ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,793, issued on June 9, was assigned to TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC (Hoffman Estates, Ill.).

"Portable power tool, battery pack, and cell configurations for same" was invented by Brian Todd Reese (St. Charles, Ill.), Cody Lyle Mayer (Chicago) and David S. Pozgay (Wilmette, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various battery packs are presented for use with twenty volt (20 V) power tools. In some embodiments, one or more lithium-ion battery cells of the battery packs are received by a handle of the power tool."

The patent was filed on March 4, 2024, under Application No. 18/594,051.

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