ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,486, issued on May 27, was assigned to Kistler Holding AG (Winterthur, Switzerland).
"Screw load testing device and method for performing a load test on a screw" was invented by Gerald Neumann (Huckeswagen, Germany) and Christoph Bodensteiner (Wermelskirchen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a screw load testing device that includes a housing configured to support a screw and a mating element that is formed as a threaded nut and is positioned to interact with a threaded portion of the screw. The screw load testing device housing includes a measuring device for detecting an axial force acting on the scre...