ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,046, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Power Box AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"To power tool apparatus" was invented by Daniel Pikarski (Somerset, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a power tool (2), a kit of parts, and method of controlling the operation of the same depending upon the configuration of use of the power tool (2) at an instant of time. The power tool (2) can, in one embodiment be a router power tool to perform work on a workpiece (32), and switching means (28, 42) allow the selective operation of the power tool (2) by controlling an electrical power source. First switching means (28) inclu...