US Patent Issued to ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE on Feb. 17 for "Power drill and force transducer for such a drill" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,952, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB (Stockholm).

"Power drill and force transducer for such a drill" was invented by Hans Niklas Gisselman (Vega, Sweden) and Daniel Hallberg (Sundbyberg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present specification relates to a power drill, comprising a housing in which a motor is arranged, and a front and rear bearing arranged to support an axle assembly adapted to engage a drill attachment, wherein said axle assembly and at least one of said front and said rear bearing further form an additional assembly movably arranged with respect to said housing, said p...