ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,472, issued on April 22, was assigned to Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB (Nacka, Sweden).
"Tools" was invented by Ian O'Brien (Cramlington, Great Britain), Joseph Gill (Cramlington, Great Britain), Tony Dodds (Cramlington, Great Britain) and Teresa O'Brien (Cramlington, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engagement part of a tool such as a hydraulic wrench (10), the engagement part (1) such as a ratchet link being arranged to engage a workpiece and a power head (11), the engagement part (1) being arranged to convert movement generated by the power head (11) into movement of the workpiece, the engagement part (1) compr...