US Patent Issued to ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE on Jan. 13 for "Clamping tool with tightening torque control" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,851, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB (Stockholm).

"Clamping tool with tightening torque control" was invented by Andrea Locatelli (Verderio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping tool with tightening torque control includes a body containing control circuits and an electronic processing unit having at one end a handle for the grip of an operator who performs the tightening, and at the other end an arm. The arm at its free end includes a seat into which a plurality of inserts can alternatively be inserted, suitable for engaging the tool with a corresponding type and/or size of a mechani...