ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,991, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SALUNDA Ltd. (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).
"Fastener assembly sensor unit" was invented by Alan Patrick John Finlay (Ross-on-Wye, Great Britain), Philip Samuel Pickles (Botley, Great Britain), John Mark Newton (Abingdon, Great Britain) and Mathew William Davis (Stithians, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly for a fastener assembly comprising a nut and a bolt comprises a sensor unit mounted in a cavity in the nut of the fastener assembly having an internal opening in the internal thread of the nut. The sensor unit comprises an optical flow sensor arranged to capture an...