ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,404, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Stanley Black & Decker MEA FZE (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).

"Torque wrench" was invented by Kaixuan Wei (Taichung, Taiwan), Shi Hong Liao (Taichung, Taiwan) and Yen-ting Wu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque wrench for applying torque to fasteners, said torque wrench comprising a fastener drive structure having a head constructed and arranged to be removably engaged with a fastener and tang structure extending rearwardly from said head."

The patent was filed on March 31, 2022, under Application No. 17/710,119.

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