US Patent Issued to FCA US on July 21 for "Infinitely adjustable stud torque-off socket assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,473, issued on July 21, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Infinitely adjustable stud torque-off socket assembly" was invented by Mark Robert Fistler (Armada, Mich.) and Joseph Edward Beckham (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing apparatus for torque off weld stud testing has a socket to receive a weld stud welded to a metal sheet for testing strength of the weld. A stopper is received in the socket indexing the weld stud. A nut locks the stopper in position to enable repeated socket indexing to like weld studs."

The patent was filed on Oct. 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/495,884.

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