ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,958, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Hoffmann Engineering Services GmbH (Munich).

"Method and system for unlocking a calibratable electronic torque tool, torque testing device, and torque tool" was invented by Marko Kunstler (Munich), Freddy Lippach (Munich) and Matthias Hildebrandt (Germering, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for unlocking a calibratable electronic torque tool and a torque testing device and the calibratable electronic torque tool. To unlock the calibratable electronic torque tool, a tool head of the calibratable electronic torque tool is coupled to the torque testing device and a direct d...