ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,007, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Systems that comprise power tools and energy supply devices, and energy supply device" was invented by Markus Hartmann (Mauerstetten, Germany), Robert Stanger (Kaufbeuren, Germany), Ralf Meixner (Germaringen, Germany), Johannes Stempfhuber (Utting am Ammersee, Germany) and Markus Holubarsch (Landsberg am Lech, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including a power tool and a first and a second energy supply device, wherein the energy supply devices can be detachably connected to the power tool via an interface. The first energy supply device has a n...