07/01/2015 | 01:28pm US/Eastern
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Technology — According to news reporting originating from Alexandria, Virginia, by VerticalNews journalists, a patent by the inventor Hyatt, Thomas B. (Cromwell, CT), filed on August 27, 2012, was published online on June 23, 2015.The assignee for this patent, patent number 9062701, is United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, CT).
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Bolts are employed to secure two components together. A pitch diameter shank bolt includes a shank that has a smaller diameter than a shank of a full shank bolt. A pitch diameter shank bolt can stretch more than a full shank bolt, allowing for a better stack-to-bolt stiffness ratio and an improved joint performance. (…)
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