ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,893, issued on July 28, was assigned to Bollhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH (Bielefeld, Germany).
"Hollow-cylindrical base element of a connecting unit" was invented by Sandra Steffenfauseweh (Verl, Germany) and Wolfgang Hesse (Rietberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hollow-cylindrical base element of a connecting unit for connecting a first component to a second component with a distance therebetween has an outer side, a threadless inner side, adjacent to a first axial end has a first drive feature and a first inner diameter, and adjacent to a second axial end a pivoting element with a threadless passage opening having a sec...