ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,888, issued on March 3, was assigned to Black & 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 including a housing and a motor mounted in the housing having a drive shaft. A transmission is mounted in the housing having an input shaft operatively coupled to the drive shaft of the motor and an output shaft operatively coupled to a tool holder. The transmission includes at least a first gear and a second gear configured to transmit to...