ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,676, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Shear wrench tool" was invented by Rafael Gottschling (Idstein, Germany), Michael Kunz (Idstein, Germany), Philipp Libera (Taunusstein, Germany) and Benjamin Schmidt (Idstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shear wrench tool including a motor; a transmission operatively connected to the motor; a first socket arranged to engage a tip of a bolt to be sheared; a second socket arranged to engage a nut threaded on the bolt; wherein the first socket and second sockets are operatively connected to the transmission and rotate in opposite directions r...