ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,692, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).
"Preload device for a circuit board" was invented by Michael Lacher (Schwabmuenchen, Germany) and Jerome Jaromin (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus for a power tool containing at least one circuit board, a heat-conducting element, a cooling device for cooling the at least one circuit board, and at least one housing element, wherein, in a mounted state of the control apparatus, the circuit board and the heat-conducting element are arranged between the cooling device and the housing element, and wherein the heat-conducting element is posit...