ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,305, issued on June 16, was assigned to Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG (Waiblingen, Germany).
"Handheld work apparatus" was invented by Thomas Weber (Winterbach, Germany), Tobias Reichle (Stuttgart, Germany) and David Gunther (Rudersberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held work apparatus includes a tool, an electric motor for driving the tool, a battery and a battery compartment for accommodating the battery. The battery can be inserted into the battery compartment in an insertion direction and has a first and second outer side which oppose each other. The work apparatus comprises a position stabilisation device having at ...