ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,226, issued on June 17, was assigned to Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG (Waiblingen, Germany).
"Handheld portable cutting apparatus having a cutter unit" was invented by Harald Mang (Winnenden, Germany) and Alexander Trenn (Frickenhausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld portable cutting apparatus has a cutter unit with a cutter unit longitudinal axis. In a central housing section of the cutting apparatus, a drive connection is arranged between an electric drive motor and the cutter unit, wherein a motor housing having a motor housing longitudinal axis extends from the central housing section. A handle extends from the cen...