US Patent Issued to APEX BRANDS on Jan. 13 for "Rotating power tool assembly for torque control" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,852, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to APEX BRANDS INC. (Apex, N.C.).

"Rotating power tool assembly for torque control" was invented by Rolf Reitz de Swardt (Blythewood, S.C.) and John Fiumefreddo (Irmo, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating power tool assembly may include a rotating power tool and a torque control accessory. The rotating power tool may include a tag sensor and an electronic torque limiter operably coupled to an electric motor and a spindle. The electronic torque limiter being controllable by control circuitry to adjust a maximum torque output to the spindle. The torque control accessory may include a torqu...