ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,037, issued on May 20, was assigned to AOB Products Co. (Columbia, Mo.).
"Torque driver" was invented by Michael Cottrell (Ashland, Mo.), Michael Lindsay (Columbia, Mo.), Paul Coryell (Columbia, Mo.), James Tayon (Moberly, Mo.) and Justin Burke (Columbia, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque driver for rotating a component, such as a fastener or nut, components thereof, and associated methods. The torque driver for rotating a component includes a housing having a first set of ratchet teeth. A drive connector is coupled to the housing such that the drive connector and the housing rotate together when the drive connector is rota...