US Patent Issued to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP on Dec. 16 for "Tool assembly and attachment apparatus for tool head" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,696, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Tool assembly and attachment apparatus for tool head" was invented by Ashley Bryan Amick Jr. (Simpsonville, S.C.), Graham Mitchell Schaafsma (Greenville, S.C.), Wei Quan Zheng (Dongguan, China) and Yu Liang Wang (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool assembly and an attachment apparatus are provided, including a drive shaft extending along a longitudinal direction and forming a groove. A latch includes a notch configured to extend into the groove at the drive shaft. A coupler extends along the longitudinal direction and forms a cavity ex...