ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,692, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Sanoh Industrial Co. Ltd. (Shibuya-ku, Japan).
"Method and device for measurement method of axial force of a tube fitting" was invented by Takahiro Gunji (Koga, Japan) and Atsushi Kurosawa (Koga, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axial force measurement device includes a frame, a tightening actuation unit that performs tightening operation upon a screw type tube fitting installed upon a tube upon which is formed an annular portion projecting in the radially outward direction from the tube, a testing member, and a mating member holding unit that holds the testing member into which the tube f...