US Patent Issued on Dec. 30 for "Torque tool using colors for identification" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,698, issued on Dec. 30.

"Torque tool using colors for identification" was invented by Yi-Min Wu (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque tool includes a handle, a pointer and a color ring. The handle is operable to set limits of torque. The pointer is formed on the handle. The color ring includes colored areas corresponding to the limits of torque. The color ring is rotatable around the handle to align one of the colored areas with the pointer to indicate that the handle is ready to transfer torque no larger than a corresponding one of the limits of torque."

The patent was filed on Jan. 19, 2023, under Application N...