ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,904, issued on May 6, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Deeply embedded helical coil extraction device" was invented by Jordan Leckey (Hinesburg, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for extracting a deeply embedded helical coil is provided. The device includes a shaft, the shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end; and a blade coupled to the distal end of the shaft, wherein the blade is configured to traverse into a mounting hole to engage the deeply embedded helical coil free of contact with a side of the mounting hole and wherein the deeply embedded helical coil is at least three to five thread pitch...