ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,712, issued on May 19, was assigned to TKR Spezialwerkzeuge GmbH (Gevelsberg, Germany).

"Method for inspecting the quality of a crimp connection and system therefor" was invented by Torsten Kreischer (Wetter, Germany) and Thorsten Weyland (Herdecke, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for inspecting the quality of a crimp connection by means of a handheldable pulling and compressing device suitable for producing the crimp connection, as well as a handheldable pulling and compressing device and a system for carrying out the method. In order to provide a method for inspecting the quality of a crimp c...