US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Oct. 14 for "Pressure differential fastener release mechanism" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,404, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy.

"Pressure differential fastener release mechanism" was invented by Jason S. Boxerman (Panama City, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener release mechanism is provided, which operates utilizing a pressure differential between the mechanism and the surrounding medium. A sealed cavity is fabricated within a shank section of the mechanism. When used in a releasable system, the shank section is exposed to the surrounding medium through a plurality of channel bores fabricated into a head section of the fastener release...