ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,812, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Power tool and switch device thereof" was invented by Chung-Hsin Cheng (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Wen-Hao Kuo (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool and a switch device thereof are disclosed. The switch device includes a housing, a slider, a magnetic component, a trigger and a control module. The magnetic component generates a magnetic field. The magnetic component is driven by the slider to move along a power-off path and a power-on path. The trigger is pressed by the slider. The control module includes a magnetic senso...