ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,996, issued on April 29, was assigned to Burndy LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"Captive shear bolt" was invented by Nicholas Polidori (Medford, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A captive shear bolt assembly includes a bolt and a shear coupling. The bolt may have a head, an extension, and a shank. The shear coupling may be configured to be received by the extension. The shear coupling may be configured to receive the extension via an orifice in the shear coupling. The shear coupling may be configured to shear when an upper head of the shear coupling is driven at a threshold torque. When the shear coupling has sheared, the extension may be ...