US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Jan. 27 for "Tolerance compensation fastening assembly and fastening system comprising same" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,093, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Tolerance compensation fastening assembly and fastening system comprising same" was invented by Penghui Yi (Shanghai) and Bin Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a tolerance compensation fastening assembly for fastening a second part to a first part by cooperating with a nut element provided on the first part. The tolerance compensation fastening assembly comprises a bolt, a compensation element, a connection element, and a holding means. The compensation element comprises a body and a flange, and the flange i...