US Patent Issued to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy on June 9 for "Method and apparatus for computer-implemented supervising a tightening process of a bolt using a tightening system" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,218, issued on June 9, was assigned to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S (Brande, Denmark).

"Method and apparatus for computer-implemented supervising a tightening process of a bolt using a tightening system" was invented by Felix Rose (Cuxhaven, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for computer-implemented supervising a tightening process of a bolt includes: a man-operated tightening tool including an actuator for turning the bolt, configured to be switchable between tightening sequence, and a loosening sequence. A sensor unit for determining a one parameter of the bolted connection during and/or after completion of a ti...