US Patent Issued to Black and Decker on March 24 for "Power tool and a transmission therefor" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,091, issued on March 24, was assigned to Black and Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Power tool and a transmission therefor" was invented by Jorg Roth (Schwalheim, Germany), Michael Kunz (Dorndorf, Germany) and Rafael Gottschling (Selters-Eisenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a motor having a drive shaft. A transmission has an intermediate shaft with a first rotation axis operatively coupled to an output shaft with a second rotation axis connected to a tool holder. The intermediate shaft is operatively coupled to the motor drive shaft via an input shaft having a third rotation axis. The output shaf...