US Patent Issued to Andreas Stihl on May 26 for "Device for identifying operating data of a motor-driven tool and system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,986, issued on May 26, was assigned to Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG (Waiblingen, Germany).

"Device for identifying operating data of a motor-driven tool and system" was invented by Kay-Steffen Gurr (Heilbronn, Germany), Andre Vaas (Jagstzell, Germany), Cornelius Gindele (Plochingen, Germany), Thomas Hilt (Winnenden, Germany), Johannes Menzel (Wernau, Germany) and Uwe Fries (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device identifies operating data of a motor-driven tool. The device includes an identifying and/or evaluating device, an operating data memory unit, a communication interface, a housing, and an elastic element. The h...