US Patent Issued to Black & Decker on June 3 for "Power tool having multiple operating modes" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,906, issued on June 3, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Power tool having multiple operating modes" was invented by Shaun Lovelass (Newton Aycliffe, Great Britain), Marco A. Mattucci (Baltimore), Jason McRoberts (Red Lion, Pa.), David Miller (Aberdeen, Md.), Christopher J. Murray (Philadelphia), Wong Kun Ng (New York), Steven J. Phillips (Ellicott City, Md.), Jonathan Priestley (Darlington, Great Britain), Fugen Qin (Timonium, Md.), Oleksiy Sergyeyenko (Baldwin, Md.), Christopher W. Shook (Bel Air, Md.) and Kevin Stones (County Durham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held power tool is con...