive nut or bolt |
| | 22 | Means to lock bolt or nut when other is turned |
| | 23 | WITH ADJUNCTIVE SHIELD |
| | 24 | STRUCTURALLY INSTALLED IN DIVERSE ART DEVICE |
| | 26 | COUPLING SUPPORTED BY INDEPENDENT BEARING |
| | 27 | WITH INDICATOR OR INSPECTION MEANS |
| | 28 | UTILIZING THERMAL CHARACTERISTIC, E.G., EXPANSION OR CONTRACTION, ETC. |
| | 29 | Interposed material of intermediate coefficient of expansion |
| | 30 | Members having different coefficients of expansion |
| | 31 | WITH FLUID PRESSURE RESPONSIVE COMPONENT |
| | 32 | WITH AMBIENT CONDITION RESPONSIVE CONTROL MEANS |
| | 33 | WITH INDEPENDENT HANDLE OR OPERATOR |
| | 34 | WITH DISTINCT FLUID OR ARTICLE HANDLING OR DIRECTING FEATURE |
| | 40 | NON-ADHERING FLUENT MATERIAL AT JOINT |
| | 41 | WITH STRAIN-LIMITING MEANS |
| | 42 | COMBINED |
| | 43 | ROTARILY CONNECTED, DIFFERENTIALLY TRANSLATABLE MEMBERS, E.G., TURN-BUCKLE, ETC. |
| | 44 | Having tool-engaging means or operating handle |
| | 45 | Having operating mechanism |
| | 46 | Having locking means |
| | 47 | Differential pitch, similar hand |
| | 48 | Externally threaded actuator |
| | 49 | LATERALLY RELATED MEMBERS CONNECTED BY LATCH MEANS, E.G., SCAFFOLD CONNECTORS |
| | 50 | FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGM OR BELLOWS |
| | 52 | ARTICULATED MEMBERS |
| | 53 | Plural distinct articulation axes |
| | 54 |  Three or more parallel axes |
| | 55 | Single adjustment for plural axes |
| | 56 | Plural ball and socket |
| | 57 | Universal |
| | 59 | Angular and linear |
| | 62 | Parallel rotary |
| | 63 | Plural translating connections |
| | 64 | Branched |
| | 65 | Member pivoted at rigid corner |
| | 66 | Including static joint |
| | 67 | Trunnion assembly to side of rod |
| | 68 | One member is plate or side |
| | 69 |  Secant, i.e., rod extending through plate |
| | 70 | Plate or side forms bearing surface |
| | 71 | Bearing component clamped to plate or side, e.g., bolted, etc. |
| | 72 | Articulate joint intermediate end joints |
| | 75 | Angled or offset members |
| | 76 | Articulate joint is ball and socket |
| | 78 | Articulate joint is a swivel |
| | 79 | Articulate joint comprises pivoted clevis or channel bar |
| | 80 | Articulate joint is a slide |
| | 81 | Including operator |
| | 82 | Arcuate shank moves in complementary guide |
| | 83 | Lockable at fixed position |
| | 84 | At selected angle |
| | 85 | Movable brace between members |
| | 86 | Members rotatable about oblique axes |
| | 87 | Clamping screw traverses sliding complementary arcuate bearing surfaces |
| | 88 | Securing yoke or ring spaced radially from locking means |
| | 90 | Ball and socket |
| | 91 | Including pivot stud |
| | 92 |  Including radially spaced detent or latch component |
| | 93 |  Engaging notch or recess in outer periphery of component |
| | 94 | Side of rod engages recess in radial face |
| | 95 | Pivoted detent |
| | 96 | Engaging recess in radial face |
| | 97 | Including radial interengaging tongue and slot or serrations |
| | 98 | Radially spaced arcuate slot engages fastener |
| | 99 | Locked by plural motions of one member |
| | 100 | Including bridging keeper |
| | 101 | Locked by nesting parts |
| | 102 | Members locked in axial alignment |
| | 103 | Plural distinct positions |
| | 104 | Plural distinct positions |
| | 109.1 | Telescoping members |
| | 110 | Clamped members |
| | 111 | Rotatable members resiliently biased to one position |
| | 112 | Including limit means |