ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,512, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Noetic Technologies Inc. (Edmonton, Canada).
"Locking threaded connection assembly" was invented by Maurice William Slack (Edmonton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection assembly enabling torque transfer between coaxially-aligned components includes: an upper component carrying an upper spline; a lower component threadedly engageable with the upper component and carrying a lower spline: a coupling ring having first and second splines; and means for axially moving the coupling ring, relative to the upper and lower components, between a free position in which the coupling ring is fr...