ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,650, issued on April 7, was assigned to TORQUE-TECH PRECISION Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Mini torque wrench" was invented by Tien-Lung Lin (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mini torque wrench has a tubular body. A rod body is pivotally connected to one end of the tubular body. The rod body is further connected to a trip mechanism. The trip mechanism is connected to an elastic member. An adjustment unit is disposed on the other end of the tubular body. The adjustment unit is connected to an operating member. When the operating member drives the adjustment unit to adjust the elastic force of the elastic member, the ...