ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,191, issued on July 21, was assigned to Textron Aviation Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Floating nut plate quarter turn fastener receptacle" was invented by Rodolfo Coronado (Wichita, Kan.), Ryan Lee McComber (Wichita, Kan.) and Jesse Scott Weiss (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating nut plate quarter turn fastener receptacle configured for fastening two structures together is disclosed. The quarter turn fastener includes a basket portion with flanges configured to loosely retain a nut element. The nut element is able to glide or shift between the flanges of the basket portion. The nut element includes an aperture and a...