ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,558, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to OMG Building Products LLC (Agawam, Mass.).
"Floating connection fastening system" was invented by Arun Srinivasan Venkatesan (Feeding Hills, Mass.), Timothy F. Gillis (Florence, Mass.), Frederick A. Enko (Westfield, Mass.) and Mark A. Dicaire (Boylston, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating connection fastening system employs a semi-flexible floating bushing having a sleeve with an axial slot which captures a fastener having a head, an unthreaded shank portion, a threaded portion and an intermediate reamer. An adapter mounts to the bushing/fastener assembly and receives a driver bit. ...