ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,406, issued on July 7, was assigned to Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG (Waiblingen, Germany).
"Handheld work apparatus" was invented by Lukas Solf (Reichenbach, Germany), Max Dopatka (Holzmaden, Germany), David Vorsmann (Balve, Germany) and Marc Olivan (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld work apparatus includes a cooling air channel formed in the housing for guiding a cooling air flow, and at least one cooling air grid, the at least one cooling air grid being arranged at the channel inlet and/or the channel outlet. The housing includes a bearing structure. The bearing structure is a separate component in relation t...