US Patent Issued to Hilti on March 18 for "Use of an oversized threaded rod in a locking oblong hole" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,105, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Use of an oversized threaded rod in a locking oblong hole" was invented by Nicholas Morris (Feldkirch, Austria), Raphael Thon (Feldkirch, Austria) and Philip Richardson (Feldkirch, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for securing a first part to a second part where the first part has a locking oblong hole. The method includes passing a locking threaded rod through the locking oblong hole and into the second part. The locking threaded rod is oversized with respect to a width of the locking oblong hole such that the locking threaded rod widens the ...