ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,423, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Modular tool for measuring disassembly torques" was invented by Pasquale Frezza (Aversa, Italy), Fausto Baracca (Massa, Italy), Alessio Nebbia Colomba (Pisa, Italy) and Renato Berti (Massa, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular tool (10) for measuring the disassembly torques of a metal shield (36) of a seal (35) for a bearing unit (30). The tool (10) has a torque gauge (20) equipped with a hexagonal key (22). A base element (40) is rotationally integral with the torque gauge (20). A modular element (50) is rotationally integral with the base elem...