ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,746, issued on March 3, was assigned to ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).
"Adjustable drop" was invented by Odair Dafonseca (Pawtucket, R.I.) and Joseph Beagen (North Attleboro, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable drop includes an inner casing, the inner casing comprising: a distal end; a proximal end opposite the distal end, the proximal end comprising a shouldered segment; and a threaded segment between the distal end and the proximal end, the threaded segment starting at the shouldered segment and extending along the inner casing towards the distal end, the shouldered segment defining an outer radius t...