ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,222, issued on June 9, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Power tool" was invented by Klaus-Dieter Arich (Hunstetten-Beuerbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool comprises a housing and a motor having a drive shaft. An output shaft is connectable to a tool. A mode selection mechanism is couplable between the drive shaft and the output shaft and arranged to transmit drive therebetween. The mode selection mechanism is moveable between a first position in which the power tool operates in a first mode and a second position in which the power tool operates in a second mode. A mode selection actuato...