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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2021
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Andrew Henderson Pike, Ooltewah, TN (US);
Amanda Leverett Owens, Trenton, GA (US);
Matthew Thomas Sutterfield, Signal Mountain, TN (US);
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An operating nut can include a body and a digital identification tag secured to the body, at least one of the body and the digital identification tag defining an outer surface of the operating nut. The body can define a central bore defining an axis and can include a working portion defining an end surface and a plurality of side surfaces defining a polygonal shape in a cross-sectional plane orthogonal to the axis; and a flange portion extending outward from the working portion in a radial direction with respect to an axis of the operating nut, the flange portion defining a first end surface and a second end surface, the central bore extending through each of the working portion and the flange portion.