ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,682, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Emerson Professional Tools AG (Sissach, Switzerland).
"Pressing tool with safety element" was invented by Matthias Ruch (Efringen-Kirchen, Germany) and Rudolf Kreuzer (Buchs, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressing tool for plastically deforming a workpiece is described. The pressing tool includes a housing and an electric motor for actuating the pressing tool. The pressing tool also includes an instrument seat which is adapted to receive an interchangeable instrument head at the housing. The pressing tool also includes a mechanical safety element which is arranged in a manner tha...