US Patent Issued to Hilti on May 20 for "Device for supplying a power tool with electrical energy, as well as the use of a load resistor for absorbing and/or converting electrical energy, system and operating method" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,050, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Device for supplying a power tool with electrical energy, as well as the use of a load resistor for absorbing and/or converting electrical energy, system and operating method" was invented by Michael Lacher (Schwabmuenchen, Germany) and Stefan Ringler (Schwabmuehlhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for supplying a power tool with electrical energy is provided. The device has a load resistor for absorbing electrical energy, which may be in particular electrical energy that is produced or released when a power tool or its tool is braked. In ad...