US Patent Issued to WALNAB on March 31 for "Service tool for coupling to a service port receiver associated with a gearbox" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,475, issued on March 31, was assigned to WALNAB PTY LTD (New South Wales, Australia).

"Service tool for coupling to a service port receiver associated with a gearbox" was invented by Mark Fretwell (New South Wales, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A service tool releasably couples to a service port receiver connected to a service port associated with a gearbox. The tool includes a coupling for releasably coupling to the service port receiver. The coupling is configured for rotational movement about the receiver between a released and engaged positions. A locking actuator couples to the coupling arrangement for axial movement...