ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,110, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to FACC AG (Ried im Innkreis, Austria).

"Locking element for releasably locking a rotational movement of an adapter relative to a body of a push-pull rod, and push-pull rod comprising such a locking element" was invented by Lukas Klembara (Bratislava, Slovak Republic) and Bernhard Kammerer (Zell an der Pram, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to: a locking binding element for releasably locking an adapter relative to a body of a pushpull rod, said element comprising a lever arm and a pin connected to the lever arm, a snap-action element, and a latching device; and a push...