US Patent Issued to ENERPAC TOOL GROUP on Sept. 1 for "Load measurement system for hydraulic torque wrench" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,260, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP. (Milwaukee).

"Load measurement system for hydraulic 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 a method of determining a load exerted on a workpiece by a hydraulic torque wrench. The wrench may generally include a housing; a drive element for engaging the workpiece; a drive actuator for transmitting a torque to the drive element; and a gauge coupled to at least one of the housing and the drive actuator, the gauge being configured to d...