ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,074, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Power tool with multispeed transmission" was invented by Robert S. Gehret (Hampstead, Md.), David C. Tomayko (Ellicott City, Md.), Heather Schafer (Street, Md.), Joseph Patrick Kelleher (Parkville, Md.), Joseph Carl Biser (Parkville, Md.) and Trevor J. Koenig (Lancaster, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-speed, power-driven tool may include a transmission mechanism that transmits power from a motor to an output device. A speed selection mechanism may be coupled to the transmission mechanism, to control a speed reduction through the transmissio...