ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,109, issued on May 27, was assigned to Applied System Technologies Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"End nut assembly" was invented by Roman Todd Zarins (Denver, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end nut assembly comprising a nut body defining a first portion and a second portion, a first opening is adjacent the first portion and a second opening is adjacent the second portion, and an axial bore extends between the first opening and the second opening. A bite ring defines an outer ring and a plurality of teeth extends radially inwardly from the outer ring, and a spacer defines an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surf...