ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,975, issued on March 17, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Fastening apparatus and method for fastening components to bolts" was invented by Alexander Limpert (Weikersheim, Germany), Oscar Medina Garcia (Bad Mergentheim, Germany) and Albert Sbongk (Niederstetten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening apparatus is provided for fastening components to bolts or to a bolt arranged on a carrier component. A connecting sleeve delimits a connecting space for receiving a bolt. A cup-shaped retaining cap delimits a receiving space for fastening a component, the connecting sleeve arranged in the receivin...