US Patent Issued to BLACK & DECKER on Aug. 4 for "Power tool" (German, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,747, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to BLACK & DECKER INC. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Power tool" was invented by Rene Thieme (Riesa, Germany), Petr Dusik (Idstein, Germany), Sneha Puthani (Idstein, Germany), Joerg Schoesser (Selters, Germany), Benjamin Schmidt (Mainz, Germany) and Ezio Ferrati (San Severino Marche, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool including a housing and motor assembly mounted in the housing electrically connected to an electrical power source. The power tool includes a main switch configured to actuate the power tool. The main switch is mounted on the housing and in electrical connection with the motor ...