ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,680, issued on Oct. 20.
"Torque rod" was invented by Bobby Hu (Taichung City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque rod includes a main body; a transmission rod inserted to the main body and having a surrounding first groove exposed from the main body; an anti-release sleeve member mounted around the main body and having a second groove on an inner edge, with a setting space formed by the second groove and the first groove; a low-friction device in the setting space; a clutch device connected with the transmission rod and switchable between a transmission and a declutched statuses; a torque device providing a predetermined t...