ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,111, issued on July 29, was assigned to EJOT GmbH & Co. KG (Bad Beleburg, Germany).
"Screw for screwing into plastic" was invented by Michael Achenbach (Breidenbach, Germany), Juergen Behle (Bad Laasphe, Germany), Ralf Birkelbach (Bad Laasphe, Germany), Volker Dieckmann (Bad Berleburg, Germany), Frank Dratschmidt (Bad Berleburg, Germany), Jan Hackler (Bad Berleburg, Germany), Rene Gerber (Fronhausen, Germany), Ralph J. Hellmig (Bad Laasphe, Germany), Ilir Selimi (Biedenkopf, Germany) and Stephan Weitzel (Bad Laasphe, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a screw (IO) in order to cut a mating thread in a plas...