Torque limiting wrench

Claim 1

A TORGUE WRENCH COMPRISING A TORQUE TRANSFERRING ELEMENT, A HANDLE EXTENDING FROM SAID TORQUE TRANSFERRING ELEMENTS A TORSION MEMBER AFFIXED TO SAID HANDLE AT A POINT REMOTE FROM SAID TORQUE TRANSFERRING ELEMENT, SAID TORSION MEMBER OVERLYING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID HANDLE AND ADAPTED FOR PARTIAL RESILIENT SEPARATION THEREFROM MEANS CLAMPING SAID HANDLE AND TORSION MEMBER TOGETHER AND SAID CLAMP MEANS BEING SHIFTABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID POINT OF FIXED CONNECTION TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF THE TORSION MEMBER, A FIRST THRUST PLATE ASSOCIATED WITH SAID TORSION MEMBER COAXIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID TORQUE TRANSFERRING ELEMENT, A SECOND THRUST PLATE MOUNTED ON SAID HANDLE IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID FIRST THRUST PLATE AND SAID TORQUE TRANSFERRING ELEMENT, SAID THRUST PLATES HAVING MUTUALLY FACING SURFACES AND AXIALLY PROTRUDING MEANS ON SAID FIRST PLATE AND SAID SECOND PLATE, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS OF EACH PLATE EXTENDING INTO THE PLANE OF THE OTHER AND ADAPTED TO INTERLOCK FOR IMPARTING MOVEMENT OF THE HANDLE TO THE TORQUE TRANSFERRING MEANS, SAID PROTRUDING MEANS BEING INTERLOCKED FOR TORQUE TRANSMITTING PURPOSES AND BEING ADAPTED TO SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER BY A RELATIVE CAMMING ACTION DEPENDENT UPON THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH AND CONSEQUENT FLEXIBILITY OF THE TORSION MEMBER.