ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,952, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to WEZAG GmbH & Co. KG (Stadtallendorf, Germany).
"Force sensors for crimping pliers and crimping pliers comprising a force sensor" was invented by Lothar Schonfeld (Stadtallendorf, Germany) and Jan Lepa (Marburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a crimping pliers force sensor. The crimping pliers force sensor comprises a transfer body which is contacted by a die half and a supporting body. At least one piezoelectric film is arranged between the transfer body and the supporting body. The transfer body and the supporting body comprise protrusions and recesses. By the pr...