ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,989, issued on June 24, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Light emitting assembly for a power tool" was invented by Brian E. Friedman (Baltimore), Joseph Patrick Kelleher (Parkville, Md.), David Irwin (Cockeysville, Md.), Richard Dizon (Baltimore), Heather Schafer (Street, Md.), Michael Sikora (Baltimore) and Abraham Lozier (Kingsville, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool includes a housing containing a motor, an output member configured to be driven by the motor to perform an operation on a workpiece, and a handle having a first end portion coupled to the housing and a second end portion. A base ...