US Patent Issued to Black & Decker on Oct. 7 for "Modular tool bit holder system" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,359, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Modular tool bit holder system" was invented by Thomas R. Kaye Jr. (Bel Air, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular tool bit holder system includes an angle tool bit holder, a flexible shaft tool bit holder. The angle tool bit holder includes a housing containing a first input shaft, a first angle gear rotatably drivable about a first axis, a second angle gear, and a first bit holder rotatably drivable by the first angle gear about a second axis at an angle to the first axis. The flexible shaft tool bit holder includes a second input shaft, a flexi...