US Patent Issued to THE LEE on Feb. 17 for "Insert with diametral locking feature and indication feature for installation and method of installation thereof" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,562, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to THE LEE COMPANY (Westbrook, Conn.).

"Insert with diametral locking feature and indication feature for installation and method of installation thereof" was invented by Walter Kendrioski (Guilford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of installing an insert into a circumferential bore includes: axially inserting a body of the insert, a second end first, into the bore until the second end of the body engages a pre-formed support shoulder in the bore; axially pressing the body of the insert against the support shoulder of the bore while outwardly radially expanding and plastically deformi...