ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,869, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Tool for scalable multi-fastener torqueing" was invented by Noah Benjamin Goldberg (Wellesley, Mass.), Gavin Thomas Adams (Wrentham, Mass.) and Michael P. Martinez (Worcester, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool includes a first output from a gear system, the first output along a first axis and a second output from the gear system, the second output along a second axis. A first torque limiter is attached to the first output along the first axis and a second torque limiter is attached to the second output along the second axis. A first tool bit is attached...