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(11) EP 4 352 371 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
17.04.2024 Bulletin 2024/16

(21) Application number: 22741407.5

(22) Date of filing: 10.06.2022
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F16B 25/00(2006.01)
F16B 39/30(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
F16B 25/0021; F16B 39/30
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2022/032961
(87) International publication number:
WO 2022/261408 (15.12.2022 Gazette 2022/50)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 10.06.2021 US 202117344428

(71) Applicant: Research Engineering & Manufacturing Inc.
Middletown, Rhode Island 02842 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • HEBERT, Edmund A.
    Mattapoisett, Massachusetts 02739 (US)
  • GOMES, Kenneth J.
    New Bedford, MA 02745 (US)
  • BOYER, Dennis O.
    Barrington, RI02806 (US)
  • REYNOLDS, John R.
    Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02748 (US)
  • FOSMOEN, Donald A.
    Portsmouth, Rhode Island 02871 (US)
  • FOSMOEN, Benjamin M.
    Coventry, Rhode Island 02816 (US)

(74) Representative: Meissner Bolte Partnerschaft mbB 
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80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


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