US Patent Issued to Newfrey on Dec. 2 for "Press-fit, friction-retention coupling assembly between hard, inflexible material components" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,926, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Newfrey LLC (New Britain, Conn.).

"Press-fit, friction-retention coupling assembly between hard, inflexible material components" was invented by Oday Amer Safry (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Najwan Rassam (Troy, Mich.) and Jason A. Meyers (Shelby Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outer component has an opening therein defining an outer component mating wall, and a collar is configured to be inserted into the opening in the outer component. The collar has a collar mating wall with an outer surface and including a number of protrusions. A recess can surround each protrusion so that an ...