ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,947, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co. KG (Germany).
"Manually operable pliers tool" was invented by Christian Heggemann (Detmold, Germany) and Siegfried Storm (Schlangen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manually operable pliers tool has first and second pressing jaws pivotally connected about a first pivot axis. A first handle extends from the first pressing jaw and a second handle is linked to the second pressing jaw. The second pressing jaw has a u-shaped node element with a base mounted on the first pressing jaw via the first pivot axis and a first limb mounted on the second handle via a ...