ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,674, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Wear resistant tool bit" was invented by James J. Van Essen (Hales Corners, Wis.), Michael J. Zimmermann (New Berlin, Wis.), Smith C. Theiler (Plymouth, Wis.), Zachary J. Geschke (Milwaukee) and Carl Dietz (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool bit for driving a fastener including a shank having a tool coupling portion configured to be coupled to a tool, a head portion configured to engage the fastener, and an intermediate portion disposed between the tool coupling portion and the head portion. The intermediate portion hav...