ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,381, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SACS Aerospace GmbH (Empfingen, Germany).

"Coupling arrangement" was invented by Eugen Blank (Bosingen, Germany) and Roland Moser (Obernheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling arrangement for connecting components, including a first and a second coupling part, where an end portion of the first coupling part is provided with an internal thread and an end portion of the second coupling part is provided with an external thread which is screwed into the internal thread of the first coupling part. A clamping sleeve is rotatably received on an outer surface of the end portion of the f...