ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,730, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Advanced Wheel Locks LLC (Crown Point, Ind.).
"Fastener assembly" was invented by Jon Lambert (Crown Point, Ind.) and Kent Troxel (Highland, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener assembly includes a threaded fastener having a threaded shaft and a head coupled to the threaded shaft, an engagement member having a central cavity and an outer profile having a plurality of notches cut therein to define an engagement feature that is engageable by a torquing member, a retention member configured to engage the engagement member and retain the head of the threaded fastener within the central cavi...