ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,650, issued on July 29, was assigned to HAKKO Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Tweezers device" was invented by Hisao Nemoto (Amagasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tweezers device is provided having a first leg, a second leg, and a rotating shaft to rotatably connect the first leg and the second leg. A leaf spring biases the first leg and the second leg in a rotating direction of the rotating shaft, working to push away the end of the first leg and the second leg. An opening width-adjusting member is provided to adjust an acceptable opening width between the end of the first leg and the second leg by the rotation of a width-adjusti...