US Patent Issued to Rolls-Royce on June 23 for "Fixture for components" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,037, issued on June 23, was assigned to Rolls-Royce plc (London).

"Fixture for components" was invented by Stephen Lyon (Derby, Great Britain), Glynn C Van Heeswijk (Derby, Great Britain) and James Parker (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixture for removably securing a plurality of components includes a hollow body including a plurality of channels and a plurality of sets of holes. The fixture further includes a plurality of hollow wedges and a plurality of sets of balls. Upon an axial movement of an elongate member in a first direction, the elongate member axially moves a first hollow wedge, thereby causing on...