Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Torque wrench with improved handle and/or adjuster
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Application No.: US17052911Application Date: 2019-05-23
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Publication No.: US11745319B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Jonathan Siebert Beckwith , Ian Cunningham , Brian Butler , Paul Stephen Steinweg
- Applicant: APEX BRANDS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US NC Apex
- Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
- Current Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Apex
- Agency: BURR & FORMAN LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2019/033725 2019.05.23
- International Announcement: WO2019/226882A 2019.11.28
- Date entered country: 2020-11-04
- Main IPC: B25B23/142
- IPC: B25B23/142 ; B25B23/16

Abstract:
A torque wrench may include a head having a driving member configured to be operably coupled to a socket, a handle, a lever arm operably coupled to the head and the handle at respective opposing ends thereof, and a torque adjuster configured to enable a torque setting of the torque wrench to be adjusted. The torque adjuster may include a fixed member affixed to the lever arm and a movable member operably coupled to the fixed member. The handle may include a first end cap at a distal end thereof relative to the head and a second end cap at a proximal end thereof relative to the head, the second end cap being disposed proximate to the movable member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210069877A1 Torque Wrench With Improved Handle and/or Adjuster Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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