ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,886, issued on March 17, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Mounting system for hardware on stationary structure" was invented by Kurt Kramer Schleif (Greenville, S.C.), Jesse Michael Moss (Travelers Rest, S.C.) and Charlotte Cole Wilson (Roebuck, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for removably mounting hardware, like a probe, to a stationary structure, like a casing element of a turbine section. A receptacle element includes a base configured to be fixed to the stationary structure and a collar extending from the base. The collar includes an internal opening to receive the h...