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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Weidmüller Interface Gmbh & Co. KG, Detmold, DE;
Marc Böcker, Steinheim, DE;
Steffen Niggemann, Paderborn, DE;
Ralf Schumacher, Lemgo, DE;
Gerald Busch, Lage, DE;
Christian Heggemann, Detmold, DE;
WEIDMÜLLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KG, Detmold, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a monitoring attachment for monitoring a nut () of a screw connection for cracking, deformation and/or breakage, wherein the monitoring attachment has a conductor loop which is guided around an outer periphery of the nut () and which is interrupted in the event of deformation, cracking and/or breakage of the nut (). The monitoring attachment is characterised by at least two segments ('″) which together enclose the periphery of the nut () and are held together frictionally at at least one radial connection point, wherein the conductor loop is guided over contacts at the connection point.