US Patent Issued to Bollhoff Verbindungstechnik on May 13 for "Outer sleeve of a connection element without a female thread and having a damping function, connection element comprising an outer sleeve, and corresponding connection and manufacturing method" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,858, issued on May 13, was assigned to Bollhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH (Bielefeld, Germany).

"Outer sleeve of a connection element without a female thread and having a damping function, connection element comprising an outer sleeve, and corresponding connection and manufacturing method" was invented by Hans-Ulrich Figge (SchloB Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany) and Ingo Burger (SchloB Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection element without a female thread, having a damping function, and by which two components can be connected. The connection element has an outer sleeve, a spacer sleeve, and a screw having a...