US Patent Issued to Agilent Technologies on Aug. 25 for "Shaft coupling" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,456, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Shaft coupling" was invented by Patrick Matz (Santa Clara, Calif.), Manuel Van Venrooy (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Alan Norman (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaft coupling system may include a first shaft including a disc that is engageable by a second shaft to retain the second shaft with the first shaft when the second shaft is rotated in a first direction, and release the second shaft from the first shaft when the second shaft is rotated in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction. A spring may be mount...