US Patent Issued to Weidmuller Interface on May 13 for "Monitoring device, monitoring arrangement and monitoring method for monitoring a screw joint of an object" (Australian, Singaporean, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,157, issued on May 13, was assigned to Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co. KG (Germany).

"Monitoring device, monitoring arrangement and monitoring method for monitoring a screw joint of an object" was invented by Rick West (Silverdale, Australia), Christopher Lee Shih Hao Sam Soon (Singapore), Gerald Busch (Lage, Germany), Mathew Courtney (San Remo, Australia), David Head (Cranebrook, Australia), Steffen Niggemann (Paderborn, Germany) and Ben Scott (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring device for monitoring a screw joint of an object includes a base plate to be attached to the object and a top plate to be attached to one...