US Patent Issued to Georgia Tech Research on Sept. 16 for "Expandable backdrive resistant wedge for limited access applications" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,627, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Expandable backdrive resistant wedge for limited access applications" was invented by Raymond Warner (Atlanta), Michael Jeffries (Atlanta), Christopher Keel (Atlanta) and Joshua Hurt (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for securing a load including a sled, a snubber, and a wedge. The sled can be configured to be coupled to the load. The snubber can be coupled to the sled and configured to be inserted into a chamber. The snubber can include a slot. The snubber can be configured to move between a contracted position and one or more expanded p...