US Patent Issued to NYLACAST ENGINEERED PRODUCTS on Aug. 25 for "Mooring connector for connecting synthetic fibre ropes" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. RE51,012, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NYLACAST ENGINEERED PRODUCTS LTD (Birmingham, Great Britain).

"Mooring connector for connecting synthetic fibre ropes" was invented by Stephen Banfield (Eastbourne, Great Britain), Nigel Briggs (Eastbourne, Great Britain) and Damien Mccormack (Leicester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The mooring connector has a hollow body or shell and a central core. The hollow body or shell is formed from an engineering polymer, e.g. polyamide, and is generally cylindrical and has two shell parts. The hollow body has an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface has a central groove po...