ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,437, issued on May 27, was assigned to VEGA Grieshaber KG (Wolfach, Germany).
"Fastening device for a field device" was invented by Florian Kramer (Muhlenbach, Germany), Patrick Heizmann (Oberwolfach, Germany) and Stefan Allgaier (Oberwolfach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous field device for process automation, having a sensor, a wireless module, and a fastening device to fasten the field device on a wall, wherein the fastening device has at least a two-part design and is formed such that a first, sensor-side part of the fastening device can be installed from a first side of the wall and a second part of the fast...