US Patent Issued to APEX BRANDS, JACOBS CHUCK MANUFACTURING (SUZHOU) on April 29 for "Impact driver anvil" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,852, issued on April 29, was assigned to APEX BRANDS INC. (Apex, N.C.) and JACOBS CHUCK MANUFACTURING (SUZHOU) COMPANY LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Impact driver anvil" was invented by Huangsheng Xu (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anvil for use with a power tool may include a shank and ram lug. The stank may have a first end and a second end. The ram lug may extend radially from the second end of the shank. The am lug may include an impact surface configured to receive an impact force from a hammer of the power tool and an impact layer comprising the impact surface. The impact layer may have been formed via a treatment proc...