US Patent Issued to Bollhoff Otalu on Sept. 8 for "Assembly locking device, a connecting bolt in combination with the assembly locking device, a component with a pre-installed connecting bolt by means of the assembly locking device as well as a manufacturing method for the assembly locking device and an assembly method of a connecting bolt with the assembly locking device within a component opening" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,712, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Bollhoff Otalu S.A. (La Ravoire, France).

"Assembly locking device, a connecting bolt in combination with the assembly locking device, a component with a pre-installed connecting bolt by means of the assembly locking device as well as a manufacturing method for the assembly locking device and an assembly method of a connecting bolt with the assembly locking device within a component opening" was invented by Franck Chalvet (Saint-Baldoph, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thread bolt with a threaded shaft and a bolt head, and an assembly locking device positionable on the shaft in a loss-p...