ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,411, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Adapter for rotary hammer" was invented by Jacob J. Konieczka (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary hammer includes a housing having a chuck, an anvil moveable axially within the housing, an adapter removably coupled to the chuck. The adapter includes an input shaft that receives axial force from the anvil and a drill bit configured to impact a workpiece. The input shaft defines an input axis, and the drill bit defines an output axis, the input axis being spaced from the output axis."

The patent was filed on Dec. 4, 2023, unde...