US Patent Issued to Hilti on July 21 for "Side handle for an electrical hand-held power tool" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,108, issued on July 21, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Side handle for an electrical hand-held power tool" was invented by Karin Groth (Herrsching, Germany), Daniela Lachica Koch (Augsburg, Germany), Markus Sommer (Westendorf, Germany) and Steffen Mucha (Schwabmunchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Side handle for an electrical hand-held power tool, the side handle having a gripping region designed for gripping by a user and a clamping unit by which the side handle can be detachably fastened to a tool neck of the hand-held power tool, wherein the clamping unit has an operating element by which the clampin...