US Patent Issued to ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE on Jan. 20 for "Power tool and adapter assembly for a power tool" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,173, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB (Stockholm).

"Power tool and adapter assembly for a power tool" was invented by Mattias Scholin (Stockholm), Karl-Johan Nyberg (Huddinge, Sweden) and Johan Bjurkull (Ingaro, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present specification relates to a power tool comprising a housing comprising a connection structure allowing for connecting a tool attachment and comprising a first thread, and an adapter assembly for connecting the power tool and the attachment comprising an intermediate member comprising an engaging structure for engaging the attachment and a c...