ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,583, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TORQ/LITE LLC (Luling, La.).
"Squeezing clamp hammer union torque tool" was invented by Dale Francis (Luling, La.), Nic Francis (Luling, La.), William P. Bernard (Luling, La.) and Oswald J. Bernard (Luling, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A uniquely designed torque wrench having a torque body, the torque body attached to a frictional squeezing clamp, and a lug socket which is rotationally connected to the frictional squeezing clamp. The frictional squeezing clamp entering a contracted stated during extension of a rod of a hydraulic cylinder, and entering an expanded state during the retraction...