Electronic torque wrench
CA 2510852 C · Owner: Snap-On Incorporated · Inventors: Kurtovic, Jay; Cutler, Brian J.; Becker, Thomas P.
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An electronic torque wrench has inner and outer telescoping housing portions and a battery tray assembly telescopically receivable in the inner housing portion and a bezel assembly receivable in an aperture in the outer housing portion and interconnected with the housing portions and the battery support assembly by a single fastener. The bezel assembly carries torque measuring circuitry including a microcontroller and a four-key pad including arrow keys for incrementing and decrementing a preset torque level at any time an on/zero key and a units key for toggling among plural different units of torque measurement. The preset torque level is displayed until torque is applied or a key is …
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- Filed June 27, 2005 and granted January 8, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 27, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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