ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,502, issued on March 17, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Power tool" was invented by Dominic Zimmermann (Kelkheim, Germany) and Uwe Nemetz (Hunfelden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool comprises a housing and an inner mechanism mounted at least partially within the housing. The inner mechanism is configured to be reciprocally moveable with respect to the housing and the inner mechanism has a motor fan assembly. The power tool comprises an air inlet and an air outlet positioned in the housing and a cooling airflow path extending between the air inlet and the air outlet via the motor fan as...