US Patent Issued to AMI Industries on July 1 for "Mechanical shaft locking mechanism with back-drive prevention" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,382, issued on July 1, was assigned to AMI Industries Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

"Mechanical shaft locking mechanism with back-drive prevention" was invented by Douglas E. Hoover (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Keith M. Ferguson (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking mechanism to prevent back-drive includes a locking shaft with guide grooves. Locking shaft guides engage the guide grooves to constrain lateral motion of the locking shaft. A nut includes corresponding grooves to the locking shaft, and engages the locking shaft to prevent linear translation. The locking mechanism may be incorporated into a ai...