ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,299, issued on June 16, was assigned to Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. Inc. (Davidson, N.C.).
"High resolution anvil angle sensor" was invented by Mark T. McClung (Byram Township, N.J.) and Daniel J. Becker (Monroe Township, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary power tool assembly including a hammercase an axis extending between a forward end and a rearward end, a drive mechanism housed within the hammercase, and a hammer driven by the drive mechanism to apply a rotational impact force on an anvil. The anvil includes an output shaft rotatable about the axis, a plurality of anvil jaws extending from the axis, and a flange fixe...