ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,083, issued on March 24, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Rotary impact tool" was invented by Jacob P. Schneider (Cedarburg, Wis.), Evan Brown (Milwaukee), Benjamin J. Farley (Milwaukee), Nathan P. Sievers (West Allis, Wis.), Braden A. Roberts (Brookfield, Wis.) and John S. Dey IV (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary impact tool including a motor housing, an electric motor supported in the motor housing, and a drive assembly for converting a continuous torque input from the motor to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece. The drive assembly includes an anvil including an anvil ...