ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,557, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"System and method for applying a shear test to a threaded section of a bolt" was invented by Carson W. Cade (South Windsor, Conn.) and Allan R. Gorneault (Southington, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system having: a shear die set having a fork that includes first and second legs that are have grooves and are spaced from each other to define a test cavity; and a center sleeve that extends between the legs and is radially larger than the first leg groove, the center sleeve has an inner threaded surface and receives a threaded portion of the bolt; a first ...