US Patent Issued to Henkel on April 8 for "Fastener testing system and apparatus" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,734, issued on April 8, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Duesseldorf, Germany).

"Fastener testing system and apparatus" was invented by Daniel Shaw (Middletown, Conn.), Thomas Buckley (Lebanon, Conn.), Philippe Huber (North Branford, Conn.), Ornella Tempo (Wethersfield, Conn.), Robert Dunkel (Mississauga, Canada), Jess P. Carlson (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), Donald C. Fuchs (Mentor, Ohio), Nicholas E. Stanca (Westlake, Ohio), Paul D. Stephens (Twinsburg, Ohio) and James E. Szpak (Cleveland Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener testing system includes a vibration testing apparatus including a test station and a prepar...