US Patent Issued to ENERPAC TOOL GROUP on May 12 for "Hazard detection for torque wrench" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,321, issued on May 12, was assigned to ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP. (Milwaukee).

"Hazard detection for torque wrench" was invented by Robin Shaw (Whitley Bay, Great Britain) and Andrew Dumelow (North Shields, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic torque wrench and method of operation. The wrench may include a housing supporting a drive element for engaging a fastener; a drive actuator for exerting a torque on the drive element; a sensor configured to sense movement of the housing; and a controller having an electronic processor, the controller being configured to receive a first signal from the sensor, determine, based ...