ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,651, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to OFFICINA MECCANICA LOMBARDA S.R.L. (Caprie, Italy).
"Locking system for mechanical components" was invented by Andrea Rolandi (Montalto Pavese, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platform has a support surface for a mechanical component and is provided with at least two locking seats. The locking seats coaxially receive respective locking pins which are fixed to a mechanical component and are provided with respective circumferential grooves adapted to be restrainedly engaged by retention elements associated with the platform. The retention elements comprise a rotary retention element that c...