ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,006, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Thermal imager devices" was invented by Ottoleo Kuter-Arnebeck (Kenosha, Wis.) and Nicholas A. Gabbey (Mount Pleasant, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal imager device, where the thermal imager device includes a thermal imager housing. The thermal imager housing includes a display and user controls. The thermal imager device also includes a removable detector housing including a thermal detector. The thermal imager device also includes a flexible connector configured to detachably couple the removable detector to the thermal imager housing, the flexible c...