ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,650, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Bolt tensioning tool" was invented by Douglas R Fieldbinder (Greendale, Wis.), Maxwell L. Merget (Whitefish Bay, Wis.), Jacob P. Schneider (Cedarburg, Wis.) and Mitchell A. Gibson (New Berlin, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bolt tensioning tool includes a housing, an electric motor positioned within the housing, a tensioning assembly connectable to a bolt for applying tension thereto, and a bolt tension monitoring system. The bolt has a threaded portion and a surface. The bolt tension monitoring system includes a transmitter, a receive...