ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,767, issued on May 26, was assigned to Nanjing Chervon Industry Co. Ltd. (Nanjing, China).

"Impact tool" was invented by Yuyi Zheng (Nanjing, China), Shaobo Liu (Nanjing, China), Shubin Tong (Nanjing, China) and Di Wu (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact tool includes a motor shaft; an output shaft used for outputting power and rotating about an output axis; an impact mechanism for providing an impact force; and a transmission mechanism for transmitting power between the motor shaft and the impact mechanism. The transmission mechanism includes a multi-stage transmission assembly, at least one stage of transmission ...