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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas P Becker, Kenosha, WI (US);
Donald D Grover, Kenosha, WI (US);
Christopher B Stout, Union Lake, MI (US);
Glenn A Kaufman, Kenosha, WI (US);
Gene E Olson, Kenosha, WI (US);
Assignee:
Snap-On Tools Corporation, Kenosha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ; G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386223 ; 73770 ;
Abstract
A torque wrench having a torque plug integral with the back side of the torque wrench handle and with strain sensing elements mounted on the torque plug and connected to signal processing circuits supported by the handle which control a digital display unit mounted on the handle. The processing circuits include a peak hold detector enabling display of the peak torque value during a torquing operation, and a peak hold response delay insuring capture of the peak torque value.