US Patent Issued to Controlled Dynamics on June 23 for "Connecting mechanism and method of manufacturing" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,031, issued on June 23, was assigned to Controlled Dynamics Inc. (Grafton, Wis.).

"Connecting mechanism and method of manufacturing" was invented by Frank Oetlinger (Grafton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting mechanism includes a first section and a second section engageable with the first section. The second section includes a locking assembly configured to engage a stud with a roller bearing in the first section. That is, the locking assembly is actuatable between a locked state configured to lock the first section to the second section when the first and second sections are engaged and an unlocked state configured t...