US Patent Issued to Sandisk Technologies on Sept. 1 for "Rapid installation screw with radially expanding threads" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,615, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Rapid installation screw with radially expanding threads" was invented by Gadi Vishne (Petach-Tikva, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rapid installation screw includes radially expanding threads. The screw may include a number of discrete thread segments removably affixed to a distal end of an internal shaft. Initially, the thread segments may together have an outer diameter that allows them to slide into a screw hole without engaging threads of the screw hole. Thereafter, a further downward force on the screw will disconnect the thread segm...