ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,943, issued on June 30, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Impact tool with a multi-piece anvil assembly" was invented by Kyle A. Marten (Plymouth, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a plurality of drive members, each drive member of the plurality of drive members including a head portion having a plurality of drive surfaces and configured to be coupled to a tool element, and a splined shaft portion extending from the head portion. The head portion of each drive member of the plurality of drive members is a different nominal size than the head portion of each other drive member of...