US Patent Issued to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH et al. on Nov. 18 for "Self-locking thread systems and connectors including same" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,411, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH et al. (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Self-locking thread systems and connectors including same" was invented by Austin Draughn (Garner, N.C.) and Freddy Jean Philip Dendas (Genk, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-locking thread system includes a first threaded member and a second threaded member. The first threaded member includes a first thread. The second threaded member includes a second thread configured to be threaded with the first thread. The first thread has a first thread axis. The first thread includes a locking thread section that is non-cir...