US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on July 29 for "Bolt aligner and method of using the same" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,639, issued on July 29, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Bolt aligner and method of using the same" was invented by Navery C. Moore II (Franklin, Tenn.), Jeffrey A. Love (Lewisburg, Tenn.) and Raymond Carl Mendenhall (Spring Hill, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bolt aligner includes a body having a first surface, an opposite second surface, and a thickness between the first and second surfaces. The body may further include a first through hole extending from the first surface through the second surface, a bolt alignment feature arranged concentric with the first through hole and extending from t...