Patents for February

Nut for Securing a Sanitary Faucet to a Support
US Patent 12534889
Published January 27, 2026
Inventor: Felix Muehling, Germany
Assignee: Grohe AG, Hemer, Germany
A nut (1) for securing a sanitary faucet (2) to a support (3), comprising: a base body (4) with a plurality of threaded lugs (5), which can be adjusted in a radial direction (7) when a nut (1) is pushed onto a thread (6) of the sanitary faucet (2), and a twist lock (8), which can be rotated between a locking position (9) and a release position (10) and which is secured to the base body (4), wherein the twist lock (8) locks the threaded lugs (5) in the locking position (9).

Threaded Fastener for a Fastening Element, Fastening Rail for an Aircraft Cabin and Aircraft Provided Therewith
US Patent 12535096
Published January 27, 2026
Inventors: Hermann Benthien, Hamburg, Germany; and Andreas Poppe, Hamburg, Germany
Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
A blocking mechanism which is integrated with a threaded fastener is proposed for improving the reusability and handling of locking devices for threaded fasteners, such as threaded bolts or nuts. The blocking mechanism can be switched to and from between a blocked state, in which the threaded fastener is gripped in a positively locking manner, and an unblocked state, in which the threaded fastener can be rotated. The blocking mechanism can have a blocking element which can engage into a blocking groove of the threaded fastener in a positively locking manner in the blocked state, and thus prevents rotation. For example, a nut which is provided with the blocking mechanism can be used to pivotably fasten a fastening rod to a fastening rail.

Screw Element and Method for Additive Manufacture
US Patent 12527608
Published January 20, 2026
Inventor: Frank Heuer, Filderstadt, Germany
Assignee: Mimeo Medical GmbH, Filderstadt, Germany
A screw element and a process for manufacturing of the screw element for the fixation of bone components and bone fragments are disclosed including a shaft with a bone thread and a longitudinal central axis extending along the shaft defining a distal direction and a proximal direction. The screw element further includes a head, and a neck area and a tool attachment point is provided in the head. At least three cantilever elements are attached to the proximal end of the head and said cantilever elements extend in proximal direction beyond the proximal end of the head and are positioned mainly along the longitudinal central axis.

Systems and Methods for Customizing Fastener Tightness
US Patent 12528163
Published January 20, 2026
Inventor: Christopher V. Beckman, Miami, FL, USA
Improved techniques for customizing fastener tightness by monitoring and managing individual fasteners and fastener driver conditions within varying materials, are provided. In some aspects of the application, fastener tightness is monitored by a control system, and remedial actions are taken when a change in fastener tightness indicates damage or another adverse condition of the fastener or a material in which it is embedded. In other aspects, fastener seating is monitored by a control system, and remedial actions are taken when a change in fastener seating indicates damage or another adverse condition of the fastener or a material in which it is embedded. In some additional aspects, an actuator is located on board a fastener, and remedial actions are applied at the fastener, which may be in a remote location from the control system.

Screw Anchors for Anchoring Loads
US Patent 12529394
Published January 20, 2026
Inventor: Adam Paul Brown, Columbia, MO, USA
Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT, USA
The present disclosure provides embodiments of anchors and screw anchor kits. The anchors are used to pull anchor rods used for anchoring loads to the ground. The anchors may include a wrench hub, a power point and a helical plate. The screw anchor kits may include an anchor and an anchor rod. The screw anchor kits may also include a drive wrench used to drive the anchor and anchor rod into the ground, and an eyelet that can be attached to an end of the anchor rod extending above the ground.

Fastener Assembly for a Gas Turbine Engine
US Patent 12523164
Published January 13, 2026
Inventors: Roger Gates, West Hartford, CT, USA; and Gregory E. Reinhardt, South Glastonbury, CT, USA
Assignee: RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT, USA
A fastener assembly for affixing two flanges to a casing of a gas turbine engine is provided. The fastener assembly includes a bolt, a fastener and first and second spacers. The bolt has a supporting shaft extending from a head and a thread portion. The supporting shaft has a diameter larger than a diameter of the thread portion. The fastener is configured to releasably mate with the thread portion. The first spacer surrounds a portion of the thread portion and is disposed between the fastener and a first flange. The second spacer surrounds the supporting shaft and is disposed between a second flange and the bolt head. The supporting shaft engages holes in the first flange, the casing and the second flange. At least one of the first and second spacers absorbs a portion of a tensile load acting on the bolt.

Anti-Slip Fastener Remover Tool
US Patent 12515302
Published January 6, 2026
Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Brandon, FL, USA; and Thomas Stefan Kukucka, Brandon, FL, USA
Assignee: Grip Holdings LLC, Brandon, FL, USA
An anti-slip fastener remover tool includes a torque-tool body, a plurality of paired engagement features and a plurality of intersection points. The plurality of paired engagement features that grips the lateral surface of the stripped fastener head is radially positioned around a rotation axis of the torque-tool body. The torque-tool body is inwardly extended from an outer wall of the torque-tool body to the plurality of paired engagement features. Each paired engagement feature comprises a first engagement feature and a second engagement feature. The first engagement feature and the second engagement feature each comprise a bracing section, a cavity section and a connector section. The cavity sections of the first and second engagement features are adjacently connected to each other. The bracing sections of the first and second engagement feature are oppositely positioned about the cavity sections of the first and second engagement features.

Adjustable Height Fastener
US Patent 12504035
Published December 23, 2025
Inventors: Scott Marley, Edmonds, WA, USA; David P. O’Connor, Seattle, WA, USA; and Lance Allan McWilson, Falcon, CO, USA
Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston Salem, NC, USA
An adjustable height fastener may have a fixed receiver connectable to a fixed structure and an extendible member connectable to the fixed receiver at different locations along a first axis. The extendible member may slide relative to the fixed receiver along the first axis and may selectably connect to fix the fixed receiver and the extendible member in a first location along the first axis.

Fastener Assembly Having Flush Faced Working Portion
US Patent 12504032
Published December 23, 2026
Inventors: Brandon A. Serle, Daytona Beach, FL, USA; and Jeffrey Q. Serle, Flagler Beach, FL, USA
Assignee: Screw This Screw That LLC, Daytona Beach, FL, USA
A fastener assembly includes a shank having a threaded portion for guiding the fastener assembly into a correspondingly threaded portion of another fastener or a working surface and a head engaged with the shank for receiving a tool. The head defines a cutout for receiving an insert. The insert includes a housing for being fit into the cutout to secure the insert to the head and a compressible fastener plunger defining a recess for receiving a working end of a tool. The compressible fastener plunger is configured for translation within the housing along a longitudinal axis. The housing interferencingly engages the compressible fastener plunger to limit upward movement along the longitudinal axis.

Separate Screw Thread Helix Fixed by Means of Claws
US Patent 12497990
Published December 16, 2025
Inventors: Roland Schneider, Schlins, Austria; Florian Zielbauer, Rüthi, Switzerland; Christian Gebauer, Altstätten, Switzerland; and Guenter Domani, Weissensberg, Germany
Assignee: Hilti AG, Schaan, Liechtenstein
A screw including a shank, at least one screw thread, which is arranged on the shank, winds around the shank and protrudes from the shank and a separate helix element, which is arranged non-monolithically on the shank, wherein the separate helix element winds around the shank, protrudes from the shank and constitutes at least a section of the at least one screw thread. The screw further includes at least one first claw, which projects from the shank, and which has both radial and axial overlap with the separate helix element, wherein the shank and the at least one first claw are monolithic with respect to one another.

Leveling Fastener with Expandable Rivet
US Patent 12492721
Published December 9, 2025
Inventor: Juan Cristobal Oropeza, Tampa, FL, USA
A leveling fastener for adjustably securing a first member to a second member. The leveling fastener includes a cylindrical shank body having a fastener head disposed on a first end and includes a threaded portion having fastener threads extending from a fastener tip to a mid-portion of the cylindrical shank body. The cylindrical shank body includes a leveling portion extending between the fastener head and the threaded portion and a central channel extending axially along a central axis of the cylindrical shank body from the fastener head of the cylindrical shank body to at least the mid-portion of the cylindrical shank body. The leveling fastener includes a collar adjustable from a retracted position wherein the collar has a first diameter to an expanded position wherein the collar has a second diameter larger than the first diameter, the collar translatable along the leveling portion of the cylindrical shank body.

Wood Screw
US Patent 12473942
Published November 18, 2025
Inventors: Dales G. Malott, Gilbert, AZ, USA; and Farhad Lajewardi, Toronto, ONT, Canada
Assignee: The Hillman Group, Inc., Forest Park, OH, USA
A wood screw includes a head end, a shank and a tapered end, the head end including a tool engaging part, the head end located at a first end of the shank and the tapered end located at a second end of the shank. A thread is formed along the shank. The head end includes a neck running from the first end of the shank to a head cap, wherein the head cap includes an underside facing the tapered end, wherein the underside includes a plurality of serrations extending around the underside, each serration having a leading face and a trailing face that define a cutting edge, wherein the trailing face of each serration tapers away from the tapered end. A reaming section may be provided between the thread and the head end. The thread may include a notch configuration. The thread may be a dual start thread.

Multi-Head Bolt and Fastener System
US Patent 12473941
Published November 8, 2025
Inventors: Julian Huber, Merklingen, Germany; Andrew Read, Voehringen, Germany; and Florian Sturm, Unterroth, Germany
Assignee: PERI SE, Weissenhorn, Germany
A multi-head bolt (10) having a bolt shaft (12) defining a longitudinal axis (14) of the multi-head bolt and a multi-head (16) disposed at a first end of the bolt shaft, the multi-head having at least three pawls (18), each pawl having a fixed radial orientation relative to the bolt shaft and having a primary plane being aligned with the longitudinal axis of the bolt shaft and having a support surface (20).