US Patent Issued to Black & Decker on Dec. 23 for "Compact powered wrench" (American, British, Taiwanese, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,760, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Compact powered wrench" was invented by Nicholas E. Achterberg (New Freedom, Pa.), Axel Bela Lehovetzki (Seine Saint Denis, France), Thomas S. Wolf (Perry Hall, Md.), Phillip O. Reed (Sheffield, Great Britain) and Chun-Chiang Liu (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wrench including a tool head including a tool output member. The wrench also includes a motor configured to selectively drive the output member and a battery assembly. The battery assembly includes a battery cell and the battery cell provides power to the motor. A support tube...