ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,803, issued on May 19, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Bit holder for a magnetisable screwdriver bit, device for the automated manufacture of screw connections and procedure for the operation of a device for the automated manufacture of screw connections" was invented by Shahriar Fakher (Lippstadt, Germany), Frank Jagow (Erwitte/Bad Westernkotten, Germany), Miguel Lebrato-Rastrojo (Paderborn, Germany) and Thomas Albert Robbecke (Erwitte, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is provided for the automated manufacture of screw connections. A jointed arm robot has an output element and an end link. ...