ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,896, issued on July 28, was assigned to BBA S.r.l. (Centobuchi di Monteprandone (AP), Italy).
"Blind rivet element" was invented by Paul Hanratty (Southampton, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blind rivet element has a head portion and a shank adjacent to the head portion in an axial direction. The shank has an internal thread or a connecting portion for a threaded bolt and a deformation portion between the internal thread or the connecting portion for the threaded bolt and the head portion for forming a closing head when the deformation portion is deformed. The head portion has a radially outer region formed spaced apa...