ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,510, issued on March 24, was assigned to TYCO ELECTRONICS SIMEL (Gevrey-Chambertin, France).
"Torque-limiting nut for a break-off bolt" was invented by Julien Dossmann (Gevrey-Chambertin, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque-limiting nut for a break-off bolt includes a thread section having an internal thread, a head section having an abutment shoulder extending further toward a radial inward direction than the internal thread, and a predetermined breaking area separating the thread section and the head section. The abutment shoulder is arranged adjoining to the predetermined breaking area."
The patent was filed on March ...