ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,679, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Hand-held power tool" was invented by Fabian Lalla (Lage, Germany), Bernhard Hegemann (Filderstadt, Germany) and Juergen Hesse (Waldenbuch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held power tool, in particular a screwdriver, includes a housing, a drive motor, and a gear unit for driving a tool holder designed to hold an insertion tool, and having an insertion tool magazine for storing a plurality of selectable insertion tools. The gear unit is arranged at least in sections within the insertion tool magazine."
The patent was filed on Dec. 18, 2023...