US Patent Issued to Festool on Sept. 23 for "Track saws with self-adjusting rib-guide assemblies and methods of operating self-adjusting rib-guide assemblies of track saws" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,444, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Festool GmbH (Germany).

"Track saws with self-adjusting rib-guide assemblies and methods of operating self-adjusting rib-guide assemblies of track saws" was invented by Tobias Hoefer (Urbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Track saws with self-adjusting rib-guide assemblies and methods of operating self-adjusting rib-guide assemblies of track saws are disclosed herein. The track saws include a motor, an arbor, and a base plate. The base plate defines an arbor-facing side and an arbor-opposed side. The base plate includes a rib-receiving channel and a self-adjusting rib-guide assembly....