US Patent Issued on Sept. 23 for "Torque tool with fault protection and a method of operating the same" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,390, issued on Sept. 23.

"Torque tool with fault protection and a method of operating the same" was invented by Amir Salmaninejad Mehrabadi (Abbotsford, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque tool for generating a predetermined torque, and a method of operating the same are disclosed. A driver is connected, via a thermal fuse, to a motor and receives a power signal from an electrical power source. The thermal fuse stops power to the driver under prolonged supply of power to the driver. A comparator, receiving the power signal and a reference signal, is coupled to a solid-state switch operable based on a fault signal that is ...