US Patent Issued to Black & Decker on April 7 for "Nosecone to battery connection in power tool" (Maryland, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,666, issued on April 7, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Nosecone to battery connection in power tool" was invented by Brian E. Friedman (Baltimore), Michael P. Sikora (Blatimore, Md.), Tyler J. Petrus (Baltimore), Robert G. Kusmierski (York, Pa.), Christopher W. Shook (Bel Air, Md.), Erik A. Ekstrom (York, Pa.), Alexandros T. Theos (Bel Air, Md.), Daniel L. Krout (Abingdon, Md.), Spencer J. Sheckells (Parkville, Md.) and Jacob N. Preston (Jarrettsville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool is provided an electric motor, a nosecone assembly having a metal body, a terminal block that couples to a r...