US Patent Issued to MATHREAD on June 3 for "Shortened fastener with locally controlled thread height" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,378, issued on June 3, was assigned to MATHREAD INC. (Wixom, Mich.).

"Shortened fastener with locally controlled thread height" was invented by Michael Garver (Glen Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A male anti-cross threading fastener comprising: a substantially round shank having a lead end, a torque end, and a plurality of male threads around a circumference of the shank, the plurality of male threads comprising: a standard thread around at least a portion of the circumference of the shank and having a standard thread contour, wherein a width and a thread angle of the standard thread enables engagement with corresponding ...