ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,678, issued on May 20, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Expandable anchor installation tool and methods of use thereof" was invented by Paul Musuya Mbombo (Merrillville, Ind.) and Yongping Gong (Wilmette, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable anchor installation tool operable to install different types of expandable anchors including self-drilling expandable anchors and non-self-drilling expandable anchors."
The patent was filed on March 21, 2023, under Application No. 18/187,530.
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