ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,854, issued on May 13, was assigned to Richards Mfg. Co. Sales LLC (Irvington, N.J.).
"Shear bolt with safety feature" was invented by Bruce Bier (Warren, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety shear bolt includes a main bolt portion and a torque head portion connected to the main bolt portion. The torque head portion includes an extended head portion, a stem portion rigidly connecting the main bolt portion to the torque head portion, and a coupling mechanism rotatably connecting the extended head portion to the main bolt portion. The stem portion is configured to shear when a predetermined torque is applied to the extended hea...