ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,581, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Schenectady, N.Y.).
"Fastening assembly" was invented by Apolinario Barra Ruiz (Queretaro, Mexico) and Hugo Gonzalez Arenas (Queretaro, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening assembly for a plurality of tubular structures. The fastening assembly includes a positioning fitting member and a clamping element. The positioning fitting member is coupled to a first tubular structure of the plurality of tubular structures such that the positioning fitting member forms a part of the first tubular structure. The positioning fitting member includes a plurality of ribs. The...