US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on May 20 for "Systems and methods for inspection of fasteners in amusement park attractions" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,686, issued on May 20, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for inspection of fasteners in amusement park attractions" was invented by Howard Bruce Mall Jr. (Winter Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attraction system includes a first component, a second component, a fastener configured to couple the first component to the second component, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag including a torque stripe extending between the fastener and a reference point of the attraction system, wherein the RFID tag is configured to emit a radio frequency (RF) signal in respons...