US Patent Issued to Woodside Energy Technologies on May 5 for "Unitary piece dual lock split washer" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,430, issued on May 5, was assigned to Woodside Energy Technologies Pty Ltd (Perth, Australia).

"Unitary piece dual lock split washer" was invented by Timothy Adam Byrne (Nickol, Australia) and Henry Smith (Victoria Park, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washer includes a single piece body made of a resilient and flexible material and having a split extending between an inner circumferential edge and a radially outer peripheral edge to provide the body with first and second ends. One end has circumferentially extending and radially spaced fingers, and the other end has circumferentially extending and radially spaced fingers. A...