ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,027, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Power tool and a transmission therefor" was invented by Jorg Roth (Schwalheim, Germany), Michael Kunz (Dorndorf, Germany) and Rafael Gottschling (Selters-Eisenbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a motor having a drive shaft and a transmission having an input shaft operatively coupled to the drive shaft of the motor and an output shaft operatively coupled to a tool holder. The transmission includes at least a first gear and a second gear. A gear selection key is moveable between a first position and a second position and c...