ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,921, issued on July 14, was assigned to Wera Werkzeuge GmbH (Wuppertal, Germany).
"Torque wrench which can be used as a ratchet" was invented by Michael Abel (Radevormwald, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screw driving tool includes a torque output element which defines an axis and is mounted in a housing, a torque transmission section with a plurality of depressions, and a torque transmission element, which is pre-tensioned by the force of a force accumulator and engages into at least one of the depressions, for coupling the torque transmission section to the housing so as to transmit a torque. The coupling is released when...