ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,341, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB (Stockholm).

"Test bench for checking the correct functioning of a tightening tool, such as a torque wrench" was invented by Alessandro Cantadori (Muggio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test bench for checking the correct functioning of a tightening tool, for example, a torque wrench, including a fixed frame, which determines a work surface on which one or more motorized cells are positioned provided with a coupling suitable for coupling with the tool head of a tightening tool, a movable frame connected to the fixed frame by a sliding element which al...