ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,419, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Systems and methods for a connected charger having a communications module" was invented by Alfred Lupper (Aystetten, Germany), Wolfgang Schaur (Fuchstal, Germany), Harishkumar Srinivasan Ravikumar (Munich) and Johannes Kerler (Walkertshofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a first battery pack configured to receive and gather power tool information and/or battery pack information. The system includes a connected charger configured to removably couple with the first battery pack to charge or recharge the first battery pack via a first in...